Job Description
About Ontra
Ontra is the leader in AI-powered solutions for the private markets. Powered by industry-leading AI, data from over 2 million contracts, and a global network of legal professionals, Ontra automates critical private market workflows across the fund lifecycle. Ontra’s solutions transform unstructured data trapped in static documents into actionable intelligence, enabling firms to accelerate contracts, streamline compliance, and automate entity management. Trusted by more than 1,000 global GPs, investment banks, law firms, and advisors – including nine of the top ten PEI-ranked firms worldwide – Ontra helps firms focus on what’s important.
Our Culture
Ontra is a remote-first company that values the power of connection. We find innovative ways to stay connected, both virtually and in person. By promoting ownership, inspiring creativity, and championing collaboration, Ontra enables you to shape your impact and growth. Our commitment to innovation extends beyond our technology; it’s embedded in our culture, and AI plays a crucial role in everything we do.
Our culture is one where belonging is the cornerstone of every interaction, rooted in acceptance and respect for all. Our commitment to inclusion begins at the application process, ensuring a fair and equitable hiring experience that values the unique contributions you bring from day one.
About the Role
Ontra is seeking a Director, User Experience reporting to our Vice President, User Experience.
For this job, we are currently only hiring candidates based in the United States. For more information on where we employ, please see below.
We’re looking for someone excited to lead innovative UX strategies, collaborate effectively with leadership partners, and empower development teams to transform the user experience landscape for our Platform projects.
If you are a visionary leader with a strong user-centric focus and collaborative spirit, who embraces and strategically harnesses AI to elevate product thinking and user experiences, and are unwavering in your dedication to delivering exceptional user experiences, we’d love to get to know you!
What You’ll Do
- Player/Coach Leadership: Guide the Platform UX team, fostering a culture of agile iteration, growth and innovation. This role will be very hands on, jumping in as needed to help with capacity and potentially taking a team full time.
- UX & AI Strategy Development: Drive the creation and execution of user experience strategies for platform experiences that align with company objectives and drive customer value. We’d specifically love for this role to bring experience building AI features.
- Collaboration with Leadership: Work closely with leadership partners to ensure development teams are empowered with insights and resources they need to succeed.
- Prioritization Input: Provide critical information and insights to help prioritize development tasks and strategies effectively.
- Challenge Readiness: Embrace challenges confidently, ensuring the team remains adaptable and open to innovative solutions.
- Product Enhancement: Contribute to the continuous improvement of user experience across all platforms to elevate overall customer satisfaction.
What You’ll Bring
- Experience: 8+ years in user experience roles, with a minimum of 5+ years as an individual contributor (IC) and ideally 2+ years as a director.
- Leadership: 3+ years of leadership experience, including at least 2 years in a director-level position managing teams and projects.
- User-Centered Design: Strong understanding of user-centered design practices and proficiency in applying design systems.
- UX Research and Analytics: Expertise in conducting both qualitative and quantitative UX research and analytics to inform design decisions.
- Product Strategy and Business Acumen: Demonstrated ability in product strategy and possessing strong business acumen to align design initiatives with business goals.
- Coaching and Mentorship: Proven experience in coaching and mentoring team members to develop their skills and advance their careers.
- Collaboration: Excellent collaboration skills, working effectively with cross-functional teams to drive user experience initiatives.
- AI Fluency: Comfortable leveraging AI tools to enhance research, ideation, prototyping, and workflow efficiency.
Pay Transparency
Ontra takes individual candidate location, experience, and skills into consideration when determining compensation. The base pay range is listed below.
Some positions may be eligible for additional compensation, such as commission, variable compensation, profits interest units, or other equity-based compensation, which are not included in the below base pay range.
If you are selected to participate in our interview process, your Talent Acquisition Partner will share more details about the total compensation package for the role.
Base Pay Range
$224,000—$336,000 USD
Hiring Locations We currently hire exclusively in the locations listed below. Select jobs may have more specific location requirements due to business needs.
United States Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
APAC Hong Kong
EMEA United Kingdom
Benefits Snapshot
- Remote-first by design, with regular in-person gatherings and hub spaces in NYC, Santa Barbara, and London
- Twice yearly team offsites for in-person collaboration
- Paid flexible time off policy
- Paid parental leave and benefits
- Employer-supported retirement contributions, varying by country
- Monthly phone and internet reimbursement
- Pick Your Perk stipend to spend on what matters most to you, from well-being and gym memberships, to home office setup, student loans, pet care, and more
- Company-sponsored LinkedIn Learning accounts, department budgets for professional development, and robust onboarding program
- Various options for medical, dental, and vision insurance
Travel Occasional travel is required for Ontra employees, including typically at least twice per year to attend team and larger group off-sites for in-person collaboration. For some roles, additional travel may be required based on the requirements of the role and business need.
Inclusivity Ontra is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Ontra will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].
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Note on Employment Verification: All employees hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in their particular location.
Note to External Agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/CVs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to Ontra will NOT be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.
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