Product Designer in Manchester

Data Solutions, Manchester (Hybrid x2 a week) at Cox Automotive Europe. Design products that people trust when decisions matter. At Cox Automotive Europe, we build the intelligence that powers decisions across the automotive ecosystem – from fleet and logistics to remarketing and finance. Our Data Solutions team sits right at the heart of that mission, creating data‑driven products used every day by professionals operating under real-time pressure.

We’re now looking for a mid–senior level Product Designer to join this team and take ownership of user research and design from discovery through to delivery. This is a genuinely hands-on role. You’ll be talking to users, shaping problems, prototyping solutions and seeing them ship – not handing designs over and hoping for the best.

Why this role is different:

• Research and design are inseparable here. You’ll speak to users in the morning and be sketching, testing or prototyping solutions the same day.
• Your work directly impacts trust and adoption. These products help users make high‑stakes operational decisions – clarity, speed and confidence matter.
• Design is embedded, not bolted on. You’ll sit inside a cross-functional squad with Product, Engineering and Data Science from day one.
• Real enterprise access. You’ll work with real users across multiple markets – an unusually rich research environment for a B2B designer.

What you’ll be working on:

• Running discovery, usability testing, surveys and focus groups with enterprise users.
• Turning multi‑variable data into clear, scannable and actionable experiences.
• Creating prototypes at the right fidelity to test and learn quickly.
• Producing developer‑ready designs and sharing responsibility for what gets built.
• Communicating insights and design rationale clearly to stakeholders.

If you enjoy simplifying complexity, designing for trust, and seeing your work used daily – this will suit you.

What we’re looking for:

• Strong product design background across both research and interaction/UI design.
• Experience designing B2B workflow tools or complex data‑driven products.
• Confidence designing data visualisation and dense information hierarchies.
• Comfortable working in agile squads where design feeds directly into sprints.
• Strong synthesis and communication skills.
• Able to work with ambiguity and help define the problem, not just solve it.
• Experience in automotive, fleet, logistics or operational decision‑making environments.
• Familiarity with AI‑driven or recommendation‑based products and trust calibration.
• Microcopy and content design instincts.
• Design Thinking facilitation and workshop experience.

Tools you’ll use:

You don’t need to be an expert in everything, but you should be comfortable across: Figma, Dovetail, Maze, usability testing, prototyping, agile workflows, and using AI tools (including Claude) to support research, synthesis and design thinking.

The team & culture:

You’ll join a fast‑moving product squad within a growing 20‑person Data Solutions function, backed by strong executive support and a clear commercial mandate. We have a dedicated Design Systems team, so your focus stays where it should be: solving real user problems and designing great products. Design is respected here as a core discipline – not a service function.

What we offer:

• Meaningful, complex design challenges with real impact.
• Access to enterprise users across multiple markets.
• A team that values craftsmanship, evidence and outcomes.
• Hybrid working with trust and flexibility based in Manchester (hybrid).
• 1 day per week with the wider UCD team.
• 1 day per week with the Data Solutions team.
• Additional in‑person time for key ceremonies or stakeholder sessions.
• Beyond this, you have flexibility to work where you’re most effective.

If you’re a Product Designer who enjoys research, complexity and real-world impact, we’d love to hear from you.