Senior UX Strategist

Accela

Senior UX Strategist advancing user experience strategy across Accela’s product portfolio. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive user-centered product design for government software solutions.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $168,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Contribute to and help evolve UX strategy across Accela’s platform, grounded in user needs, product goals, and architectural direction
Translate product strategy into experience principles, frameworks, and interaction models across assigned product areas
Drive consistency in user experience across workflows, surfaces, and product experiences
Support and apply UX standards, patterns, and design system principles across teams
Partner in developing research strategies to understand user behaviors, workflows, and unmet needs
Synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights into actionable design and product recommendations
Work closely with UX Research and Product teams to ensure insights inform roadmap priorities and design decisions
Advocate for continuous discovery and user feedback throughout the product development lifecycle
Define end-to-end user journeys, workflows, and interaction patterns for complex product areas
Provide strategic input into design solutions, ensuring alignment with user needs, accessibility standards, and product goals
Collaborate with Product Designers to translate strategy into high-quality designs and prototypes
Ensure design decisions align with broader platform standards and design systems
Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Design to align UX strategy with roadmap priorities and technical constraints
Influence product direction through a user-centered perspective, contributing to prioritization and solution decisions
Drive alignment across teams to support consistent experience delivery from concept through release
Identify UX gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities within assigned product areas; recommend scalable improvements
Contribute to platform modernization efforts, including workflow simplification and experience consistency
Support the adoption of emerging UX practices, including AI-assisted and data-informed design approaches
Help define and track UX success metrics, including usability, adoption, and user satisfaction
Communicate UX insights, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in UX strategy, product design, or related roles within B2B SaaS or enterprise software
Experience contributing to UX strategy for complex products or multi-surface applications
Strong foundation in user research, interaction design, and experience architecture
Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence without formal authority
Strong communication skills, including ability to present to stakeholders and product leadership
Experience working within agile product development environments
Experience in govtech, public sector, or highly regulated enterprise environments (desired)
Experience working on platform or multi-product ecosystems (desired)
Familiarity with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1 AA) and inclusive design practices (desired)
Experience contributing to or working within a design system (desired)
Exposure to AI-driven UX patterns, conversational interfaces, or emerging interaction models (desired)

Benefits

Comp & perks

flexible time off
comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
family planning benefits
401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
health savings account with company contributions
flexible spending account
life, accident, and disability coverage
business travel insurance
employee assistance programs
other well-being benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

User Experience DesignExperience ArchitectureInteraction PatternsUsability MetricsAccessibility StandardsAI-Driven UX PatternsPrototypingWorkflow SimplificationMulti-Surface ApplicationsDesign System Principles

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationCross-Functional CollaborationInfluencing Without Authority