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 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 unfocused product and design teams trapped in “feature factory” thinking and making them strategic, research-driven, and aligned with key business objectives;
▸ 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 transformative change by championing the business value of UX throughout the software development life cycle, and providing company-wide design thought leadership.
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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