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How Designers can influence the roadmap

Hosted by Ryan Scott

Thu, Nov 20, 2025

5:00 PM UTC (1 hour)

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Design Job Search: Strategy & Tactics
Ryan Scott
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What you'll learn

Learn how to can gain credibility with product leadership

Get actionable tactics to quickly build trust with PMs so your voice carries more weight in strategy & roadmap decisions

Avoid common missteps that weaken design influence

See where designers lose credibility, and how to correct those mistakes, to become the go-to strategic designer

Learn how to redefine your relationships in the AI era

AI is shifting who does what and when. Learn how to tactfully navigate and negotiate changing team responsibilities.

Ask your questions in Live Q&A

Join Mindy for a 30-minute Q&A to get direct answers on how to build better partnerships with PMs and product leaders.

Why this topic matters

Designers often struggle to move beyond execution and join strategic product conversations. In the AI era, it’s more critical than ever that designers influence what ships. In this session, product leader Mindy Taylor (Revyse, Monarch, Airbnb) shares how to quickly build credibility with PMs so designers are invited to the conversation and our priorities make it onto the roadmap.

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Ryan Scott

Design leader · Airbnb, DoorDash, Salesforce · Berkeley MBA

For 20 years, Ryan has run multiple businesses, coached hundreds of designers, and led cross-functional teams to launch some of today’s most recognizable products.

At Series-B DoorDash, he led 0-to-1 launches including live order tracking and in-app food photography. At Airbnb, he rallied designers, cross-functional partners, and executives to rebuild the company’s most business-critical surfaces, including booking, messaging, and search.

Combining design expertise, hands-on business experience, and an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Ryan helps designers master the business skills that build credibility and influence so they can ship the best design work of their careers.



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