Design Director

Design Leadership & Community BuildingCultivate design excellence and accelerate cultural transformation and innovationContribute to building best practices, rituals and culture across our design organization in IBM Z and the parent Infrastructure design communityStrategize long and short-term plans on how design can meet the needs of our usersEnsure coherence and consistency across the experiences in our IBM Z hardware and z/OS portfolio and adoption of a user-centric approachMeasure and improve design performance and outcomes across IBM Z hardware and z/OS portfolioParticipate in design critiques to give and receive feedback to strengthen work quality and strategyTalent growth & developmentDesign the conditions for the team to do their best workCreate and sustain a diverse hiring pipeline in IndiaFoster employee engagement and talent development and accelerationCross-functional Alignment & CollaborationEngage, educate and align with peers and stakeholders on design's impact and valuePrioritize work in coordination with design leaders and counterparts in engineering and PMAdvocate for peer-to-peer leadership and collaboration across functional leaders in core in engineering and PMOperational EfficiencyWork with internal functions such as HR, DesignOps, and finance to ensure appropriate resources for successAid in determining accurate scoping of workAssist in building the organizational and functional infrastructure to scale designAbility to think about the long and short-term to meet the constraints of a continuous release process while iterating toward a future vision