Speakers
Oliver Eliel
Oliver is a product design leader at Bumble Inc and is responsible for developing, coaching and scaling a diverse team of product designers, content designers and design managers. He builds effective product design processes that ensure the team consistently deliver to an exceptional standard whilst executing at a rapid pace.
Leading the development of the team's design vision and strategy, he also optimises the collaboration with stakeholders in data, research, product and engineering teams. Oliver has been at Bumble for two years, helping members all around the world to build healthy and equitable relationships.
About the talk
Going public - the impact on design leaders
As a Head of Product Design at Bumble Inc, the period following successful IPO was always going to be a challenge. Dealing with additional demands on the business and company performance, pressures to grow the team quickly and expanding design operations. Not to mention the ever-expanding list of stakeholders to balance. These are just a fraction of the difficulties to navigate when a company goes public.
Oliver will share his experiences finding his way through this with his team, whilst sharing some tips from the ground on how to get the best from your design org when facing similar pressures.