Experience
10+ years in product design with proven success in building, scaling, and leading design teams. Combines product thinking, craft excellence, and organizational leadership.
Area of Responsibility
Owns the design function across the company. Defines and drives the long-term product design vision, grows and structures the team, and ensures the consistency, quality, and impact of user experiences. Connects people, product, and design culture.
Skills
- Builds, mentors, and retains a high-performing design team; leads hiring, leveling, and capability development
- Design Strategy: Aligns design direction with business goals, product strategy, and company OKRs
- Elevates the role of design in the company, promotes user-first thinking at all levels
- Shapes the team’s structure, rituals, processes, and career growth architecture
- Scope & Risk Assessment: Helps teams navigate ambiguity, manage priorities, and reduce design and delivery risks
- Stakeholder Management: Builds strong relationships with Product, Engineering, and Executive teams; represents design in leadership discussions
- Oversees design systems as a tool for scale and quality
- Product Metrics & UX Outcomes: Defines how design success is measured; links design to customer and business impact
- Communicates vision and design impact internally and externally
- Fosters a culture of trust, learning, inclusion, and thoughtful critique
