Vista Equity Partners

Associate Director, UX for AI Agents

Vista Equity Partners

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $160,000 - $210,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Design and rapidly prototype user experiences for AI agents, conversational interfaces, and human-in-the-loop workflows as part of Agentic Factory engagements with portfolio companies.
  • Create low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes that bring agent interactions to life, moving from concept to testable artifact in days, not weeks.
  • Design the UX patterns for how agents communicate status, surface decisions for human review, handle errors gracefully, and build user trust over time.
  • Develop conversational flows, dialog models, and interaction patterns that feel natural in enterprise contexts where accuracy and auditability matter.
  • Partner with portfolio company product and engineering teams to translate agentic use cases into intuitive user experiences aligned with their existing products and user base.
  • Collaborate closely with AI engineers and data scientists within the Agentic Factory to ensure UX decisions are grounded in what the underlying models can reliably deliver.
  • Conduct targeted user research and usability testing during Agentic Factory sprints to inform, prioritize, and validate design decisions quickly and incorporate feedback into the next iteration.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, UX Design, or a related field and / or relevant experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in UX design and development, with recent experience designing for AI, conversational, or agent-based interfaces.
  • Strong portfolio showcasing rapid prototyping, user-centered design, and work on complex interactive systems.
  • Proficiency in modern UX design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, ProtoPie , Framer).
  • Understanding of natural language processing and conversational AI concepts sufficient to design within technical constraints.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment.
  • Experience within consulting, private equity portfolio companies, or multi-client environments is a strong plus.
Benefits
  • Annual cash bonus
  • Comprehensive benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
UX designrapid prototypinguser-centered designconversational interfacesdialog modelsinteraction patternsnatural language processingAI designusability testingcomplex interactive systems
Soft Skills
communicationpresentationcollaborationindependenceproject managementadaptabilityuser researchfeedback incorporationtrust buildingproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer InteractionMaster's degree in UX Design