Michaela Hildebrandt your partner for

Leadership

Michaela Hildebrandt
your partner for

Leadership

Michaela Hildebrandt
your partner for

Leadership

Turning design from a function into a driver of strategy.

Turning design from a function into a driver of strategy

Turning design from a function into a driver of strategy.

Leadership in design is about more than managing tasks —
it’s about enabling teams, projects, and organizations to
deliver design at scale and with impact.

Leadership in design is about more than managing tasks —
it’s about enabling teams, projects, and organizations to
deliver design at scale and with impact.

The Leadership Approach

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Agile Product Leadership

What it is: 

Embedding user focus into agile delivery.

Why it matters:

Agile often prioritizes speed over insight. With design leadership, product teams deliver value quickly and stay user-centered.

Focus areas:

Balancing delivery with discovery.

Facilitating alignment across product, tech, and design.

Building a culture of iterative learning.

man in white dress shirt sitting beside woman in black long sleeve shirt

Agile Product Leadership

What it is: 

Embedding user focus into agile delivery.

Why it matters:

Agile often prioritizes speed over insight. With design leadership, product teams deliver value quickly and stay user-centered.

Focus areas:

Balancing delivery with discovery.

Facilitating alignment across product, tech, and design.

Building a culture of iterative learning.

man in white dress shirt sitting beside woman in black long sleeve shirt

Agile Product Leadership

What it is: 

Embedding user focus into agile delivery.

Why it matters:

Agile often prioritizes speed over insight. With design leadership, product teams deliver value quickly and stay user-centered.

Focus areas:

Balancing delivery with discovery.

Facilitating alignment across product, tech, and design.

Building a culture of iterative learning.

woman in black long sleeve shirt holding white paper

UX Management

What it is: 

Structuring and maturing design teams.

Why it matters:

Without guidance, design stays tactical. UX management builds processes, culture, and visibility that elevate design’s role in the organization.

Focus areas:

Defining team roles and workflows.

Establishing design operations.

Connecting design outcomes to business goals.

woman in black long sleeve shirt holding white paper

UX Management

What it is: 

Structuring and maturing design teams.

Why it matters:

Without guidance, design stays tactical. UX management builds processes, culture, and visibility that elevate design’s role in the organization.

Focus areas:

Defining team roles and workflows.

Establishing design operations.

Connecting design outcomes to business goals.

woman in black long sleeve shirt holding white paper

UX Management

What it is: 

Structuring and maturing design teams.

Why it matters:

Without guidance, design stays tactical. UX management builds processes, culture, and visibility that elevate design’s role in the organization.

Focus areas:

Defining team roles and workflows.

Establishing design operations.

Connecting design outcomes to business goals.

man in white long sleeve shirt writing on white board

Project Management

What it is: 

Driving design-led initiatives from start to finish.

Why it matters:

Good ideas die without execution. Design-aware project management ensures creative concepts turn into impactful results.

Focus areas:

Managing multidisciplinary teams.

Keeping projects user-focused and on track.

Delivering measurable outcomes.

man in white long sleeve shirt writing on white board

Project Management

What it is: 

Driving design-led initiatives from start to finish.

Why it matters:

Good ideas die without execution. Design-aware project management ensures creative concepts turn into impactful results.

Focus areas:

Managing multidisciplinary teams.

Keeping projects user-focused and on track.

Delivering measurable outcomes.

man in white long sleeve shirt writing on white board

Project Management

What it is: 

Driving design-led initiatives from start to finish.

Why it matters:

Good ideas die without execution. Design-aware project management ensures creative concepts turn into impactful results.

Focus areas:

Managing multidisciplinary teams.

Keeping projects user-focused and on track.

Delivering measurable outcomes.

Why Leadership Matters

Without Leadership, teams often:

Design teams are reactive and fragmented

Design as a driver of vision is lost

Inefficencies between design and development

With Product Design, you gain:

Teams empowered to deliver value.

Processes that scale design impact.

A stronger voice for design in strategic decisions.

Why Leadership Matters

Without Leadership, teams often:

Design teams are reactive and fragmented

Design as a driver of vision is lost

Inefficencies between design and development

With Product Design, you gain:

Teams empowered to deliver value.

Processes that scale design impact.

A stronger voice for design in strategic decisions.

Why Leadership Matters

Without Leadership, teams often:

Design teams are reactive and fragmented

Design as a driver of vision is lost

Inefficencies between design and development

With Product Design, you gain:

Teams empowered to deliver value.

Processes that scale design impact.

A stronger voice for design in strategic decisions.

Want to elevate design from tactical to strategic?

Agile Product Leadership

UX Mangement

Project Management

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