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30/60/90 Day Plan

It's important for every new team member to develop a 30/60/90 day plan, which they share with cross-functional peers and their manager for review and feedback. Below is an example plan:

First 30 days - Getting  context

  • Complete onboarding
  • Meet and build relationships with all cross-functional leaders in the company
    • Schedule 1:1s with all product leaders
  • Assess the current state of the design team from both people and product perspectives
  • Review team roadmaps and ongoing projects
    • Study past experiments and research
  • Conduct at least 10 customer interviews

First 60 days - Getting involved

  • Enhance team efficiency and speed
    • Develop processes that enable better collaboration between design, product, and engineering teams
    • Establish a clear team mission, vision, and OKRs for success
  • Team Mission
    • Collaborate with the team to brainstorm, prioritize, and plan key initiatives for the remainder of the half. This will help focus efforts and resource planning, although the list will evolve.
    • Gain a deep understanding of user cohorts and segmentation
  • Recruiting
    • Partner with leadership to create a hiring plan for the team
    • Define the scope for initial roles
  • Build trust and respect within the team, reflected in positive feedback from peers across the company
  • Cross-Functional:
    • Meet all PMs and EMs on relevant adjacent teams

First 90 days - Hitting stride

  • Assist teams in shaping their thinking and work as they develop roadmaps
    • Foster continuous learning habits to meet customer needs with relevant products and features (leveraging data, research, and roadmaps)
    • Delve into key metrics, understand the factors influencing them, and summarize findings
  • Team Mission
    • Help solidify the team mission and vision
    • Guide teams in framing their thinking and work during roadmap development
  • UX Team
    • Continue meeting with the broader UX team (design, content, research)
    • Establish relationships with UX Directors for future collaboration
  • Recruiting
    • Begin interviewing candidates
  • Cross-Functional
    • Meet all stakeholders (beyond PMs) on relevant adjacent teams
    • Formulate a perspective on how other teams can better support the design team
  • Leadership Team
    • Achieve a high level of trust within the leadership team, aligning on strategy, objectives, and vision
    • Assist founders in structuring, visualizing, and communicating the product plan