Senior Product Design Manager
About the role
TL;DR
Lead product design for dbt Labs, shaping AI-powered data products and managing a design team.
- •Fivetran + dbt Labs is hiring a Senior Manager to lead the Product Design team responsible for dbt Labs.
- •This role reports to the Director of Product Design and will shape a coherent product experience, guide the design team through change, and influence the future of AI-powered data products.
- •Key Responsibilities Manage and coach a team of product designers working on dbt platform and CLI-based products.
- •Define and drive UX strategy across dbt’s product experience, connecting design priorities to product outcomes.
- •Provide direction for design work across complex workflows used by technical practitioners, including data workflows, ELT, and analytics engineering.
- •Lead design strategy for AI-powered and agentic experiences within dbt, considering human and AI agent interactions.
- •Play an important role in co-creating a unified product experience and design culture during the Fivetran and dbt Labs integration.
- •Requirements 8+ years of product design experience and at least 5 years managing product designers.
- •Strong people management skills, including coaching, performance development, direct feedback, and team culture building.
- •Deep care for craft, with a leadership style focused on direction, critique, strategy, and coaching.
- •Experience designing for technically complex products such as ELT, data infrastructure, or developer tools.
- •Experience designing AI-powered or agentic product experiences and operationalizing AI workflows for product design teams.
Required skills
Nice-to-have skills
Domain expertise
Benefits & perks
100% employer-paid medical insurance, Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off, RSU stock grants, Professional development and training opportunities, Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities, Monthly cell phone stipend, Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.