Director of Product Design, OpenX
Product Design (UX)
$204-216k
+ Bonus + Equity
Sell-side platform
Open for applications
Sell-side platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$204-216k
+ Bonus + Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
OpenX's mission is to create awesome programmatic marketplaces.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 10+ years of experience in UX/Product Design, with at least 4+ years in a leadership or management role
- AdTech Expertise: Deep understanding of the AdTech landscape (DSP, SSP, Programmatic) or experience designing for similarly complex B2B enterprise platforms/SaaS is highly preferred
- Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating expert capability in user-centered design processes, complex problem-solving, and shipping high-quality products
- Leadership: Proven track record of building and managing high-performing design teams. You are a "player-coach" who can lead by example while empowering others
- Technical Proficiency: Mastery of modern design and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe CS, etc.) and a solid understanding of front-end development principles (HTML/CSS/React) to communicate effectively with engineers
- Communication: Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills. You can articulate design decisions clearly to executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams
What the job involves
- OpenX is seeking a visionary and execution-minded Director of Product Design to join our Product leadership team
- In this pivotal role you will be responsible for the overall user experience and design across our entire suite of products
- Reporting to the CTO, you will be responsible for establishing a best-in-class UX and product design practice within the organization.
- As a key voice in product development and user-centric brand experience, you will transform complex AdTech workflows into intuitive, elegant, and powerful tools for our customers.
- This is an opportunity to shape the future of the OpenX platform, ensuring that our complex back-end technology is user-friendly and delightful to use and view.
- In addition to UX, our talented design team will report to you
- Elevate the UX Practice: Evangelize user-centered design principles across the company. Establish and maintain design systems, standards, and processes to ensure consistency and quality at scale
- Lead Design Strategy: Define and execute the end-to-end UX vision and strategy for all OpenX products, ensuring alignment with business goals, brand guidelines, and technical feasibility
- Team Leadership & Growth: Manage, mentor, and inspire a growing team of Product Designers. You will be responsible for hiring top talent, fostering a collaborative culture, and establishing career development paths for your team
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing leaders to translate complex requirements into seamless user flows and high-fidelity prototypes
- User Research & Validation: Interface with clients and/or partner with internal teams to gather data-driven feedback to inform your design approach. Oversee user research, usability testing, and feedback loops to validate concepts and continuously improve the product experience
- Simplify Complexity: Take ownership of the "complexity challenge" inherent in AdTech. Break down intricate programmatic advertising concepts into clear, manageable, and efficient user interfaces
- Design Approachable AI: Help guide our application of AI in ways that improve the end users’ experience
Our take
Programmatic advertising - the automatic placement of advertisements typically conducted via the internet and based on a personalised understanding of viewers’ online profiles - has become a vital tool for every business. OpenX provides the infrastructure for this booming industry with their ad exchange platform.
The company is now focused on adjusting its platforms to reflect the values of the modern society it is doing so much to shape. That means accepting tough but fair multi-million dollar FTC fines for data breaches as well as becoming the first ad exchange to go carbon neutral.
The challenge of competing with both ever-changing views on the value and efficacy of programmatic advertising is not a small one. However, OpenX has proven that it is able to innovate with the times. It has deep partnerships across the ecosystem, partnering with Attain in 2022 to enable supply-side targeting for advertisers. It is also expanding partnerships across Latin America and Asia, enabling the company to reach further heights.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2013
$25m
SERIES E
May 2011
$20m
SERIES D
Total funding: $75.5m
Company benefits
- Dental and vision for both employees and their families
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Pasadena, CA
Leadership
Damon Reeve
(Board Director)Previously Board Director at Snowplow Analytics for 3 years and CEO of Authenticated Digital for 4 years. Currently acts as CEO for Ozone.
Scott Switzer
(Founder & Advisor)Previously Limited Partner at FirstMark Capital for 8 years and Advisor at Flybridge Capital Partners for 4 years. Acts as CTO for Ozone.
John Gentry
(CEO)Previously acted as President of Spot Runner, developer of the Malibu Media Platform, an online media exchange that simplifies the buying and selling of television media. Experience as Chief Revenue Officer of Green Dot, the pioneer and market leader in the prepaid debit card industry.
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