Director of User Experience (UX)

San Francisco Bay AreaProduct & User Experience – User Experience & Design /Full-Time Employee /HybridYour role in our missionThe Director of User Experience (UX) serves as the primary visionary and operational leader for the UX organization. This role is responsible for shaping the overarching design strategy, optimizing DesignOps, integrating emerging technologies like AI, and ensuring seamless cross-functional alignment. Blending high-level organizational leadership with hands-on management, the UX Director ensures that teams deliver desirable, viable, and feasible user experiences that deeply connect with the company’s brand identity and drive Product initiatives forward.How you’ll make an impactTeam Leadership & Cross-Team OversightEmpower and Lead: Directly manage, mentor, and foster the professional growth of UX Managers. Ensure managers clearly understand quarterly objectives, maintain aligned project workflows, and possess the necessary resources to empower their respective teams.Organizational Growth: Lead hiring decisions and organizational design for management-level UX roles.Culture & Communication: Conduct regular 1:1s with direct reports, facilitate quarterly skip-level meetings with individual contributors, and cultivate a healthy, inclusive, and high-performing design culture.UX Strategy & VisionStrategic Planning: Own, develop, and execute the long-term strategic plans for the entire UX organization.AI Vision & Product Integration: Establish and champion a clear vision for AI utilization within the product experience. Identify opportunities to leverage AI to enhance user journeys, ensuring these features remain deeply user-centric, ethical, and aligned with product priorities.Quality & Brand Alignment: Ensure all product experiences are highly usable, business-viable, and technically feasible while seamlessly connecting to the company’s core brand identity.Opportunity Identification: Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate user needs and business objectives into impactful, prioritized UX projects. Champion initiatives that balance business goals with maximum user benefit.DesignOps & Process OptimizationOperational Excellence: Maintain accountability for all systems, tools, and processes utilized across the UX organization. Continually optimize workflows to amplify the team's impact at scale.AI-Enhanced Workflows: Spearhead the evaluation, adoption, and integration of AI tools into daily UX processes. Empower teams to use AI to streamline workflows, automate routine tasks, and accelerate research and design output.Collaboration Rituals: Establish and facilitate regular cross-team collaboration exercises, including UX critiques, design reviews, and team retrospectives.Workflow Efficiency: Ensure disparate UX teams are effectively collaborating, maintaining alignment, and working toward unified objectives without operating in silos.Cross-Functional Alignment & LeadershipStrategic Partnership: Act as the primary UX liaison with leaders across Product, Engineering, Customer Experience (CX), and other key departments.Roadblock Resolution: Regularly sync with cross-functional leaders to identify project dependencies, clear developmental roadblocks, and establish highly collaborative working processes.Alignment Workshops: Design and lead cross-departmental alignment workshops to ensure shared understanding of product vision and UX priorities.Budgeting & Resource PlanningResource Allocation: Collaborate with UX Managers and the VP to strategically allocate staffing and tools across various UX teams to meet objectives.Financial Stewardship: Establish and manage the cross-team UX budget, ensuring appropriate funding for team-building, professional development, industry recognition, and travel.Skills that will help you thriveExperience: 8-10+ years in UX Design, Product Design, or related fields, with 3-5+ years in a leadership role managing other managers, complemented by a Bachelor’s degree.Multidisciplinary Expertise: Experience directly managing and integrating adjacent design disciplines, specifically UX Research and UX Writing/Content Design.Operational Acumen: Strong background in DesignOps, scaling design teams, and optimizing cross-functional product development processes.Technological Literacy: Forward-thinking approach to emerging tech, with proven experience or strong capability in integrating AI into both design workflows and product features.Strategic Influence: Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders, align design strategy with business goals, and lead collaborative workshops.Resources to help you prosperA hybrid connection: We believe in the "best of both worlds" - a hybrid environment (2 days/week in our SF office) that balances high-touch collaboration with the flexibility of remote work.Invested in your future: A competitive salary and a 401(k) with a 5% company match to help you build long-term financial security.Holistic well-being: We provide the resources you need to thrive, from flexible time off and paid parental leave to an annual wellness allowance and comprehensive health coverage.Professional & personal growth: Take advantage of a suite of premium perks, including Udemy access, childcare assistance, pet insurance, and a bevy of additional savings through Beneplace.$190,000 - $237,000 a yearCompensation details: The salary for this position is $190k - $237k annually, plus bonus and generous benefits. In determining your salary, we will consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.#LI-SK1#LI-Hybrid#IND1About Our Technology TeamWe are growing our Technology team to support our various financial products. The ideal candidate is passionate about learning the Fintech domain and delivering cutting-edge, high-quality solutions to solve business problems. We utilize a progressive, test-driven, Agile development methodology that places a high premium on communication, teamwork, sound design and clean implementation. About UsProsper introduced U.S. consumers to an innovative approach to personal finance as the first peer-to-peer lending platform in the country. Since 2005, Prosper has helped over 2 million customers achieve financial well-being through a comprehensive suite of digital personal finance products.Prosper’s flagship personal loan* marketplace continues to offer unique value for both borrowers and investors, while the Prosper Card¹ provides essential access to credit and flexibility for those managing their financial journey. Guided by its mission to advance financial well-being, Prosper is dedicated to helping people thrive by meeting people where they are with simple, trusted, and affordable financial solutions. Learn more at on a mission to hire the very best, and we are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere. It is important to us that every hire connects with our vision, mission, and core values. Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all! Our ValuesDiversity expands opportunitiesCollaboration creates better solutionsCuriosity fuels our innovationIntegrity defines all our relationshipsExcellence leads to longevity Simplicity guides our user experience Accountability at all levels drives resultsOur Story & Team // Our BlogApplicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws.Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)California applicants: please click here to view our California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) Notice for Applicants, which describes your rights under the CCPA.Illinois applicants: please click here to view our Artificial Intelligence Notice for Applicants.At Prosper, we're looking for people with passion, integrity, and a hunger to learn. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your unique skill set and diverse perspective will stand out and set you apart from other candidates. Prosper thrives with people who think outside of the box and aren't afraid to challenge the status quo. We invite you to join us on our mission to advance financial well-being.Prosper is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical​​​ condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Prosper will consider for employment qualified applicants who are non-US citizens and will provide green card sponsorship.*All personal loans are made by WebBank.¹The Prosper Card is an unsecured credit card issued by Coastal Community Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to license by Mastercard International.We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.