Senior Design Manager

Own effective design development support and coach other mentors or managers to adapt their approach to individual needs. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Own design organisation choices and coach managers to recruit fairly, clarify responsibilities and review whether capacity meets the work. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Own dependable design management and coach managers to address performance, wellbeing and organisational constraints fairly. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Own alignment through difficult design tradeoffs and coach others to resolve conflicting expectations constructively. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Own design communication across boundaries and coach colleagues to explain difficult decisions and unresolved risks clearly. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Own inclusive design working practices and coach colleagues to recognise and remove barriers to participation. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Own reliable design collaboration across dependencies and coach colleagues to negotiate commitments without relying on line authority. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Own constructive resolution of design disagreements and coach others to make room for perspectives that challenge their assumptions. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Own a design direction across connected experiences and coach colleagues to translate it into consistent delivery choices. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Compare design options against customer needs, business goals and implementation constraints, then check the selected tradeoff.

Revise a design decision using relevant evidence, recording the tradeoff and checking the effect in real work.

Frame a complex design problem as connected questions and testable increments while preserving important system constraints.

Choose and complete a useful next design step under uncertainty, making assumptions and delivery constraints explicit.

Design and evaluate accessible product flows with relevant specialists and users, addressing barriers and documenting unresolved limitations.

Deliver coherent interface flows and visual decisions, including error and recovery states, and refine them through critique and user evidence. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Reuse or extend documented components and patterns with clear states, constraints and implementation guidance. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Own ongoing experience evaluation and coach teams to combine craft review, user evidence and outcome measures responsibly. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.

Explain how prototype fidelity and testing approach should follow the design question rather than visual polish.

Own the use of user evidence in design decisions and coach colleagues to challenge assumptions without overstating findings. Apply this to the outcomes and working conditions of several design teams.