The Portfolio Life: Designing Career Security Beyond One Job

Hosted by Christine Perfetti

Fri, Mar 13, 2026

7:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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Reimagine Your Career: The Portfolio Lab for Meaning, Momentum, and Income
Christine Perfetti
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What you'll learn

How Product and UX Leaders Are Designing Portfolio Careers

Many are intentionally expanding their work across consulting, teaching, advisory roles, and strategic projects.

Why “One Job = Security” No Longer Works

AI is reshaping industries. Layoffs are normal. Titles don’t guarantee stability. We will cover what to build instead.

How to Design a Portfolio Career Without Huge Pivots

You don’t need to quit your job or have it all figured out. You’ll see how to identify 2–3 aligned income paths to test.

The Only You Reinvention Framework

Clarify your Zone of Genius, translate your strengths into economic value, and design a sustainable mix of work.

Why this topic matters

Across product, UX, and technology leadership roles, many are discovering that the traditional career model no longer provides long-term security. Experienced professionals are now designing portfolio careers: a mix of roles, projects, and revenue streams that create flexibility and continued professional growth. This session introduces a framework for thinking about career security differently.

You'll learn from

Christine Perfetti

CEO, Lift Up Connections [Ex-GoFundMe, TuneIn, Acquia, Carbonite]

After 25 years as a Product and UX leader and earning her M.S. in Social Psychology from Brown University, Christine realized professional success doesn’t guarantee fulfillment.


Christine built Lift Up Connections for women who are navigating the messy middle of reinvention, identity shifts, leadership evolution, and life transitions and want something deeper than networking.


Transformation accelerates in community. And mid-career isn’t a decline. It’s a design moment.

  • Master's Degree, Social Psychology, Brown University
  • Guest Lecturer, Harvard Business School and HBS Startup Bootcamp
  • Founder of Lift Up Connections
  • Former VP and Head of User Experience: Center Centre/User Interface Engineering, Carbonite, Acquia

GoFundMe
The UX Design School
Penn Medicine
TuneIn
Acquia

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