Lead UX Designer

Overview

HR Acuity is looking for a Lead UX Designer to set the design vision for our Product organization and lead a team of talented designers and researchers. You'll shape how our design system evolves, stay hands-on with the highest-impact work, and make sure every product experience reflects a deep understanding of the ER professionals, managers, and employees we build for.

This is a remote opportunity - must be US based 

About HR Acuity®At HR Acuity®, we empower our team to #BeBold — embracing innovation and new challenges. We give you the tools to #WorkSmarter and foster the collaboration that makes us #BetterTogether. If you're excited to be part of our growth story, we'd love to chat.About Us: HR Acuity® is the leading provider of employee relations case management and investigation software. We help organizations standardize how workplace issues are reported, documented, and investigated, and our data-driven approach helps clients and partners build trusted, inclusive cultures where employees feel safe.This is an #All-In Zone. We're a fast-growing, innovative company led by a female founder and CEO, and being all-in is the norm here. From the top down, we bring our best every day — fueled by passion for our mission and culture — and we look for teammates who want to do the same.At the same time, we're deeply committed to an inclusive, diverse workplace where different perspectives are valued and respected. We believe in creating an environment where everyone can show up as their authentic self and thrive. If this sounds like you, keep reading.Click here to learn more about our values and benefits

Please note that for this position, we are only accepting direct applications. Submissions from agencies will not be considered.

The Opportunity

What You'll Do

• Set and communicate the overall UX design strategy for the product, aligning it with the company vision and product roadmap
• Maintain HR Acuity's Design System in tight collaboration with engineering — components, patterns, tokens, guidelines, and documentation — and drive its adoption across design and engineering
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of three UX Designers and one UX Researcher, setting clear expectations, giving thoughtful feedback, and supporting their development
• Stay hands-on: personally design wireframes, mockups, interaction specs, and functional prototypes for high-impact and complex work
• Deeply understand the needs of our customers — their ER professionals, managers, and employees — and translate those needs into user-centric designs
• Partner with the UX Researcher to plan and act on concept and usability testing, turning customer feedback into design decisions
• Establish and uphold UX standards, review the team's work, and ensure consistency and quality across every product offering
• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to develop new products and features, from early concept through delivery
• Present design work and rationale to stakeholders and leadership, using day-in-the-life stories to bring the experience to life
• Balance short-term fixes with the long-term design vision, making pragmatic trade-offs without losing sight of the roadmap
• Champion accessibility and inclusive design across the product, and own the relationship with our accessibility vendor
• Keep current with competitor products, design tooling, and industry trends, including emerging AI-assisted design capabilities

What Success Looks Like

• The Design System is consistently adopted across design and engineering, reducing rework and speeding up delivery
• Your design team is growing in skill and confidence, with clear goals and regular, constructive feedback
• Usability testing and research findings are routinely shaping product decisions, not just validating them after the fact
• Product and Engineering leaders see UX as a strategic partner in early-stage planning, not a downstream reviewer
• Accessibility is built into the design process by default, not addressed as an afterthought
• Stakeholders can clearly see the connection between design decisions and customer outcomes, thanks to how you present and tell the story of the work

Qualifications

What You Bring

• 8+ years of UX or product design experience, including 2+ years leading, mentoring, or managing designers, ideally in a B2B SaaS platform environment
• Proven experience building, deploying, and maintaining a design system at scale, and driving its adoption across cross-functional teams
• Expert-level proficiency with Figma, including hands-on experience with Figma's AI tools and a point of view on how AI can accelerate the design workflow
• Demonstrable experience designing for complex workflows in B2B or B2C SaaS products, across web, native, and mobile-first approaches
• Strong command of user-centric design strategy, UX principles, interaction design, and usability techniques
• Experience partnering with UX research — or running research yourself — to inform and validate design decisions
• A track record of setting design direction and standards in an agile, fast-moving environment
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and data-presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Strong attention to detail paired with the judgment to know when to prioritize speed
• A collaborative, humble leadership style that lifts up the people around you
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, dynamic environment
• A creative problem-solver who brings a clear point of view and a bias toward shipping

What We Offer

• Real ownership of a growing Design System and the chance to shape how design and engineering work together
• A seat at the table — you'll help set product strategy alongside Product Management and Engineering leadership, not just execute on it
• A small, talented team to lead and grow, with the mentorship and autonomy to build your own leadership style
• Meaningful work: your team's designs directly shape how HR professionals handle some of the hardest moments in the workplace
• The flexibility of a fully remote role, with a collaborative team culture that doesn't depend on being in one place
• Modern tooling and the latitude to bring AI-assisted design workflows into how the team works

Perks and Benefits

Compensation: The pay range for this position is expected to be between $155,000 to $195,000 however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized, non-discriminatory factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus. OTE between 154,000 to 199,000. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program, including health and wellness benefits, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.

Benefits:

• Stay healthy and happy with our comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans.
  • You can also choose from FSA or HSA options to suit your needs.
• Save for your future with our 401K plan that matches your contributions.
• Enjoy paid leave for various life events, such as sickness, disability, or parenthood.
• Own a piece of the company with our #Allin Shares Program.
• Company paid holidays, birthday day off, closed 4th of July week and December holiday week and 8 hours of volunteer time.
• Half day summer Fridays* and half day first Fridays* to catch up on work, personal development, or an afternoon off.

Perks:

• Take a break from work with our unlimited PTO policy to refresh and recharge.
• Company paid holidays, birthday day off, closed 4th of July week and December holiday week, half day summer Fridays* and half day first Fridays*, and 8 hours of volunteer time.
• Own a piece of the company with our #Allin Shares Program.
• Earn extra cash by referring qualified candidates to join our team.
• Access professional and personal support through our employee assistance program.
• Work from anywhere with our remote work environment that fosters collaboration and creativity. *
• Join a fun and energetic team that values your suggestions and new ideas.
• Receive a competitive salary and meaningful opportunities for growth.

Learning and Development

• Onboarding: Learn the basics of your role, the company culture, and the expectations from your manager and team. Get familiar with the tools, systems, and processes that you will use in your daily work. Receive feedback and guidance from your mentor and peers.
• Manager training: Develop the skills and competencies to lead, motivate, and empower your team. Learn how to communicate effectively, delegate tasks, set goals, provide feedback, and resolve conflicts. Enhance your emotional intelligence, coaching, and mentoring abilities.
• Leadership training: Grow your leadership potential and influence within the organization. Learn how to inspire and align others with the company vision, mission, and values. Strengthen your strategic thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills. Expand your network and collaboration with other leaders across functions and levels.
• Industry training: Stay updated on the latest trends, best practices, and innovations in the Employee Relations industry. Gain insights from experts and thought leaders in the field. Apply your learning to improve your performance, quality, and efficiency.

* Based upon business needs