Head of UX and Design

Company Overview:

Seerist stands at the forefront of threat and risk intelligence, seamlessly fusing state-of-the-art AI technology with expert human analysis in a cloud-based platform. Our mission is rooted in providing preemptive, critical insights that empower the world's preeminent organizations and vital government bodies. We are committed to protecting their people, assets, and operations through proactive threat forecasting, real-time event monitoring, and the strategic contextualization of intelligence. This approach not only informs but also catalyzes decisive

action, positioning Seerist as a pivotal ally in navigating today’s complex security landscape.

About the Role:

The Head of UX and Design is responsible for leading Seerist’s product design function ensuring that our platform providers the optimal experience for users across our domains. This is a Hybrid position, 3- days per week in the Reston, VA office.

Responsibilities:

Candidates should have leadership experience building and driving innovation and change within software applications. Their duties include leading the end to end design function, from user research through to the development of wireframes, design systems and compositions for development teams to implement. This includes:

• Provide effective leadership of the UX and Design team. This includes hiring and management of 3 rd parties
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders across disciplines to ensure alignment as you define the experience design vision and strategy for a large portfolio of projects
• Ensure measurable, high-quality outcomes for design and user research
• Create the future for an enterprise design systems and UI standards
• Standardize and advocate for human-centered design practices
• Drive a DesignOps vision and maturation of an infrastructure to support professional practice for User Experience design and user research
• Define an organizational design strategy and grow a UX team that delivers products in support of business and technology goals
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to align UX and development activities in an agile environment
  
  
  

This will be a leadership role – working with our head of product, CPO, CTO to transform Seerist’s platform.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in a leadership role
• Hands-on ability – will be involved in direct design work
• Used to working within an integrated team structure (Product/Design/Development) – need them to be able to speak the language of developers
• Experience working with both workflow-heavy tools and systems with large amounts of structured data
• Ideally experienced across platform and mobile
  
  
  

What Seerist offers:

• An opportunity to be a part of a fast-moving organization with cutting-edge technology
• A culture that is dynamic, diverse, trust-centered, and open to bold ideas
• Competitive salary, bonus plan, 401(k) matching, and equity potential
• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, and life plans
• A flexible and fun work environment that values work-life balance
• Remote and office-based work
• Unlimited PTO
• Up to 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Professional Development Stipend
  
  
  

Seerist is an equal opportunity employer. Seerist does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.