Product Design Manager

Prolific

Product Manager UK Remote ( with some office time in London)    Prolific Prolific is not just another player in the AI space – we are the architects of the human data infrastructure that's reshaping the landscape of AI development. In a world where foundational AI technologies are increasingly commoditized, it's the quality and diversity of human-generated data that truly differentiates products and models. The role As our new Product Manager at Prolific, you will take your place in Prolific's Product, Research, and Design Group. * Impact: You will be the Product person responsible for the impact and outcomes of a team building out next gen tooling that enables frontier AI model developers to conduct cutting edge AI research. This is a career-defining moment to shape how some of the world’s biggest technology companies are building AI…no big deal! You'll report into the Product Lead for the Prolific for AI Product Group, and will work cross-functionally while accountable for a stream-aligned team.  * Experience: You'll bring experience building AI native systems, with particular experience building AI native UX. You’ll have had success taking complex human workflows and distilling them into highly adaptable technical systems and then scale access to those systems across multiple interaction surfaces - UI, APIs, CLIs and MPCs. * Domain: The Data Collection Tooling feature set  is a key technical driver of what Prolific does best, and therefore the time, energy and focus of this team are worth their weight in gold. It’s critical that the person in this role prioritises both intuitively and systematically and is a master at the elegant art of trade-offs. * Responsibilities: You will be responsible for product managing a stream-aligned team of your own. This means you’ll be accountable for the outcomes and impact of that team. You’ll also be the key driver of interaction with your peer teams and be able to collaborate across domains of science, research, supply, sales and account services. * Culture: Building on our Prolific Principles, we expect colleagues in the Product, Research, and Design Group to demonstrate reliability, grit, diplomacy, a bias for action, and a dogged focus on value – you'll be a champion of these behaviours yourself, and in the culture of your team. Accountability and autonomy are two sides of the same coin, and we expect you to demonstrate both. What you’ll be doing in the role  * You’ll be working within your team to build and launch the next generation of Prolific’s Data Collection Tooling product suite * You’ll stay up to speed with the rapidly changing face of frontier AI research in order to ensure your product keeps up with our customers requirements. * You’ll be responsible for the end to end product development lifecycle, from strategy to success metrics to roadmaps to delivery and iteration. * You’ll be responsible for communicating your strategy to our executives, but also working through details with your team. * You will be unblocking and simplifying complexity: colleagues will bring you problems, and emerge optimistic, with solutions. * You'll partner productively with Product Design, User Research, Analytics, and Engineering to find ways to deliver products in a test-learn-iterate fashion. What you’ll bring to the role * An extensive and varied track record working embedded in technology teams alongside engineers and designers.  * B2B product experience, ideally focused on large enterprises, where you’ve had to work with, and manage, multiple internal stakeholders to deliver value and scale your product’s impact. * Competence or expertise in most or all of the industry's prevailing Product tools, models, and methodologies. * Hands-on experience of Agile frameworks, Continuous Discovery, CI/CD, JTBD frameworks, thin or vertical slicing, self-organizing teams, Team Topologies, advocacy of 'thinking in bets,' test-learn-iterate loops, and Growth loops / Growth hacking. * Expertise in experimenting with the latest AI led technologies in the Product Manager’s tool box, you’re expected to experiment with technology and build POCs yourself. * Strong data literacy and true data-driven decision-making. * A storyteller's flair, a model teamplayer, belief in 'strong opinions weakly held', personal accountability, and a relentless can-do attitude. Even better if you have * Scale-up or startup experience. * AI/ML training / AI/ML development experience. * A track record of giving back to your Product community. Why Prolific is a great place to work We've built a unique platform that connects researchers and companies with a global pool of participants, enabling the collection of high-quality, ethically sourced human behavioral data and feedback. This data is the cornerstone of developing more accurate, nuanced, and aligned AI systems. We believe that the next leap in AI capabilities won't come solely from scaling existing models, but from integrating diverse human perspectives and behaviors into AI development. By providing this crucial human data infrastructure, Prolific is positioning itself at the forefront of the next wave of AI innovation – one that reflects the breadth and the best of humanity. Working for us will place you at the forefront of AI innovation, providing access to our unique human data platform and opportunities for groundbreaking research. Join us to enjoy a competitive salary, benefits, and remote working within our impactful, mission-driven culture.   Links to more information on Prolific Website  Youtube  Privacy Statement By submitting your application, you agree that Prolific may collect your personal data for recruiting and global organisation planning. Prolific's Candidate Privacy Notice explains what personal information Prolific may process, where Prolific may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over Prolific use of your personal information.

