Matt Manieri – Product Design Director & Player-Coach

About

Product Design Leader with 25 years of experience driving scalable user-centered SaaS experiences. Hands-on design leader with a player-coach mindset. Proven ability to guide small, high-performing teams while crafting intuitive, data-informed products. Passionate about building inclusive design systems, shaping design culture, and delivering real user and business impact.

Experience

Principal Product Designer

Socotra

2024 – Present

Led redesign of Socotra’s core SaaS UI, helping elevate the platform to Gartner Challenger status and driving record YoY enterprise growth

Developed and evangelized a scalable design system adopted across teams, increasing design-to-dev velocity by 40%

Partnered with PM, engineering, and executive stakeholders to align UX strategy with business OKRs

Principal Product Designer

Socotra

2024 – Present

Led redesign of Socotra’s core SaaS UI, helping elevate the platform to Gartner Challenger status and driving record YoY enterprise growth

Developed and evangelized a scalable design system adopted across teams, increasing design-to-dev velocity by 40%

Partnered with PM, engineering, and executive stakeholders to align UX strategy with business OKRs

Principal Product Designer

EDB

2022-2024

Led design of EDB’s flagship cloud-native Postgres DBaaS, improving onboarding task completion by 30% and helping increase free trial conversion rate

Built and scaled a robust, modular design system to support rapid feature growth and usability improvements

Championed accessibility and inclusive design practices, mentoring product teams, and ensuring compliance with WCAG standards

Principal Product Designer

EDB

2022-2024

Led design of EDB’s flagship cloud-native Postgres DBaaS, improving onboarding task completion by 30% and helping increase free trial conversion rate

Built and scaled a robust, modular design system to support rapid feature growth and usability improvements

Championed accessibility and inclusive design practices, mentoring product teams, and ensuring compliance with WCAG standards

Product Design Director

Sony

2010 – 2022

Directed and grew a global team of 6 designers, fostering a collaborative and resilient design culture across time zones

Launched platform initiatives that scaled the product into the second-largest global portal for healthcare professionals

Served as strategic UX partner to the Executive team, spearheading data-informed design initiatives

Product Design Director

Sony

2010 – 2022

Directed and grew a global team of 6 designers, fostering a collaborative and resilient design culture across time zones

Launched platform initiatives that scaled the product into the second-largest global portal for healthcare professionals

Served as strategic UX partner to the Executive team, spearheading data-informed design initiatives

Education

UX Design & FrontEnd Development

University of Pennsylvania

2005 – 2007

Specialized in design thinking and frontend web development

UX Design & FrontEnd Development

University of Pennsylvania

2005 – 2007

Specialized in design thinking and frontend web development

Bachelor of Arts in English Lierature

La Salle University

1993 – 1997

Studied American and British Romantic literature

Bachelor of Arts in English Lierature

La Salle University

1993 – 1997

Studied American and British Romantic literature

Awards

Employee of the Year

2014-2019

Sony Awards

Skills

Design Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Mentorship

Design Thinking

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Visionary Leadership

User-Centered Design

User Research

Prototyping

Usability Testing

Information Architecture

Wireframing

UI Design

Accessibility

Iconography

Microinteractions

Design Systems Management

User Interface Animation

Tech stack

Figma

Framer

Lovable

v0.dev

Builder.io

Invision

Photoshop

Notion

Zapier

Jira

Languages

🇬🇧

English

Native

🇮🇹

Italian

Basic

Recommendations

Erin Keyes

CEO

2020

Matt is a rare gem of the business world. He’s a jack of all trades, who excels in each trade. His work is consistently high quality, with effective scoping, and timely turnaround. He is collaborative, but decisive, and an excellent leader in creating positive workplace culture.

Erin Keyes

CEO

2020

Shiho Kenno

Senior UX Expert

2018

He always kept the team motivated and shared knowledge. He is one of the best directors I ever had. He knows how to bring the best out of each person and is an outstanding mentor.

Shiho Kenno

Senior UX Expert

2018

He always kept the team motivated and shared knowledge. He is one of the best directors I ever had. He knows how to bring the best out of each person and is an outstanding mentor.

Robert Stringer

Principal Product Designer

2022

Matt is a great design leader. He sets an inclusive tone by communicating his ideas in a humble and empathetic manner. His experience and knowledge elevates everyone.

Robert Stringer

Principal Product Designer

2022

Matt is a great design leader. He sets an inclusive tone by communicating his ideas in a humble and empathetic manner. His experience and knowledge elevates everyone.

Links

Portfolio

Get in touch

mmanieri@gmail.com

(207) 200-5507