Some leadership examples where I led and elevated design teams to positively impact the larger organization.
I have held various leadership roles during my career and I've learned from mentors, colleagues, and my direct reports. These are some of the guiding principles and frameworks that shape the way I lead teams.
When I joined Dealerware, I was asked to heal a design team and elevate the design maturity of the organization. Over the next 4+ years, our team rebounded in size, design quality increased, team satisfaction rose, and customers noticed.
Every member of a team wants to know what career progression looks like and how they will be evaluated. I establshed an effective career levels framework to benefit my team and the model quickly got adoption from neighboring teams.
Modern design teams need to leverage an effective design system with clear governance, roles, and the "right amount" of coverage to ensure Design & Engineering mutually benefit. We named ours "Camino".
Product Management routinely logs Technical Debt as a critical piece of their product backlog. I introduced the concept of UX Debt to Dealerware and partnered with PM & Engineering to embrace the concept and measurably improve our product with each subsequent sprint.
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