Product Designer
Role also known as programmer or software engineer, requires a deep level of technical expertise.
| Level | Senior | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | PD1 - Product Designer 1 |
| 2 | No | PD2 - Product Designer 2 |
| 3 | No | PD3 - Product Designer 3 |
| 4 | Yes | PD4 - Product Designer 4 |
| 5 | Yes | PD5 - Product Designer 5 |
| 6 | Yes | DP6 - Product Designer 6 |
PD1 - Product Designer 1
- Expertise: Learns: actively learns and adopts the design system and tools defined by the team
- System: Enhances: successfully pushes new design components to improve and extend the system
- People: Learns: quickly learns from others and consistently steps up when it is required
- Process: Follows: follows the team processes, delivering a consistent flow of features to production
- Influence: Subsystem: makes an impact on one or more subsystems or team pods
PD2 - Product Designer 2
- Expertise: Learns: actively learns and adopts the technology and tools defined by the team
- System: Designs: designs and implements medium to large size features while reducing the system’s tech debt
- People: Supports: proactively supports other team members and helps them to be successful
- Process: Enforces: enforces the team processes, making sure everybody understands the benefits and tradeoffs
- Influence: Subsystem: makes an impact on one or more subsystems or team pods
PD3 - Product Designer 3
- Expertise: Specializes: is the go-to person for one or more user journey and takes initiative to learn new ones
- System: Designs: designs and implements medium to large size features while reducing the system’s tech debt
- People: Supports: proactively supports other team members and helps them to be successful
- Process: Challenges: challenges the team processes, looking for ways to improve them
- Influence: Team: makes an impact on the whole team, not just on specific parts of it
PD4 - Product Designer 4
- Expertise: Evangelizes: researches, creates proofs of concept and introduces new design techniques to the team
- System: Owns: owns the production operation and monitoring of the design system and is aware of its SLAs
- People: Mentors: mentors others to accelerate their career-growth and encourages them to participate
- Process: Challenges: challenges the team processes, looking for ways to improve them
- Influence: Team: makes an impact on the whole team, not just on specific parts of it
PD5 - Product Designer 5
- Expertise: Masters: has very deep knowledge about the whole design system and UX craft
- System: Evolves: evolves the design system to support future requirements and defines its SLAs
- People: Mentors: mentors others to accelerate their career-growth and encourages them to participate
- Process: Adjusts: adjusts the team processes, listening to feedback and guiding the team through the changes
- Influence: Multiple Teams: makes an impact not only on the whole team but also on other teams
PD6 - Product Designer 6
- Expertise: Masters: has very deep knowledge about the whole design system and UX craft
- System: Leads: leads the technical excellence of the design system and creates plans for major overhauls
- People: Mentors: mentors others to accelerate their career-growth and encourages them to participate
- Process: Adjusts: adjusts the team processes, listening to feedback and guiding the team through the changes
- Influence: Company: makes an impact on the whole tech organization