Senior Product Designer
- Lead design for complex product problems
- Maintain quality across connected journeys
- Mentor colleagues through specific design challenges
Senior Product Designer
- Abilities
- 19
- Core
- 9
- Skills
- 48
What the role expects
Each ability shows how far this role takes it: from Understanding, to Achievement in real work, to Demonstration, where you help others.
Design craft5 abilities · 10 skills
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Design accessible experiencesCoreDemonstration
Own accessible design decisions and coach others to integrate access needs into discovery, design and implementation.
4 skills · 1 practice task · your starting point in the app -
Design clear interfacesCoreDemonstration
Own interface and interaction quality and coach others to resolve difficult design problems using evidence and clear craft reasoning.
5 skills · 3 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Design reusable patternsCoreAchievement
Reuse or extend documented components and patterns with clear states, constraints and implementation guidance. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
4 skills · 3 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Improve from real useCoreAchievement
Review an implemented journey against intended behaviour and outcomes, then coordinate and evaluate a justified improvement. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
4 skills · 1 practice task · your starting point in the app -
Prototype alternativesCoreDemonstration
Own prototype-led exploration and coach others to choose useful fidelity, interpret feedback and avoid unsupported conclusions.
4 skills · 1 practice task · your starting point in the app
Communication2 abilities · 5 skills
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Align design stakeholdersCoreAchievement
Agree design goals, decision ownership and scope with affected stakeholders, renegotiating changes before they block delivery. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Explain design decisionsElectiveAchievement
Explain design reasoning, evidence and changes clearly enough for affected colleagues to act and respond. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
3 skills · 3 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Delivery3 abilities · 7 skills
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Break down design problemsCoreAchievement
Frame a complex design problem as connected questions and testable increments while preserving important system constraints. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Adapt designs to evidenceElectiveDemonstration
Own how design assumptions are revisited and coach colleagues to change direction without losing the intended outcome.
3 skills · 3 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Progress uncertain workElectiveAchievement
Choose and complete a useful next design step under uncertainty, making assumptions and delivery constraints explicit. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Insight1 ability · 8 skills
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Design from user evidenceCoreDemonstration
Own the use of user evidence in design decisions and coach colleagues to challenge assumptions without overstating findings.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Strategy2 abilities · 4 skills
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Carry vision into deliveryCoreAchievement
Develop a coherent experience direction and connect it to feasible increments, assumptions and evidence of value. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Balance user and business needsElectiveAchievement
Compare design options against customer needs, business goals and implementation constraints, then check the selected tradeoff. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
Collaboration3 abilities · 7 skills
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Collaborate inclusivelyElectiveAchievement
Make design sessions accessible, invite less-heard contributors and adjust the approach when participation is unequal. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Follow through on commitmentsElectiveDemonstration
Own reliable design collaboration across dependencies and coach colleagues to negotiate commitments without relying on line authority.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Welcome different perspectivesElectiveAchievement
Seek and accurately represent conflicting perspectives, credit contributions and use them to improve a design decision. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
4 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
People3 abilities · 7 skills
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Coach designersElectiveAchievement
Help a designer choose a specific development goal, arrange suitable practice and review evidence of progress. Apply this to a complex journey within one product area.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Hire and shape design teamsElectiveUnderstanding
Explain how design needs, fair selection and team responsibilities inform a hiring or organisation decision. Contribute observations within a complex journey within one product area; employment decisions remain with the responsible manager.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app -
Lead a design teamElectiveUnderstanding
Explain the responsibilities of a design manager and how fair support differs from directing every design decision. Contribute observations within a complex journey within one product area; employment decisions remain with the responsible manager.
3 skills · 2 practice tasks · your starting point in the app
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