Product Design Manager Pairs

Product Design Manager Pairs

Product Design Manager pairs give PDMs a regular touchpoint with their peers and additional exposure to other product areas outside their own.

• New pairs are connected every six months.
• A PDM who is a manager of managers should not be paired with one of their direct reports.
• If we have an odd number of people, we’ll have one 3-person partnership.
• Pairs decide what to share and when; there is no predefined schedule or guidelines.

Collaboration suggestions

• Share team processes and ways of working.
• Walk your pair through your product areas to familiarize them with it.
• Talk through ongoing and upcoming work happening in your area. This can uncover opportunities for cross-stage collaboration.
• Discuss strengths and skillsets on your teams to connect product designers looking to grow in certain areas with product designers who are already strong in those areas.

Schedule

This is the rotation schedule for FY26-Q2 and Q3 (2025-05-01 until 2025-10-31).

Product Design Manager	Product Design Manager
Jacki Bauer	Gina Doyle
Emily Sybrant	Caitlin Steele
Justin Mandell	Chris Micek
Paul Wright	Rayana Verissimo