Hi, I’m Chris Moorehead. I’m an experienced senior design leader with proven expertise in building, scaling, and enabling collaborative, high-performing design teams, as well as facilitating complex cross-functional product development initiatives. I build great design teams from scratch, or take existing teams and make them even better.
I am a professional engineer (P Eng) and graphic designer (RGD) with over ten years in design leadership, primarily in the cloud-based financial technology (SaaS) and management consulting industry sectors.
I am known for:
▸ taking underperforming product and design teams trapped in “feature factory” thinking and transforming them into strategic, research-driven, customer-focused entities;
▸ establishing cross-functional collaboration among product, design, engineering, and marketing to eliminate siloed thinking, improve business outcomes, and shorten release cycle times while streamlining complex decision making and reducing technical debt;
▸ building and leading high-performing globally-distributed design teams while fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment, empowering and mentoring team members to set them up for long-term success;
▸ integrating continuous research into all stages of product development to rapidly identify key customer problems and business opportunities, both in new (0-to-1) and existing product spaces;
▸ influencing and leading organization-wide change by championing the business value of UX throughout the software development life cycle, and providing design thought leadership across the company.
Recent Case Studies
Digital products that my teams and I have designed and successfully brought to market include:
— External and internal financial auditing systems and tools
— Workflow-based document management systems
— Financial risk reporting systems
— Anti-Money Laundering (AML) monitoring systems
— Payroll leakage detection systems
— Contractor invoice auditing systems
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Chris isn’t just a leader; he’s a visionary architect, meticulously crafting a design team that rivals the greats.
Sanjali Sharma, Senior UX Designer
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One of Chris’ greatest strengths is his ability to foster a collaborative and inclusive environment within his team. He empowers team members to share ideas, experiment with new approaches, and push the boundaries of creativity—all while maintaining a keen focus on achieving business objectives.
Michael Tretiak, Senior UX Designer
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Chris is an outstanding leader who excels in guiding a team through challenging timelines and complex product areas.
Marlene Aubin, Product Design Manager
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Chris has everything one would wish for in a leader: he provides advice and guidance where needed, empowers his team members and helps them work through challenges.
Nadya Kirillova, Localization Project Manager
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Chris fostered a collaborative and supportive work environment, where every team member felt valued and motivated to do their best.
Louise Bonnamy, UX Research Manager
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