Director of Product Design (UX)

OpenX is focused on unleashing the full economic potential of digital media companies. They are seeking a visionary Director of Product Design to lead the user experience and design across their suite of products, establishing a best-in-class UX practice and transforming complex AdTech workflows into user-friendly tools.

Responsibilities:

• Elevate the UX Practice: Evangelize user-centered design principles across the company. Establish and maintain design systems, standards, and processes to ensure consistency and quality at scale
• Lead Design Strategy: Define and execute the end-to-end UX vision and strategy for all OpenX products, ensuring alignment with business goals, brand guidelines, and technical feasibility
• Team Leadership & Growth: Manage, mentor, and inspire a growing team of Product Designers. You will be responsible for hiring top talent, fostering a collaborative culture, and establishing career development paths for your team
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing leaders to translate complex requirements into seamless user flows and high-fidelity prototypes
• User Research & Validation: Interface with clients and/or partner with internal teams to gather data-driven feedback to inform your design approach. Oversee user research, usability testing, and feedback loops to validate concepts and continuously improve the product experience
• Simplify Complexity: Take ownership of the "complexity challenge" inherent in AdTech. Break down intricate programmatic advertising concepts into clear, manageable, and efficient user interfaces
• Design Approachable AI: Help guide our application of AI in ways that improve the end users’ experience

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in UX/Product Design, with at least 4+ years in a leadership or management role
• Deep understanding of the AdTech landscape (DSP, SSP, Programmatic) or experience designing for similarly complex B2B enterprise platforms/SaaS is highly preferred
• A strong portfolio demonstrating expert capability in user-centered design processes, complex problem-solving, and shipping high-quality products
• Proven track record of building and managing high-performing design teams. You are a 'player-coach' who can lead by example while empowering others
• Mastery of modern design and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe CS, etc.) and a solid understanding of front-end development principles (HTML/CSS/React) to communicate effectively with engineers
• Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills. You can articulate design decisions clearly to executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams