Collaboration

HRBP

Other Teams

Reporting Designers

Pod Leads

Director

Me

  • IC Lead (Report to Design Director): Horizontal designer across all products.
  • Collaborate with Pod Leads: Decide on KPIs/OKRs for product areas, influencing designer assignments.
  • DLS Lead in Reviews: Guide for Quality, Consistency, Faster Go-to-Market with all design teams.
  • Dotted Line Reporting: Directly work with ~6 Designers and support all 28 designers as needed.
  • Daily collaboration with PMs, Business, Marketing, and Engineering Teams.
  • Quarterly updates with HRBP.
How do I work?

IC and Management Approach

Strategic Initiative IC Proactively contribute to product vision by defining design philosophies. Mentorship Management Actively mentor fellow designers, sharing expertise in design systems. Effective Collaboration IC Foster communication with engineering and product management teams. Leadership Management Take ownership of projects like the Design Language System week.

Management Style

65+ Products 6 Design Pods 20+ Jr. Designers Lead & Develop I foster career development by mentoring, coaching, and elevating others, which includes mentoring fellow designers. Guide I guide team members in strategy, research, alignment, analysis, design critiques, and design execution tasks. Collaborate I work with partners and teams across various geographies. I navigate conflict resolution within the team, projects, and partner relationships. Hire I participate in activities, such as reviewing resumes, conducting interviews, and attending consensus meetings.