Prolific

LEAD PRODUCT DESIGNER Team: Product, Research & Design   Prolific Prolific is not just another player in the AI space – we are the architects of the human data infrastructure that's reshaping the landscape of AI development. In a world where foundational AI technologies are increasingly commoditized, it's the quality and diversity of human-generated data that truly differentiates products and models. The Role As the Product Design Lead in the Prolific for Participants Group, you will lead the design vision, strategy, and execution across three cross-functional teams. You’ll oversee participant experiences and authenticity within both our global marketplace and our dedicated specialist pool, as well as the internal services powering our participant models.  In addition to this leadership responsibility, you will be the hands-on designer responsible for the outcomes of a core participant domain, reporting to the VP of Product and collaborating with a world-class team of product engineers, AI researchers, and data scientists – as well as product managers and designers across Prolific. You bring a background in crafting user-psychology-informed experiences for large-scale audiences and a natural ability to synthesize complex systems into elegant and transparent solutions. Thriving in ambiguity and juggling multiple initiatives, you move at a rapid pace while galvanizing exceptional performance around you. Ultimately, your success will be defined by your conceptual clarity, peer-to-peer bridge-building, and your consistent ability to bring the participant “into the room Our Product, User Research, and Design Team indexes heavily on drive, commercial acumen, and pragmatism. Building on our Prolific Principles, we expect you to demonstrate reliability, grit, and bravery, and to model these traits within the team. You’ll be given a lot of trust and autonomy in return, as is always the case within Product at Prolific. What you'll be doing * You'll bring your rich and varied design career experience to bear to solve customer problems and create new moments of joy for our participants who use Prolific—both ‘pocket money’ academic research participants around the world and deeply skilled experts working on AI training and evaluation. * You’ll build extensively for internal use cases and users, including in participant modeling platforms and tools for our Human Data Ops team. * You’ll raise the bar in our Design Team, and co-own cross-functional areas like accessibility (we are WCAG 2.1 AA compliant) and our Design System with other design leaders.  * You will line-manage a group of 1-3 designers directly, and mentor others, coaching behaviours and skills, and modeling game-changing approaches by directly doing. * You'll have user research and data analysis responsibilities   What you'll bring * An extensive and varied track record of in-house product design work alongside product managers and engineers. (Pure agency experience is likely to be screened out.) * Experience in either line-managing or acting as player/coach for other designers. * Confidence working with AI prototyping tools. We use Figma Make. * Competence or expertise in the industry's standard design tools, principles, and methodologies, and a basic to detailed understanding of how AI models work. Even better if you have * A lived experience of a rapidly scaling startup – especially if you loved it! * AI training experience, or a data science or computer science background. * A track record of giving back to your Product/Design community. * A track record of excelling across all your pursuits, beyond your chosen career. Why Prolific is a great place to work We've built a unique platform that connects researchers and companies with a global pool of participants, enabling the collection of high-quality, ethically sourced human behavioral data and feedback. This data is the cornerstone of developing more accurate, nuanced, and aligned AI systems. We believe that the next leap in AI capabilities won't come solely from scaling existing models, but from integrating diverse human perspectives and behaviors into AI development. By providing this crucial human data infrastructure, Prolific is positioning itself at the forefront of the next wave of AI innovation – one that reflects the breath and the best of humanity. Working for us will place you at the forefront of AI innovation, providing access to our unique human data platform and opportunities for groundbreaking research. Join us to enjoy a competitive salary, benefits, and remote working within our impactful, mission-driven culture.   Links to more information on Prolific Benefits  External Handbook  Website  Youtube  Privacy Statement By submitting your application, you agree that Prolific may collect your personal data for recruiting and global organisation planning. Prolific's Candidate Privacy Notice explains what personal information Prolific may process, where Prolific may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over Prolific use of your personal information.

