Head of UX

NexusOne

$125K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in product design/UX, specifically in enterprise/B2B software.
  • Experience in a founding or early-stage UX leadership role, creating processes and influencing from the ground up.
  • Ability to define problems, prioritize ruthlessly, and measure outcomes effectively.
  • Expertise in designing complex, data-heavy workflows such as dashboards and multi-step tasks.
  • Proficient in modern design tools like Figma; capable of clearly communicating design rationale.
  • Deep collaboration experience with engineering teams, understanding of implementation constraints for iterative shipping.
  • Strong capability to navigate ambiguity and create clarity for teams.

Responsibilities

  • Define and enhance the enterprise UX strategy in line with product direction and customer needs.
  • Lead holistic experience design across various surfaces including navigation and onboarding.
  • Establish UX principles for consistency across teams and features.
  • Develop and implement an early-stage user research program with feedback loops.
  • Translate insights from research into actionable roadmap priorities.
  • Produce high-quality design artifacts and collaborate closely with engineers during the build.
  • Establish or upgrade a design system with a practical adoption strategy.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the UX strategy and engage in impactful product design.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, and Customer Success.
  • Hands-on involvement in design execution, ensuring accessibility and inclusive practices.
  • A culture of continuous improvement and learning with a focus on team development.
Full Job Description
Key responsibilities

Strategy & product experience leadership
  • Define and evolve the enterprise UX strategy aligned to NexusOne's product direction and customer needs.
  • Lead holistic experience design across surfaces (navigation, workflows, settings/admin, data-heavy screens, onboarding).
  • Establish UX principles and quality bars; drive consistency across teams and features.
User research & customer discovery
  • Create an early-stage research program: interview plans, usability testing, feedback loops with Customer Success and Support.
  • Synthesize insights into clear priorities and narratives that influence roadmap decisions.
  • Build a research repository and ensure learnings are discoverable and actionable.
Design execution (hands-on)
  • Produce high-quality design artifacts (flows, wireframes, prototypes, UI specs) and work directly with engineers through build.
  • Run working sessions with Product/Engineering to de-risk complex problems and converge on solutions.
  • Ensure accessibility and inclusive design practices are baked into the process.
Design system & standards
  • Establish or mature a design system (components, tokens, patterns, usage guidance) with a pragmatic adoption plan.
  • Partner with Engineering on front-end architecture implications (component libraries, theming, performance, maintainability).
Team building & operating model
  • Hire, mentor, and develop designers and (as needed) researchers/content design.
  • Define how UX engages with Product and Engineering: intake, prioritization, design reviews, handoffs, and acceptance criteria.
  • Establish cross-functional metrics and a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
Collaboration model

You will partner closely with:
  • Product leadership: clarify problems worth solving, define outcomes, and sequence roadmap.
  • Engineering leadership: integrate design into delivery; ensure the UX strategy is feasible and scalable.
  • Customer Success / Support: identify pain points, validate improvements, reduce friction and tickets.
  • Security/Compliance stakeholders (as applicable): ensure enterprise expectations are met (roles/permissions, auditability, data handling UX).
Required qualifications
  • 8+ years in product design/UX (or equivalent), including experience leading design for enterprise / B2B software.
  • Proven ability to operate as a founding or early-stage UX leader (01), building process and influence from scratch.
  • Strong product thinking: frames problems, defines hypotheses, prioritizes ruthlessly, and measures outcomes.
  • Demonstrated excellence designing complex, data-heavy workflows (admin/ops, dashboards, configuration, permissions, multi-step tasks).
  • Fluency in modern design tooling (e.g., Figma) and prototyping; strong communication of rationale and trade-offs.
  • Experience partnering deeply with engineering teams; understands implementation constraints and can ship iteratively.
  • Ability to lead ambiguity: makes progress without perfect inputs; creates clarity for others.
Preferred qualifications
  • Experience creating or scaling a design system in partnership with engineering.
  • Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and building accessible component libraries.
  • Background designing for reliability/operability features (audit logs, RBAC, alerts, incident workflows) or platform products.
  • Experience with customer-facing incident/operational workflows where clarity and trust matter.

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