Head of User Experience
: Job Details :

time left to apply End Date: August 25, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)

job requisition id R10321-F

We are seeking a visionary Senior Leader with a proven track record of building world-class, user experiences for enterprise SaaS products. This role will be pivotal in transforming our product portfolio into visually appealing, intuitive, and engaging solutions that delight users while driving customer satisfaction and retention. As a key member of the leadership team, you will lead and collaborate closely with product management, engineering, and design teams to embed user-centric design principles into every aspect of our software development lifecycle. Your expertise in UX strategy, design systems, and technology leadership will help us elevate our product experience to industry-leading standards.

Key Responsibilities:

UX Strategy & Vision: Define and implement a strategic vision for creating world class user experiences across our SaaS product suite.

Leadership & Collaboration: Lead cross-functional teams comprising UX designers, engineers, and product managers to ensure seamless integration of design and development processes.

User-Centered Design: Champion a user-first approach by conducting user research, usability testing, and leveraging feedback to drive continuous improvement.

Design Systems & Standards: Establish scalable design systems, UI frameworks, and best practices to ensure consistency and visual appeal across all products.

Innovation & Trends: Stay ahead of emerging UX trends, tools, and technologies to introduce innovative solutions that enhance user engagement.

Mentorship & Talent Development: Build and mentor a high-performing team of designers and technologists; foster a culture of creativity, collaboration, and excellence.

Stakeholder Communication: Present UX strategies, roadmaps, and outcomes to executive leadership; advocate for investment in user experience improvements.

Qualifications:

Experience: 10+ years in technology leadership roles with a focus on UX/UI for SaaS or enterprise software; experience delivering consumer-grade experiences is essential.

Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of modern front-end technologies (e.g., React, Angular) and their impact on UX design.

Design Proficiency: Expertise in UX/UI design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch) and methodologies such as design thinking or agile UX.

Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead diverse teams through complex projects while meeting deadlines and exceeding quality standards.

User Research Acumen: Hands-on experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods to inform design decisions.

Communication Skills: Exceptional ability to articulate complex ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.

Proven experience in working with global teams of product, engineering and designers and build world class visually delightful products.

Preferred Skills:

Experience working with gamification techniques or progressive disclosure in SaaS applications.

Familiarity with creating onboarding processes that simplify user journeys

Background in designing scalable systems for enterprise environments while maintaining simplicity akin to consumer apps

What we offer:

Business casual atmosphere in a flexible working environment

Team focused culture that promotes innovation and ownership

Access cutting edge investment reporting technology and expertise

Defined and undefined career pathways allowing you to grow your own way

Competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits

Maternity and paternity leave

Personal Time Off and Volunteer Time Off to give back to the community

RSUs as well as employee stock purchase plan and 401k with match

Work from anywhere 3 weeks out of the year

Work from home Fridays

Welcome

Thank you for your interest in a career with Clearwater!

About us

Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) is transforming investment management with the industry's most comprehensive cloud-native platform for institutional investors across global public and private markets. While legacy systems create risk, inefficiency, and data fragmentation, Clearwater's single-instance, multi-tenant architecture delivers real-time data and AI-driven insights throughout the investment lifecycle. The platform eliminates information silos by integrating portfolio management, trading, investment accounting, reconciliation, regulatory reporting, performance, compliance, and risk analytics in one unified system. Serving leading insurers, asset managers, hedge funds, banks, corporations, and governments, Clearwater supports over $8.8 trillion in assets globally. Learn more at www.clearwateranalytics.com .

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to still apply! You may be just what we're looking for.

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