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Design leadership & experience strategy at Capital One · June 2022 – February 2024

Transforming the credit card application experience

Led design and experience strategy for a more seamless application flow that creates transparency with customers, reduces data entry, and provides guaranteed offers before credit check.

  • Business impact: Estimated to generate $515m NPV and ~5% increase in new accounts.
  • Strategic influence: Created cross-team forum and established design as an equal strategic partner; shifted project requirements from technical-only to customer experience–focused.
  • Scale & coordination: Coordinated design across 10+ tech teams and 5+ product managers in a highly regulated environment.
  • Team: Listened to team needs for clarity on roles and responsibilities; acted on feedback to improve morale and collaboration.
Credit card application experience

Design leadership & experience strategy at Capital One · 2023 – 2024

New ideas for the future of the Retail Bank

Led a team developing new ideas for acquisition and growth experiences in a changing marketplace, landing on the development of a concept to streamline and automate bank account switching.

  • Executive influence: Presented to the President of the Retail Bank; the concept was approved for development by the CEO and Executive Board.
  • Business impact: The first step, the initial release of an onboarding checklist, drove ~3.8% lift in direct deposit enrollment and ~2.4% lift in debit card activation among less engaged checking customers.
  • Strategic alignment: Ran workshops with executives from corporate strategy, tech, data science, and design, and coalesced around a unified vision for the future of retail banking.
  • Team & operating model: Created a new team operating model to break down silos and unify designers around a holistic customer experience to generate momentum for delivery.
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