Discover Director of UX opportunities for experienced design leaders ready to shape intuitive, impactful digital experiences. Ladders features vetted professional roles with salaries of $100,000 or more, helping you find senior positions where you can guide user experience strategy, lead talented teams, and influence product direction.
A Director of UX sets the vision and standards for user experience across products and services. Responsibilities often include overseeing UX research and design, translating customer insights into product strategy, partnering with product and engineering leaders, and building a consistent, accessible experience. Directors may manage UX researchers, product designers, content designers, and design managers.
Employers commonly seek a strong background in UX or product design, a portfolio demonstrating measurable outcomes, and experience leading multidisciplinary teams. Strategic thinking, user research, interaction design, accessibility, design systems, executive communication, and cross-functional collaboration are valuable. Familiarity with analytics and experimentation can help connect experience improvements to business results.
Director of UX compensation varies based on industry, location, company size, and scope of responsibility. These senior roles may include base salary, bonuses, and equity. Ladders focuses on vetted professional jobs paying $100,000 or more, making it easier to explore UX leadership opportunities aligned with your experience and compensation goals.
Explore Director of UX jobs across technology, finance, healthcare, e-commerce, and other industries. Review each opportunity’s leadership scope, team structure, product portfolio, and compensation details to identify roles where you can make a meaningful impact.
$135K - $160K *
Lead the charge in developing a cutting-edge AI product, managing a high-performing team of engineers while ensuring quality, reliability, and speed in delivery. Collaborate closely with Product and D...
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Elevate your career by managing comprehensive HR operations, fostering employee relations, and ensuring compliance. Collaborate across teams while driving strategic initiatives and providing hands-on...
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Empower strategic partnerships to enhance product distribution and revenue. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive integration, manage agreements, and optimize partner relationships for grow...
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Principal, R&D Learning Products & Enablement
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Transform R&D Enablement by defining strategies and creating scalable learning products that enhance team capabilities, drive performance, and leverage emerging technologies to support technical teams...
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Director, HRIS & HR Transformation
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Drive the transformation of HR operations by leading UKG Pro implementation, optimizing processes, and enhancing analytics capabilities across a multi-state environment, ensuring seamless employee lif...
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Senior Consultant - Senior Project Manager
$110K - $130K *
Drive complex project implementations by leading cross-functional teams, managing deliverables, and ensuring compliance. Leverage Salesforce expertise to optimize processes and foster client relations...
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Shape the future of K-12 sales by leading a dynamic team of Account Executives. Drive performance through strategic planning, precise forecasting, and collaborative initiatives to achieve growth targe...
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Senior Product Manager, Provider Experience
$170K - $220K *
Drive product strategy and development to enhance clinician experience, optimizing patient care through innovative solutions and stakeholder collaboration across a nationwide healthcare network...
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Shape the future of IT project management by leading cross-functional teams to deliver impactful technology solutions on time and within scope, while enhancing processes and ensuring effective stakeho...
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Director, Commercial Project Management
$201K - $251K *
Join us to lead cross-functional project management in a dynamic biotech environment. Drive global commercialization initiatives, ensuring alignment and execution across teams while enhancing operatio...
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Project Manager - Creative - US Remote
$75K - $100K *
Tackle a diverse array of standard-complexity projects, driving efforts from planning through execution while ensuring timelines are met and communications are clear. Collaborate effectively with clie...
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Staff Technical Product Manager
$198K - $233K *
Architect the roadmap for our Business Technology Services and Workato platform, driving integration and automation across systems. Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize demands, ensuring scalab...
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Sr. Director, Product Management - Patient Access Technology
$150K - $180K *
Help us drive innovative product strategies in patient services, focusing on access, adherence, and affordability. Lead cross-functional teams to translate business needs into impactful technology sol...
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Senior Strategic Solutions Architect
$175K - $205K *
Transform the future of client technology by leading architectural strategies and integrations in life insurance and annuity environments, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals and delivering scala...
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$120K - $145K *
Explore the potential of AI in full-stack development while designing and delivering enterprise applications. Collaborate across teams and mentor engineers, ensuring your expertise shapes cutting-edge...
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Champion the optimization of business systems for Legal, Safety, and Environmental teams. Drive continuous improvement and support for Icertis and related applications, enhancing user experience and o...
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Drive the future of technical sales leadership by managing a team of Solutions Engineers, enhancing enterprise adoption of cutting-edge technologies, and ensuring technical wins through strategic part...
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Sales Director, Executive Benefits
$120K - $150K *
Accelerate your career by leading sales growth and strategic partnerships in the Executive Benefits sector. Drive revenue, expand market presence, and enhance employee protection through innovative id...
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Deliver exceptional customer service by managing maintenance operations and support activities. Collaborate with teams to ensure timely resolution of issues while leading talent development and execut...
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Empower your career by joining a dynamic team as a BIM/Production Specialist. Work with engineers on diverse projects to create precise Revit models, coordinated drawings, and comprehensive constructi...
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Integrated Campaign Strategist
$130K - $176K *
Optimize your career by leading integrated marketing campaigns that drive enterprise growth. Collaborate across teams to craft compelling narratives and ensure cohesive execution from strategy to laun...
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Integrated Campaign Strategist
$153K - $208K *
Partner with us to architect and execute integrated marketing campaigns that drive enterprise product launches and enhance brand storytelling, ensuring alignment across multiple teams and channels for...
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$175K - $215K *
Launch impactful product initiatives by bridging engineering and design while driving user-centered solutions and leveraging AI tools for enhanced workflows in a high-growth environment...
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Technical Designer | Concepteur technique
$100K - $120K *
Elevate technical design by bridging creative vision and implementation. Leverage your Unreal Engine 4 expertise to lead projects, mentor teams, and ensure stellar gameplay experiences through innovat...
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$150K - $180K *
Innovate with us to drive strategic product marketing initiatives that enhance capital equipment and consumable sales. Lead go-to-market strategies and foster market adoption, ensuring alignment with...
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What is a Director of UX?
A Director of UX is a senior leader responsible for setting user experience strategy and overseeing the teams and processes that shape how customers interact with a company’s products or services.
What qualifications are typically required for Director of UX jobs?
Requirements often include substantial UX or product design experience, a portfolio of successful work, people-management experience, and the ability to collaborate with product, engineering, and executive teams. Specific requirements vary by employer.
What skills are important for a Director of UX?
Commonly valued skills include UX strategy, user research, product design, team leadership, accessibility, design systems, data-informed decision-making, and clear communication with stakeholders.
How much do Director of UX jobs pay?
Pay varies by company, industry, location, and role scope. Ladders lists vetted professional opportunities paying $100,000 or more; check individual job listings for compensation details.
Where can I find Director of UX jobs?
You can explore Director of UX openings on Ladders, including vetted professional roles across industries. Compare responsibilities, qualifications, location, and compensation to find a position that fits your goals.