Sr. Director, UX
Alteryx

Job Info

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We're looking for problem solvers, innovators, and dreamers who are searching for anything but business as usual. Like us, you're a high performer who's an expert at your craft, constantly challenging the status quo. You value inclusivity and want to join a culture that empowers you to show up as your authentic self. You know that success hinges on commitment, that our differences make us stronger, and that the finish line is always sweeter when the whole team crosses together.

Alteryx is searching for a Sr. Director, UX. This position is remote-friendly.

Position Overview:

Come drive Alteryx's mission to deliver analytics for all by leading a diverse, global team of UX researchers, product designers, technical writers, localization specialists, and accessibility experts. You will provide strategy and direction to ensure Alteryx products translate business problems into experiences that are feasible, valuable, and delightful. You and your team will partner with product managers, architects, and developers to create experiences across Alteryx products during ideation, development, user onboarding, and ongoing usage. You will lead, manage, and scale the UX team, upskilling individual contributors and growing the next level of leaders, ultimately elevating team impact.

Primary Responsibilities: Responsibilities for this position span three main areas: design strategy, operational effectiveness, and people leadership.

Design Strategy

• Develop and implement design strategy, principles, processes, and tools to guide the design of Alteryx products
  
• Create, socialize, and implement user experience strategies for the Alteryx product portfolio, including client advisory boards, user panels, telemetry, user experience measurement, and other means of providing qualitative and quantitative data to inform product strategy
  
• Provide key upstream guidance in the product development lifecycle on personas and user segments and their unique needs to shape the future roadmap of innovations and existing products
  
• Monitor user experience trends in data, analytics, and enterprise tools, and apply these to the Alteryx portfolio
  

Operational Effectiveness

• Partner with product leadership to define the OKRs and KPIs for the user experience team, monitor progress, and track results
  
• Define effective cross-functional collaboration approaches within the product and engineering group, optimizing UX team delivery processes in partnership with product management, engineering, product marketing, and other relevant teams
  
• Ensure products meet objectives for usability, adhere to relevant design, localization, and accessibility standards, comply with company identity guidelines, and deliver positive experiences
  

People Leadership

• Attract, recruit, and retain exceptional talent
  
• Grow the next level of leaders, ensuring that team members are equipped with the necessary skillsets, processes, training, and tools to execute great work
  
• Help employees identify opportunities for growth, navigate organizational change, and achieve measurable goals
  
• Lead team members in expanding their understanding of business context and user needs and empower them to proactively lead iteration cycles with stakeholders
  
• Infuse the team culture with a design thinking mindset to solve business, product, and user problems
  

Skills:

• Excellent communicator across all levels of leadership, management, and staff
  
• Extensive experience collaborating with diverse and cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment to create alignment across stakeholders and leadership
  
• Dedication to shipping the best product within real-world resource and business constraints
  
• Self-starter who consistently sets high standards for themselves, the teams, and the work delivered
  
• Strong sense of urgency and accountability
  
• A consistent "can do" attitude and ability to act quickly to rally individuals and teams around a common vision
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  
• 10+ years of design experience leading successful, complex projects at scale
  
• 5+ years in design leadership, including teaching, mentoring, and coaching managers and individual contributors
  

• Experience leading and managing large (75+ people), multidisciplinary teams
  

• Experience with B2B software
  

Compensation:

Alteryx is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role in Broomfield, Colorado is $153,100 - $275,600. This position is also remote-friendly and, as such, compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation including bonus and stock grants.

Interested? Learn more and apply today at alteryx.com/careers!

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Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we're invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

Benefits & Perks:

Alteryx has amazing benefits for all Associates which can be viewed here.

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