Product Designer

Academic Key; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan is seeking a Product Designer in Manchester to design end-to-end, user-centered experiences within a leading AI-infused enterprise platform. You will shape data-rich workflows and collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, and designers to deliver high-quality interfaces using Figma and scalable design systems.

Responsibilities include discovery, prototyping, and contributing to design system stewardship while ensuring accessibility and inclusive design.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in product design.
• Strong foundation in user-centered design principles and design thinking methodologies.
• Proven experience designing for data-rich, workflow-heavy interfaces and complex systems.
• High proficiency in Figma and experience working within comprehensive design systems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions, trade-offs, and rationale clearly to cross-functional partners.
• Nice to Have Experience designing for enterprise platforms, including admin, builder, data modeling, or AI-assisted workflows.
• Exposure to designing AI-powered experiences (e.g., conversational interfaces, intelligent assistants, contextual recommendations, or generative AI features).
• Basic understanding of HTML/CSS and how design decisions translate into technical implementation.
• Familiarity with web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1+) and inclusive design practices.
• Experience operating within Agile, cross-functional product teams.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Design: Design and deliver user-centered solutions for a defined product area, balancing user needs, technical constraints, business goals, and emerging AI capabilities where appropriate.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and fellow designers throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
• Discovery & Research: Participate in discovery activities including customer interviews, workshops, journey mapping, usability testing, and the exploration of AI-driven user experiences.
• Complex Workflow Simplification: Design intuitive experiences across both traditional enterprise workflows and AI-powered interactions, helping users accomplish complex tasks with confidence.
• Prototyping & Artifacts: Produce high-quality user flows, wireframes, interaction patterns, and interactive prototypes using Figma.
• Design System Stewardship: Work with and contribute to the Anaplan Design System to ensure consistent, accessible, and cohesive product experiences.
• Data-Informed Iteration: Leverage qualitative and quantitative data, customer feedback, and experimentation to validate design decisions and continuously improve experiences.
• Champion Best Practices: Advocate for accessibility (WCAG), usability, and the thoughtful, responsible adoption of AI across the product ecosystem.

Skills

User-centered design

Design thinking

Data-rich interfaces

Communication

Systems thinking

Agile teamwork

Tools

Figma

Design Systems

HTML/CSS basics

Job description

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market. What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture. Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform. Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating our wins – big and small. Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values -based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next – together!

Product Designer

Anaplan · Manchester

What You’ll Do

• End-to-End Design: Design and deliver user-centered solutions for a defined product area, balancing user needs, technical constraints, business goals, and emerging AI capabilities where appropriate.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and fellow designers throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
• Discovery & Research: Participate in discovery activities including customer interviews, workshops, journey mapping, usability testing, and the exploration of AI-driven user experiences.
• Complex Workflow Simplification: Design intuitive experiences across both traditional enterprise workflows and AI-powered interactions, helping users accomplish complex tasks with confidence.
• Prototyping & Artifacts: Produce high-quality user flows, wireframes, interaction patterns, and interactive prototypes using Figma.
• Design System Stewardship: Work with and contribute to the Anaplan Design System to ensure consistent, accessible, and cohesive product experiences.
• Data-Informed Iteration: Leverage qualitative and quantitative data, customer feedback, and experimentation to validate design decisions and continuously improve experiences.
• Champion Best Practices: Advocate for accessibility (WCAG), usability, and the thoughtful, responsible adoption of AI across the product ecosystem.

What We’re Looking For

• Professional experience in product design.
• Strong foundation in user-centered design principles and design thinking methodologies.
• Proven experience designing for data-rich, workflow-heavy interfaces and complex systems.
• High proficiency in Figma and experience working within comprehensive design systems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions, trade-offs, and rationale clearly to cross-functional partners.
• A systems-thinking mindset with a passion for high craft, continuous iteration, and constructive feedback.
• Nice to Have Experience designing for enterprise platforms, including admin, builder, data modeling, or AI-assisted workflows.
• Exposure to designing AI-powered experiences (e.g., conversational interfaces, intelligent assistants, contextual recommendations, or generative AI features).
• Basic understanding of HTML/CSS and how design decisions translate into technical implementation.
• Familiarity with web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1+) and inclusive design practices.
• Experience in enterprise SaaS, financial systems, business planning software, or complex B2B solutions.
• Experience operating within Agile, cross-functional product teams.

Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to shape the future of enterprise software at a pivotal moment for Ana

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