Prolific

SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER Team: Product, Research & Design   Prolific Prolific is not just another player in the AI space – we are the architects of the human data infrastructure that's reshaping the landscape of AI development. In a world where foundational AI technologies are increasingly commoditized, it's the quality and diversity of human-generated data that truly differentiates products and models.   The Role   At Prolific, our marketplace is rooted in higher learning, and that commitment runs deep. Alongside our work to accelerate the future of AI, we’re continuing to redefine how the world conducts frontier human-centred research in industry and academic contexts. Responsibilities: You will be embedded in a team alongside engineers, product managers, and data scientists as well as very close operational and customer-facing colleagues. You’ll build and advocate for functional, delightful, and disruptive customer journeys that pack a lot of value. You’ll work experimentally and iteratively. You’ll conduct user research independently with the help of our consulting user researchers. You’ll be the person accountable for the product’s customer experience and satisfaction in your domain. Our Culture: Building on our Prolific Principles, we expect colleagues in the Product, Research, and Design Group to demonstrate commercial acumen, reliability, grit, and diplomacy, and to always operate based on trust and empathy – you'll be a champion of these behaviours yourself, and in the culture of your team. Accountability and autonomy are two sides of the same coin, and we expect you to demonstrate both. We care deeply about building an inclusive and diverse team. What you'll be doing * Designing meaningful products: Identify and solve a wide range of problems through thoughtful discovery, definition and design. * Think strategically: Look beyond the immediate task to connect the dots, shaping the product at a high level, spotting missing pieces across the experience and ensuring design decisions align with the bigger picture. * Shaping outcomes that matter: Help define, monitor and improve product experience experience for Prolific users * Elevating design at scale: Contribute to our design system and evolve our design processes to enable designing faster, more consistent and enjoyable experiences. * Driving a culture of experimentation: Explore and outline a range of solutions to solve a customer and business problem. Champion data informed design and rapid prototyping, iterating quickly to deliver value. How you’ll do it * Understand people deeply: Build a deep understanding of the motivations and behaviours of data collectors, account administrators, integrating developers, and participants, through workshops, research and feedback loops. * Design journeys with impact: Create flows, user journeys and mental models that help our users to achieve their goals. * Bring ideas to life: Produce service maps, wireframes and prototypes that inspire clarity and collaboration.  * Validate and refine: Test and evaluate prototypes and experiments for usability, value and feasibility to ensure we solve the right problems the right way. * Collaborate across disciplines: Work closely with the product and engineering team to co-create design solutions and roll-out strategies. * Inspire and influence: Tell the story of your design decisions with clarity and confidence, articulating the reasoning behind them across the whole Prolific team, helping elevate the role of design throughout Prolific and inspire others with your vision. What you'll bring You're comfortable with asynchronous and synchronous working that is fast-paced and constantly changing. You are a deep systems thinker who is curious about people's behaviour and passionate about how great design can improve user productivity and enjoyment. You understand product design principles and have long practical experience using them. * Design tools, such as Figma. * Experience with information architecture and mapping complex systems and business processes. * Experience of interface design, and a deep understanding of good visual and interactive design in dynamic contexts. * Comfort with product analytics and A/B or multivariate testing * Experience working in fast-paced environments. Even better if you have * Knowledge of B2B and Enterprise customer needs and how to delight them. * Knowledge of the AI tooling landscape. * Knowledge of developer experience, APIs, and common developer tools. * Proven success in a scale-up environment. * Inclusive design and accessibility (we’re at AA standard). Why Prolific is a great place to work We've built a unique platform that connects researchers and companies with a global pool of participants, enabling the collection of high-quality, ethically sourced human behavioral data and feedback. This data is the cornerstone of developing more accurate, nuanced, and aligned AI systems. We believe that the next leap in AI capabilities won't come solely from scaling existing models, but from integrating diverse human perspectives and behaviors into AI development. By providing this crucial human data infrastructure, Prolific is positioning itself at the forefront of the next wave of AI innovation – one that reflects the breath and the best of humanity. Working for us will place you at the forefront of AI innovation, providing access to our unique human data platform and opportunities for groundbreaking research. Join us to enjoy a competitive salary, benefits, and remote working within our impactful, mission-driven culture.   Links to more information on Prolific Benefits  External Handbook  Website  Youtube  Privacy Statement By submitting your application, you agree that Prolific may collect your personal data for recruiting and global organisation planning. Prolific's Candidate Privacy Notice explains what personal information Prolific may process, where Prolific may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over Prolific use of your personal information.