Lead Product Designer
Job Location:
Manchester - UK
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Job Summary
Are you ready to shape the future of data
Matillion is the company behind Maia the AI Data Automation platform.
In the AI economy demand for data is exploding. Manual data engineering cant keep up. Maia fixes that by combining 15 years of data expertise with agentic AI to eliminate the manual work that slows data teams down. Organisations like Cisco DocuSign and Slack are already using it to deliver real business impact faster.
We started in Manchester and now were global - with teams across the UK US and India.
We are driven curious energetic people who move fast think big and hold ourselves to a high standard. Were here to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves. And were looking for people who want to be part of it.
Design at Matillion is about balancing curiosity and a genuine love for innovation with real care for detail and craft. Were building Maia our agentic AI platform that helps data teams design build and manage data pipelines faster and with far less manual effort. For Product Design this is an opportunity to shape how humans collaborate with AI to solve complex technical problems from guiding users through pipeline creation to designing intelligent agents that generate optimise and maintain workflows.
We are full-stack end-to-end Product Designers. We dont separate strategy from execution or discovery from delivery. As Lead Product Designer youre not just responsible for excellent design work in your own area - you help teams around you make better decisions. Youll lead complex product initiatives create alignment across squads and operate in ambiguous spaces where the business opportunity is clear but the product answer isnt. This is a highly influential role. You set the standard for the product and the team.
- Leading major product initiatives that span multiple journeys squads or product surfaces - setting design direction across complex problem spaces and helping teams understand what good looks like
- Working as a senior partner to Product and Engineering - shaping strategy and roadmap thinking facilitating design sprints discovery workshops and cross-functional decision-making forums
- Turning ambiguous business customer and technical problems into clear product opportunities - designing and guiding end-to-end experiences from research through to delivery and iteration
- Using Claude and AI-native workflows to accelerate exploration and prototyping while defining scalable interaction patterns for complex data workflows AI agents and human-AI collaboration
- Raising the bar for craft across the team; coaching and supporting other designers through feedback critique and pairing and connecting design work to measurable business outcomes like adoption activation and retention
- Significant experience designing complex products in SaaS enterprise AI data or developer tooling environments with proven ability to lead large ambiguous initiatives from discovery through to delivery
- Strong strategic thinking; you connect customer problems business goals and technical constraints backed by a strong body of work showing influence leadership and measurable impact
- Excellent end-to-end design capability and strong facilitation skills with the confidence to run design sprints and workshops that create genuine clarity and momentum with senior stakeholders
- Deep understanding of customer research and evidence-based decision making alongside a strong interest in AI-native product development and emerging humanAI collaboration patterns
- Exceptional communication and storytelling skills a business-minded and entrepreneurial approach and a generous attitude towards coaching and growing the people around you
More about Matillion
We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance with benefits including:
Company Equity
30 days holiday bank holiday
5 days paid volunteering leave
Private Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Pension
Access to mental health support
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Matillion is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our team. Matillion prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Matillion does not discriminate on the basis of race colour religion age sex national origin disability status genetics sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by law.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Matillion helps teams get data business-ready, faster. Thousands of enterprises trust us to load, transform, sync, and orchestrate their data in the cloud.
