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Add manager of one to product designer responsibility

Rayana Verissimo requested to merge rayana-main-patch-28b8 into main

Why is this change being made?

Follow up from Update Product Design role responsibilities (!3047 - merged)

  • What: This MRs adds being a manager of one as a responsibility for all product design roles.
  • Why: Having a strong bias for action requires team members to be managers of one - something important to every GitLab team member. For Product Designers, managing themselves and being able to develop their daily priorities to achieve goals goes hand in hand with the fearless bias for action.

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  • Add manager of one to product designer responsibility

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