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About the Role

Lead the design of experiences for developers to discover, evaluate, integrate, and operate APIs, making complex technical and tax/accounting capabilities clear and dependable across API contracts, documentation, developer portals, SDKs, and AI workflows. As a senior individual contributor, influence Product, Engineering, and senior leadership, and partner with teams to drive consistent API patterns and standards. This role requires deep UX expertise and technical fluency to ensure APIs are built around real developer needs.

Responsibilities

Lead the design vision and strategy for the API Developer Platform, including APIs, developer portals, documentation, SDKs, and AI tools.
Partner with Product and Engineering early to shape API contracts and roadmap decisions around real developer scenarios.
Lead research with developers, administrators, and partners, and validate designs through prototypes and usability testing.
Design the full developer journey, from discovery and authentication to the first successful API call, debugging, and monitoring.
Drive consistent API patterns across the design organization, including documentation, code examples, errors, and permissions.
Partner with engineers through implementation and iterate based on real usage.
Define and track measures such as time to first successful API call, adoption, and developer satisfaction.
Use AI tools thoughtfully to speed up research and prototyping while keeping people accountable for decisions.
Influence senior stakeholders and build alignment across product and organization lines on a durable, developer centered platform experience.
Mentor designers and raise technical design fluency across the team.

Requirements

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Skills

10+ years in UX or product design leading complex B2B, enterprise, or developer platform products, with a portfolio that shows measurable impact.
Proven experience leading the design of APIs, developer portals, SDKs, or documentation.
Working knowledge of API concepts such as REST, authentication, and error handling, and the credibility to shape decisions with engineers.
Expert in information architecture, user flows, and high fidelity prototypes (leveraging code and ai tools) for complex technical workflows.
Deep experience leading research that shapes product strategy, from developer interviews to usability testing and data analysis.
Experience defining scalable patterns and standards adopted across multiple teams.
Proven ability to influence executives and technical leaders, set direction across teams, and mentor designers at every level.

Location

CT/ET

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Principal

Salary/Compensations

$133,400.00 - $238,400.00 USD

Benefits

Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
401(k)
FSA/HSA
Commuter Benefits
Tuition Assistance Plan
Vacation and Sick Time
Paid Parental Leave

About the Company

Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare, tax and accounting, financial and corporate compliance, legal and regulatory, and corporate performance and ESG sectors.
We help our customers make important decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.
Wolters Kluwer reported 2022 annual revenues of €5.5 billion.
The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide.
We are headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.

Equal Opportunity

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts.
Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style.
We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant.
To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process.
Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.