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Product Design Managers lead designers who work as strategic partners within [Product Design](/handbook/upstream-studios/product-design/), part of [Upstream Studios](/handbook/upstream-studios/). This page outlines strategic workflows for enabling designers to think and operate upstream, driving product direction through design excellence and platform-wide thinking.
For operational tasks like team member updates, and administrative processes, see [Product Design Operations](/handbook/product/ux/product-design/operations/).
For operational tasks like team member updates, and administrative processes, see [Product Design Operations](/handbook/upstream-studios/product-design/operations/).
## Enabling strategic partnership
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### Additional resources
-[Document your career development](/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/career-development/#document-your-career-development)
-[Performance factor worksheets](/handbook/product/ux/product-design/operations/#talent-assessment) - Facilitate talent assessment and growth conversations
-[Performance factor worksheets](/handbook/upstream-studios/product-design/operations/#talent-assessment) - Facilitate talent assessment and growth conversations
-[Growth and Development Benefit](/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/growth-and-development/) - Support team member development
-[Product Design job families](/job-description-library/product/product-designer/) - Understand career progression paths
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## Resources
-[Product Design landing page](/handbook/upstream-studios/product-design/) - Overview and strategic positioning
-[Product Design operations](/handbook/product/ux/product-design/operations/) - Administrative tasks and procedures
-[Product Design operations](/handbook/upstream-studios/product-design/operations/) - Administrative tasks and procedures
-[Hiring Product Designers](/handbook/product/ux/product-design/hiring-product-designers/) - Hiring process and guidelines
-[Job family: Product Design Management](/job-description-library/product/product-design-management/) - Role requirements and responsibilities
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### Communicating scheduled UX issues to the stage group
Consider adding a `User Experience` section to your team's planning issues ([example 1](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/release-group/release/-/issues/53#user-experience-roller_coaster), [example 2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/release-group/release/-/issues/59#research-sleuth_or_spy)). This section can include active design items for the milestone, such as research projects, Deferred UX, UI polish, or Pajamas components. Learn more about [planning and capacity](/handbook/upstream-studios/product-design/workflow/capacity-management) for Product Designers.
Consider adding a `User Experience` section to your team's planning issues ([example 1](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/release-group/release/-/issues/53#user-experience-roller_coaster), [example 2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/release-group/release/-/issues/59#research-sleuth_or_spy)). This section can include active design items for the milestone, such as research projects, Deferred UX, UI polish, or Pajamas components. Learn more about [planning and capacity](/handbook/upstream-studios/product-design/workflow/capacity-management/) for Product Designers.
Including design problems in the planning issue makes design efforts visible and encourages cross-functional collaboration during `workflow::problem validation`, `workflow::design` and `workflow::solution validation`.
Product Designers work within [Product Design](/handbook/upstream-studios/product-design/), part of [Upstream Studios](/handbook/upstream-studios/). We operate as strategic partners positioned upstream, collaborating in trios with Product Management and Engineering throughout the product development process.
For operational details like issue triaging, labeling, and scheduling, see [Product Design Operations](/handbook/product/ux/product-design/operations/).
For operational details like issue triaging, labeling, and scheduling, see [Product Design Operations](/handbook/upstream-studios/product-design/operations/).
