Our product recruitment team began working with HealthTech business, Magentus, since early 2025. Having previously worked with the business to identify a UK-based Head of Product, we worked with them again when they needed to bolster product design capability, too.
Based in Australia, Magentus is a global healthcare technology business that develops software and digital solutions designed to improve clinical, diagnostic and patient-care workflows. Operating across the UK and Australia, the business has built a strong reputation within healthcare, where product quality, user experience and operational efficiency are critical to customer outcomes.
A new CEO joined the organisation in 2024, and increased focus was placed on strengthening product and design capabilities. Whilst product teams were distributed globally, there was limited senior design leadership presence in the UK. The next phase of growth required experienced product design professionals who could help elevate product experience, support complex user workflows and bring greater local leadership capability to the UK team.
Magentus needed to hire a Senior Product Designer to strengthen its product function in the UK. Having advertised the role directly for months, they were finding it challenging to find professionals with experience designing and developing complex B2B SaaS products rather than consumer-focused digital experiences. Many candidates in the market came from web, app or ecommerce backgrounds, whilst the business required individuals capable of understanding intricate healthcare workflows and solving operational challenges through product design.
Pressure to secure more senior capability was increasing, whilst hiring managers were based in Australia, creating additional complexity around stakeholder coordination and interview scheduling. After exhausting direct hiring routes, Magentus needed a specialist recruitment partner that could access a broader and more targeted talent pool.
Specialist design recruiter, Yasmin Vachet, approached the project as a consultative search focused on solving a business challenge rather than filling a role.
Her work included:
Throughout the search, we continuously calibrated candidate profiles against the evolving requirements of the business, ensuring decision-making remained informed by real-time market feedback.
Yasmin acted as a strategic partner throughout the process, helping Magentus navigate several challenges that were preventing successful hiring. One of the most significant contributions was providing detailed salary benchmarking and market insight, helping the business understand how senior Product and Design talent was positioned within the UK market and where expectations required adjustment.
When the initial talent pool in London did not deliver the calibre of candidates required, we challenged location assumptions and explored alternative hiring strategies. Working closely with the hiring team, we mapped the Manchester market and introduced a new pool of highly relevant candidates.
Balancing pace with rigour was equally important. Significant time-zone differences between the UK and Australia created operational challenges, so we established proactive communication channels, maintained regular stakeholder engagement and ensured momentum never stalled throughout the process.
We also presented candidates across a range of experience levels and compensation expectations, giving the business confidence that they were evaluating the strongest available talent in the market.
3Search successfully supported Magentus in strengthening its UK product capability through the appointment of a Senior Product Designer.
A particularly successful outcome came through adapting the location strategy and securing a high-calibre Senior Product Designer for the Manchester office. The appointment provided the business with the senior design capability it had struggled to find through direct hiring methods and strengthened its ability to support future product development and growth.
Working with Yasmin was a genuinely positive experience from start to finish. We had spent considerable time trying to source the right talent directly but struggled to find candidates with the combination of skills, experience and cultural fit we needed. The recruitment process itself required careful coordination across significant time zones, and Yasmin managed this seamlessly, ensuring candidates remained engaged and communication was always timely and proactive. She introduced a broad and diverse range of candidates, giving us confidence that we were seeing the best talent available in the market. What really stood out was her consultative approach. Her market insight, flexibility and commitment to finding the right outcome rather than simply filling a role made a real difference. I would highly recommend Yasmin to any business looking for a recruitment partner who combines product design expertise, responsiveness and genuine strategic value.
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