Director of Product Design · Barcelona

UX leadership that moves the business

I build design orgs that earn a seat at the strategy table. Teams that scale, research cultures that stick, and products that move the needle across B2B SaaS, travel, and e-commerce.

13 Years in UX
5 Years leading teams
20 Designers led
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Lighthouse · 2026AI

Validating agentic AI concepts with independent hoteliers in one week

A compressed validation cycle with real customers: concept interviews, internal synthesis, prototype iteration, and a follow-up session. A tested, prioritized roadmap by end of Friday.

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Kiwi.com · 2023–2024

Embedding continuous discovery across two product teams

Designed and piloted a continuous discovery framework grounded in Teresa Torres’ methodology, adapting it to Kiwi’s culture and scaling it team by team through careful stakeholder management.

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Kiwi.com · 2023

New Figma file architecture for a scaled design team

Overhauled a Figma structure where context was missing or inconsistent, making design work legible to everyone who needed to read it, including engineers working without a designer in the room.

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Kiwi.com · 2022

Redesigning the design delivery workflow

Defined a new handoff and delivery workflow through a participatory process, building shared ownership across design and engineering and reducing friction at the point where design meets development.

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HP · 2021

Global cart & checkout redesign for HP

Led the end-to-end redesign of HP’s global cart and checkout experience across multiple markets, from research to shipped.


I'm a UX and Product Design Director with over a decade of experience turning design teams into strategic business partners. With a Master's in UX, a degree in Psychology, and roots in Telecommunications Engineering, I'm wired to work from human behaviour up, think in business outcomes, and make UX earn its place at the table.

I've led design across B2B SaaS, travel, and e-commerce, scaling team maturity and embedding research culture at each stage. Currently directing design strategy for Lighthouse, a B2B hospitality SaaS.

Great design leadership isn't about the work you produce. It's about the conditions you create.

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Jonatan Mato

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