Director of Product Design
- Full-time
Company Description
Acumatica is a company on a mission. We are a leading innovator in cloud ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions with growing businesses worldwide. But don’t take our word for it—read what analysts like G2, IDC, Nucleus Research, and Info-Tech have to say about us. Acumatica is different by design and purposely built to help small and midsized companies thrive in today’s digital economy. Our industry-specific business management solution is engineered to address real-world needs—featuring intelligent workflows and market-leading usability that enable companies to manage risk, anticipate disruption, and seize new opportunities. Our principled business practices, growth-friendly licensing, and flexible deployment options put organizations in control of their own future. Acumatica is more than just a product—we are a community of partners, customers, and creators committed to elevating business performance. Our ecosystem is driven by collaboration, merging leading technology and real-world insights to put organizations control of their future. In May of 2025, Acumatica was acquired by Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses.
Acumatica’s culture is collaborative and high-energy. We are passionate about our product and our mission, and we are loyal to each other and our company. We value work/life balance, efficiency, simplicity, freakishly friendly customer service, and making a difference in the world. Acumatica offers exceptional professional and financial growth potential. To learn more about Acumatica’s mission, please visit: http://www.acumatica.com.
Job Description
Acumatica is seeking a Director of Product Design (Head of Design) to lead and scale our design organization while championing a deeply customer-centric approach to product development.
In this role, you will define and drive the vision for customer experience across the Acumatica platform. You will ensure that customer insights—gathered through research, direct engagement, and participation in the Acumatica community—are embedded into every stage of the product lifecycle.
You will partner closely with Product Management and Engineering to ensure teams have a clear understanding of customer pain points and are equipped to deliver intuitive, high-impact solutions. This is a highly visible leadership role with the opportunity to shape how Acumatica delivers value to its customers through design.
This role reports to the Chief Product Officer.
What You’ll Do
Lead Customer Experience Strategy
- Define and drive a cohesive, end-to-end customer experience strategy across the Acumatica ecosystem.
- Ensure experiences are intuitive, efficient, and aligned with real customer workflows—from onboarding through advanced ERP usage.
- Champion design as a strategic driver of customer satisfaction, adoption, and retention.
Drive Customer Research & Insights
- Build and scale a strong UX research practice that informs product and design decisions.
- Leverage qualitative and quantitative research methods to uncover customer needs, behaviors, and pain points.
- Translate insights into actionable recommendations that shape product strategy and roadmap priorities.
Engage with the Acumatica Community
- Actively engage with Acumatica customers, partners, and user communities through forums, events, advisory groups, and direct conversations.
- Establish continuous feedback loops with the community to ensure customer voices are represented in product decisions.
- Serve as a design leader and advocate within the broader Acumatica ecosystem.
Enable Product-Led Growth & Engagement
- Design and optimize user journeys that support onboarding, feature discovery, and long-term adoption.
- Identify friction points and opportunities to improve engagement, conversion, and customer lifetime value.
- Partner with Product to create experiences that turn users into advocates.
Partner with Engineering & Product
- Work closely with Engineering teams to ensure a deep understanding of customer pain points, use cases, and design intent.
- Embed design practices into the development process to improve quality, usability, and delivery outcomes.
- Collaborate with Product Management to align design initiatives with business goals and customer outcomes.
Lead Design System & Quality
- Drive the evolution and governance of Acumatica’s design system to ensure consistency, scalability, and efficiency.
- Ensure the system supports complex ERP workflows while maintaining clarity, usability, and modern UX standards.
Build & Scale the Design Organization
- Recruit, mentor, and grow a high-performing, multidisciplinary design team.
- Establish effective design operations, processes, and best practices.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, customer-centricity, and continuous improvement.
Drive Innovation
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to define the future of AI-driven and assistive experiences.
- Ensure innovation is grounded in real customer needs and delivers meaningful value.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in product design, UX, or related fields, including leadership roles in enterprise or SaaS environments.
- Proven ability to design and deliver customer experiences that drive engagement, adoption, and retention.
- Strong experience in UX research and leveraging customer insights to inform product decisions.
- Demonstrated success engaging directly with customers and partner ecosystems to influence product direction.
- Experience partnering closely with Engineering and Product teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Track record of building and scaling design teams, systems, and processes.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
Additional Information
Acumatica is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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For this role, the salary range is $210,000-$230,000 annually. This range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job and may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant elements.
At Acumatica, certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role.
Benefits/perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Acumatica and the country where you work. US-based employees gain access to healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents), employer paid Short-Term/Long-Term Disability and Basic life coverage, 401(k) plan with company match, Flexible time off, sick and safe leave, among others.