PointClickCare

Sr. Director, Design & User Experience

PointClickCare$234K — $260K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Mississauga, ON
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in UX, content design, or product design in B2B technology
  • 5+ years leading large design and research teams
  • Bachelor's degree in UX, Design, IT, or related field
  • Experience in executive roles within Product and Engineering
  • Expertise in scaling UX across multiple products
  • Ability to influence stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment
  • Strong understanding of user-centered design and accessibility, particularly in high-complexity fields
  • Experience integrating AI into user experiences and workflows

Responsibilities

  • Oversee guidelines for user experience and content related to AI-enabled functionality
  • Lead initiatives to enhance UX quality and drive AI transformation
  • Standardize interaction patterns and content design across products
  • Align strategies with Product and Engineering leadership
  • Identify user pain points and translate them into experience improvements
  • Embed UX and content design early in the product planning processes
  • Establish accountability models and scalable governance for design

Benefits

  • Benefits starting from Day 1
  • Retirement Plan Matching (RRSP & 401K)
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Lifestyle/Wellness Spending Account
  • Parental & Caregiver Leaves
  • Fertility & Adoption Support
  • Continuous Development Support Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Learning Programs & Resources
  • Employee Recognition and more!
Full Job Description
Job Title: Sr. Director, Design & User Experience
Location: Mississauga, ON - Hybrid / Canada - Remote

**Travel to Office expectations**

For Remote Roles: If this role is remote, there will be in-office events that will require travel to and from the Mississauga and/or Salt Lake City office. These will include, but not limited to, onboarding, team events, semi-annual and annual team meetings.

For Hybrid Roles: If this role is Hybrid, there will be an expectation to reside within commutable distance to the office/location specified in the job listing. This will include, but not limited to, weekly/bi-weekly/monthly events in the office with your specific team. This is a requirement for this role.

Position Summary:

The Senior Director, Design & User Experience is accountable for ensuring that all product interactions are intuitive, consistent, and aligned to customer needs and business outcomes. This role operates at the intersection of Product, Engineering, and Design-driving a unified experience strategy across teams and embedding high standards of craft, clarity, and accountability. The leader will advance UX and content design as a strategic capability, enabling faster execution, stronger product-market fit, and scalable, AI-enabled product experiences across a complex B2B healthcare technology portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Oversee and evolve clear guidelines for user experience and product content, including how users interact with AI-enabled functionality to improve efficiency across roles in the healthcare continuum
  • Champion and lead initiatives to improve UX quality and drive AI transformation, defining success metrics and measuring impact on key business outcomes
  • Standardize interaction patterns, content design practices, and the growth and adoption of the internal design system across multiple products and teams
  • Partner closely with Product and Engineering executive leadership to align on strategy, initiative progress, and risk mitigation
  • Collaborate with Outbound Product, Escalations, and Customer Success teams to identify high-impact user pain points and translate them into actionable experience improvements
  • Ensure UX and content design are embedded early in product discovery, planning, and decision-making processes
  • Clarify decision rights and ownership at the intersection of Product and UX to enable efficient, high-confidence decision-making
  • Reduce ambiguity and rework by establishing clear accountability models and scalable design governance practices
  • Build, lead, and develop high-performing teams across UX design, content design, and user research, including coaching managers and senior ICs
  • Establish operating rhythms, measurable goals, and performance expectations aligned with Product and Engineering organizational standards
  • Foster a culture of excellence, discipline, clarity, and continuous learning across distributed teams
  • Enable adoption of AI-supported workflows, tools, and design practices to improve team productivity, quality, and delivery speed
  • Drive measurable improvements in product adoption, usability, accessibility, and overall customer satisfaction

Required Skills & Qualifications:
  • 10+ years of experience in UX, content design, or product design within complex B2B technology environments
  • 5+ years leading multi-disciplinary design and research organizations at scale
  • Bachelor's degree in UX, Design, Information Technology, or a related field
  • Proven experience operating at the executive level within Product and Engineering organizations, influencing strategy and outcomes
  • Deep expertise in scaling UX across large, multi-product platforms, including developing design leaders, managers, and principal-level talent
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment across Product, Engineering, and Customer-facing teams
  • Strong understanding of user-centered design principles, accessibility, and content clarity in regulated or high-complexity domains
  • Experience integrating AI and emerging technologies into user experiences and team workflows

Preferred Experience:
  • Master's degree in UX, Design, Information Technology, or a related field

At PointClickCare, base salary is one of the many components that make up our total rewards package. The Canada base salary range for this position is $234,000 - $260,000 + bonus + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by job and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the target for new hire salaries for the position across all Canada locations. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by job-related skills and knowledge, relevant experience including professional and lived experience, and/or work location. Your recruiter can share more information about our total rewards package during the hiring process.

PointClickCare Benefits & Perks
  • Benefits starting from Day 1
  • Retirement Plan Matching (RRSP & 401K)
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Lifestyle/Wellness Spending Account
  • Parental & Caregiver Leaves
  • Fertility & Adoption Support
  • Continuous Development Support Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Learning Programs & Resources
  • Employee Recognition ... and more!

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$234,000 - $260,000 a year

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