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Salary: USD 280,000 - 330,000 / annual
SecurityScorecard, the global leader in cybersecurity ratings with 12+ million companies continuously rated across 64 countries, is seeking a UX Director to lead a fundamental transformation of the Product Design & Research organization. This is a strategic rebuild role, not a maintenance position.
Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer, you will set design strategy at the executive level, reshape team operations, and model AI-first design leadership. The role carries real influence over product direction and requires hands-on leadership of a team rebuild.
Key responsibilities include:
• Owning multi-quarter design vision across the platform and AI-powered product lines, making the case for design investment at the executive table
• Rebuilding the operating model by moving from centralized ticket queues to decentralized pods embedded in product-line tracks, mirroring Product and Engineering organization
• Transforming designers into AI builders who work directly against the codebase (GitHub access) to produce interactive, implementation-accurate prototypes grounded in real systems
• Setting the tone for cross-functional speed, enabling designers and PMs to move fast together on shared problems
• Governing the design system as infrastructure to measurably accelerate design and engineering velocity
• Driving B2B design excellence for complex, data-dense, multi-persona enterprise workflows with WCAG 2.2 accessibility as default
• Embedding research and data through usability testing and behavioral analytics (FullStory, Pendo, or similar) to inform roadmap-level decisions
• Hiring and building the design team, recruiting designers who want to work on the cutting edge
• Setting team culture through direct, kind, elevating feedback and strong, opinionated points of view
SecurityScorecard is headquartered in NYC with 200+ employees globally, has raised $110M+ USD, and serves 1,000+ enterprise customers. The company has been recognized as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two consecutive years and was named to Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies for 2023.
REQUIREMENTS:
• 10+ years of UX or product design experience as a strong, opinionated design leader who drives change
• Proven track record setting and executing design strategy at the organizational level, including hiring and developing senior design talent
• B2B SaaS background (not primarily consumer); understanding of enterprise buying cycles and deep user research requirements
• Real, hands-on fluency in AI-augmented design workflows with specific examples: tools used, process, and what was actually built (general AI tool use alone is insufficient)
• Demonstrated personal drive to stay current on AI-enabled design through training, cohorts, or peer networks
• Clear point of view on resolving design/PM overlap in an AI-builder workflow, rooted in shared ownership rather than territory
• Proven experience building and governing design systems as cross-team infrastructure
• Strong command of WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills
• Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, or related field; equivalent experience accepted
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Experience in cybersecurity or closely adjacent regulated/enterprise-trust spaces
• Experience scaling a design org through growth stage or product expansion
• Experience formalizing agile, pod-based design operating models
• History building design leadership pipelines
• Comfort engaging directly with customers, including live, collaborative sessions
