Product Design & UX Leader ● Hybrid Barcelona & London, or Remote ● UK & EU right to work ● Open to roles

Product Design Leadership for SaaS, AI, and Enterprise Products.

Hi, I'm Derry Birkett. I help SaaS and AI companies simplify complex products, scale design systems, and deliver measurable product outcomes. Previously I led UX at CloudBees and delivered design systems and enterprise product initiatives for Oracle NetSuite.

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About

  • 18+ years in Product Design & UX

  • 6 years leading UX at CloudBees

  • Enterprise SaaS

  • Product Strategy

  • AI Products

  • Design Systems

  • Available for fractional and permanent leadership roles

Selected impact

  • Led UX for CloudBees, a 500-person DevOps company serving Fortune 500 enterprises.

  • Built and scaled design systems adopted across multiple products and teams at Oracle.

  • Established Research Operations practices that improved roadmap and prioritisation decisions.

  • Directed product and UX strategy across enterprise SaaS and developer tooling.

Product Design in the Age of AI

Design Philosophy

Build the right things & Build the things right.

Great products are built on two principles: understanding the right problems to solve and executing solutions with care and precision. While the complexity grows with the size of the organisation, the fundamentals remain unchanged. Build the right things, and build them right.

Design is how it works.