Director, UX/UI
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Director, UI/UX Design — AI & Digital Transformation
Location: Westlake, TX
Role Summary
The Director of UI/UX Design is a strategic design leader responsible for driving end-to-end experience transformation across Solera’s digital products. This role leads the evolution of user experience by embedding AI-driven design, automation, and data-informed decisioning into product development.
You will partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to deliver intuitive, scalable, and intelligent user experiences that improve customer outcomes and accelerate platform modernization.
Key Responsibilities
AI-Driven Experience Transformation
- Define and execute a UX vision aligned to AI-enabled product strategy (GenAI, ML-driven personalization, automation)
- Identify and deliver high-impact transformation initiatives that simplify workflows and enhance decision-making
- Embed responsible AI principles (transparency, bias mitigation, usability) into all experiences
Product & Platform Design Leadership
- Lead UX design for enterprise-scale SaaS platforms, ensuring consistency across complex product ecosystems
- Translate business and technical requirements into intuitive, user-centered experiences
- Drive design for data-rich and AI-powered interfaces (insights dashboards, recommendations, automation flows)
- Cross-Functional Execution
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and GTM leaders to align on roadmap and priorities
- Influence product strategy and architecture decisions through design leadership
- Ensure seamless integration of UX into Agile and continuous delivery models
Team Leadership & Capability Building
- Build and lead a high-performing global UX team (product designers, UX researchers, design ops)
- Establish design standards, systems, and governance to scale consistency and efficiency
- Coach teams on AI-first design thinking and experimentation
Data-Driven Optimization
- Define and track UX KPIs (adoption, engagement, task success, efficiency)
- Leverage analytics, user research, and experimentation to continuously improve experiences
- Drive experience measurement tied to business outcomes (conversion, retention, productivity)
Qualifications
- 10+ years in UX/UI design, with 5+ years in leadership roles
- Proven experience leading digital transformation initiatives in SaaS or platform environments
- Strong exposure to AI/ML-enabled products or data-driven design
- Experience scaling UX across global, multi-product ecosystems
- Deep expertise in design systems, interaction design, and user research
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder influence skills
What Success Looks Like
AI-enabled UX experiences reduce friction and increase automation
Design becomes a core driver of product strategy, not just execution
Consistent, scalable UX across Solera platforms
Measurable improvements in user adoption, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
Why This Role Matters
This role is critical to advancing Solera’s shift toward AI-powered, intelligent platforms, ensuring that complex data and automation capabilities are delivered through simple, intuitive, and high-impact user experiences.
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About SmartDrive Systems
SmartDrive provides fuel management and driver safety solutions for customers in range of industries from waste management.
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