Design Operations New York 2025
What The Great Strategic DPM Leaders Deliver
Elevating Design Program Management above operational necessity.
Making your DPM a strategic advantage.
How truly effective DPM leadership creates the infrastructure for design excellence by navigating organizational complexity.
- Real-world examples and practical frameworks
- How authenticity, structured approaches, and clear communication enables DPMs to engender purpose in the face of ambiguity
A conversation covering:
- Actionable strategies to create clarity and direction in otherwise chaotic environments
- Ensuring individual growth can achieve operational excellence
- How to balance operational rigor with design autonomy for all your team
- Techniques for demonstrating the value of ‘invisible work’ in Design Operations
- Fostering design leadership and an organizational culturethat aligns individual growth with business impact
- A toolkit that turns uncertainty into momentum through structured facilitation and vision-setting
- The secrets of turning ambiguity into momentum, building autonomy, and creating the conditions for high-impact work—even when the work feels undervalued or barely noticed
What others say
I look forward to the HS Design Operations event every year, it is one of my favourite days. To be with my tribe of like-minded individuals makes me feel seen and re-energized about the work we get to do.
Experienced presenters provided hands on applied knowledge and expertise in the design operations field in an interesting and engaging way!
HS DesignOps events provided me with the opportunity to connect with similar minded professionals, who I can call friends! Sessions were engaging and provided me some valuable nuggets to take it forward and apply!