Senior Product Design Leader for AI-Driven Data Platforms

Fivetran, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 202,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Professional development

Team activities

Cell phone stipend

Mental health support

Job summary

Fivetran, Inc. is hiring a Senior Manager to lead the Product Design team overseeing dbt Labs. This role reports to the Director of Product Design and shapes a coherent product experience during the integration of Fivetran and dbt Labs.

You will manage a team of product designers, define UX strategy for dbt products, and partner with Product and Engineering to design data workflows, ELT processes, and AI-powered experiences for high-stakes technical users.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience and 5+ years managing designers.
• Strong people management, coaching, and feedback skills.
• Cross-functional leadership with Product, Engineering, Research, Data, and execs.
• Craft-focused leadership style prioritizing strategy over IC work.
• Experience designing for ELT, data infrastructure, analytics engineering, developer tools, or enterprise infra.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a team of product designers across dbt platform and CLI products.
• Define and drive UX strategy across dbt's product experience.
• Set direction for design across complex data workflows and engage with Eng/PM.
• Shape AI-powered and agentic product experiences for high-stakes work.
• Drive design integration between Fivetran and dbt Labs across systems and culture.
• Establish AI-enabled design workflows, standards, and quality controls.

Skills

8+ years product design

5+ years managing designers

cross-functional leadership

coaching and feedback

leading technically complex products

Job description

Fivetran, Inc. is hiring a Senior Manager to lead the Product Design team overseeing dbt Labs. This role reports to the Director of Product Design and shapes a coherent product experience during the integration of Fivetran and dbt Labs.

You will manage a team of product designers, define UX strategy for dbt products, and partner with Product and Engineering to design data workflows, ELT processes, and AI-powered experiences for high-stakes technical users.