Senior Director of Product Design
Senior Director of Product Design
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25-05-2025
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Who We Are
Ontic makes software that corporate and government security professionals use to proactively manage threats mitigate risks and make businesses stronger. Built by security and software professionals the Ontic Platform connects and unifies critical data business processes and collaborators in one place consolidating security intelligence and operations. We call this Connected Intelligence. Ontic serves corporate security teams across key functions including intelligence investigations GSOC executive protection and security operations.
As Ontic employees we put our mission first and value the trust bestowed upon us by our clients to help keep their people safe. We approach our clients and each other with empathy while focusing on the execution of our strategy. And we have fun doing it.
Who You Are
Were looking for a Senior Director of Product Design to lead scale and evolve our product design function into a world-class capability. Youll report directly to the VP of Product and partner closely with the Product team Engineering and GTM leaders to elevate design as a strategic pillar of our growth. Youll be both player and coachsetting vision creating frameworks and rolling up your sleeves when needed.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Design Function For Products: Manage and mentor a growing team of product designers and UX researchers. Establish clear career paths and performance standards.
- AI Focus: Ability to use AI in practice and design for AI.
- Drive Design Strategy: Define a long-term design vision and roadmap that aligns with company objectives customer needs and product strategy.
- Elevate Design Quality: Champion a consistent design language and user experience across the product portfolio. Raise the bar on usability accessibility and delight.
- Contribute To The Design Systems: Work in partnership with the Director of Design Platforms to build and implement scalable design systems processes and tooling to enable consistency and efficiency as we scale.
- Be a Cross-Functional Leader: Collaborate deeply with Product Engineering Marketing and Customer Success to ensure design is integrated across the product lifecycle.
- Advocate for the User: Embed user research and feedback into the product development cycle. Cultivate a culture of human-centered design.
- Own Metrics: Define and measure KPIs that reflect design impact on adoption retention customer satisfaction and product quality.
Preferred Qualifications
- 10 years of experience in product design including 3 years in a senior design leadership role at a growth-stage B2B SaaS company.
- Proven success building mentoring and scaling high-performing design teams.
- A strong design portfolio that shows end-to-end product thinking and measurable business impact.
- Experience maturing design processes in a scrappy startup-to-scaleup environment.
- Deep understanding of user research methodologies and data-informed design.
- Ability to balance design vision with practical product and business constraints.
- Clear confident communication and a collaborative low-ego leadership style.
Bonus If You Have
- Experience in Global Security industry
- Background working with complex information architectures
- Fluency with accessibility and inclusive design practices.
$200000 - $220000 a year
Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes a bonus plan equity benefits and other opportunities at Ontic. Individual pay decisions are based on a number of factors including qualifications for the role experience level and skillset.
Dont meet every single requirement Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Ontic we are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Ontic prioritizes the full inclusion of qualified individuals providing necessary accommodations for those with disabilities to perform essential job functions. If you need assistance during the application or interview process or job tasks please contact us at or call
Ontic does not provide sponsorship for employment visas or work authorizationfor this role. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future
Ontic Benefits & Perks
Competitive Salary
Medical Vision & Dental Benefits
401k
Stock Options
HSA Contribution
Learning Stipend
Flexible PTO Policy
Quarterly company ME (mental escape) days
Generous Parental Leave policy
Home Office Stipend
Mobile Phone Reimbursement
Home Internet Reimbursement for Remote Employees
Anniversary & Milestone Celebrations
Ontic is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that celebrates diversity. We do not discriminate against any individual based on race color sex national origin age religion marital status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression military or veteran status disability or any factors protected by applicable law.
All Ontic employees are expected to understand and adhere to all Ontic Security and Privacy related policies in order to protect Ontic data and our clients data.
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