I’m a product and design strategy leader with two decades of experience defining roadmaps, scaling teams, and shaping platform ecosystems and products.
Hello, I’m Christine.
Based in Melbourne, VIC, Australia // US Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident
Full working rights in both the US and Australia. More than a decade of experience working remotely with globally distributed teams across time zones, disciplines, and product verticals.
Leadership is more than vision.
Through the strategic lens of People, Process, and Product, I level up design maturity, connect day-to-day decisions to long-term outcomes, refine roadmaps and requirements, and lead teams in creating scalable platforms.
People
Vision + velocity: people management, team growth, and organizational strategy
I grow resilient teams and orgs, mentor and coach ICs, managers, and managers of managers, map roles and people to purpose, define growth frameworks, and treat people as humans first, employees second.
Process
Systems + insights: design operations and intelligence
I build scalable design principles, processes and intelligence systems — dashboards, trackers, templates, and workflows that support communication, collaboration, and delivery. An Ops mindset is core to how I think and lead.
Product
Storytelling + execution: product strategy and experience architecture
I shape platform experiences and communicate product and design vision that helps teams cut through complexity and ship meaningful products. On high-profile work, I step in early to clarify strategy, define requirements, align teams, and build momentum from the start.
Parachute
Signal in the noise: design and organizational leadership in real-time
I empower teams, but I also know when to drop in. I’ve parachuted into high-stakes product moments to re-architect experiences, reset direction, and rebuild trust.
I’ve also led through multiple crises and high impact organizational moments and changes, which required quick thinking, team alignment, strategy pivots, and clear communication plans and roll-outs.
Leading through the AI shift
It just wouldn’t be a design leadership site without a statement about AI at this point. So here’s mine:
AI is a structural movement, not a side experiment. Design leaders need to go beyond prompt fluency and vibe coding to integrate AI into everyday strategy and practice. That means to means rethinking how we do things, then building the roles, tools, and workflows that make AI a core part of how design teams operate and how we design products.
Recent perspectives from my Field Notes
