S03E05: Sheena Lydon

Being a DPM

I still feel like designops is a dark art in the world of design. Everybody still has a different definition, I’m pretty sure there are currently 10 books on the subject in editing stages, and whenever I mention the role ‘Design Program Manager’, I’m met with blank stares. However, there are some amazing Design Program Managers (DPM) out there, including the one I got to speak with for episode 5!

Sheena is a DPM at Wise on the design systems team. She talks to me about how designops can help your design system team, at what point it makes sense, how you can get into designops, and why ‘as soon as possible’ is the right answer to the question of ‘when do we designops?’