Staff User Experience Designer

Ontra is a remote-first company, with access to coworking spaces and offices in a few key cities for employees who may prefer in-person working options. We value connection, investing in opportunities for in-person and virtual gatherings with your Ontra colleagues.
We currently are able to hire exclusively in the locations listed below. Select jobs may have more specific location requirements due to business needs.
United States
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
APAC
Hong Kong, Singapore
EMEA
United Kingdom
For this job we are currently only hiring candidates based in the United States.
About the opportunity
Ontra is seeking a Staff User Experience Designer reporting to our Senior Director of UX.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead core initiatives to create intuitive, and easy to use experiences for Ontra's clients and legal partners at scale. You will not only build new product features but leverage user insights to drive a seamless user experience across our suite of software solutions. A keen sense of urgency and a user-centric mindset are critical to the success of this role.
If you are driven by solving complex problems from ideation to execution, we'd love to get to know you!
What you'll do

• Ownership: Owns core initiatives collaborating with other senior team members and above, will be expected to become an expert in their area - and "go-to" for information and advice in their focus areas
• Discovery: Use research and data to inform feature development, including: leading discovery, analyzing feedback, and using qualitative and quantitative data to inform design decisions
• Design: Design simple and efficient mockups and prototypes using our design system to help communicate ideas and inform development decisions
• Take Initiative: Take the lead on understanding customer pain points, driving and collaborating on team and product priorities, validating design ideas, advocating for usability improvements, and facilitating design activities
• Unify: Ensure all features maintain a consistent experience to create a sense of a unified platform
• Mentorship: contributes to teams' shared knowledge of UX best practices. Shares feedback to designers on teammates' designs in a constructive and supportive way. Mentors junior and mid-level designers and coaches them on hard and soft skills

What you'll bring

• UX Design Experience: 8+ years experience in user experience and product design, including user discovery, prototyping, empowering teams, and using data to inform decisions, ideally in an agile environment
• Proven Success Record: An advanced performer with a record of delivering successful projects with various teams
• Influence: Influences decisions effectively communicating across the business
• Collaboration : Collaborates and engages the entire development team (Product, Engineers, QE) to understand the problems being solved, and include them in the ideation process.
• Systematic Approach: Design systematically (with best practices in mind)
• Big Picture Thinking: Thinks about how features interact with the product as a whole and how it fits into the larger suite of products

Pay transparency
Ontra takes individual candidate location, experience, and skills into consideration when determining compensation. The base pay range is listed below. Additionally, all positions are eligible for unit-based equity grants.
Some positions may be eligible for additional compensation, such as commission or other variable compensation structures, which is not included in the below base pay range.
If you are selected to participate in our interview process, your Talent Acquisition Partner will share more details about the total compensation package for the role.
Base pay range
$188,000 - $263,000 USD
Benefits snapshot

• Remote-first working policy, with options for coworking
• Twice yearly team offsites for in-person collaboration
• Paid flexible time off policy
• Paid parental leave and parental benefits
• Monthly phone and internet reimbursement
• Company-sponsored LinkedIn Learning accounts, department budgets for professional development, & robust onboarding program
• Various options for medical, dental, and vision insurance

About Ontra
Ontra is the global leader in Contract Automation and Intelligence for private asset management firms. The Ontra platform combines AI-enabled software with a worldwide network of highly trained lawyers to modernize recurring legal workflows. Ontra's solutions improve all aspects of the contract lifecycle - from negotiating and processing routine contracts to tracking obligations in complex agreements. Ultimately, Ontra reduces the time, expense, and risk associated with contract management, freeing its customers to focus on other strategic priorities.
Inclusivity
Ontra is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Ontra will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].
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