Design, Ops & Leadership.
Over 12 years operating at scale. Currently focusing on company building.
From hands-on craft to operational scale.
I’m a product design leader with over 12 years of experience working across organizations. My career began in hands-on product design and gradually expanded into leadership roles with responsibility for teams, operations, and business results. Along the way, some defining career moments included:
Leading UX design for a nationwide income declaration wizard for the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate (VMI), increasing annual declarations by 300k to 1.6M users.
Designing solutions in payments domain at Vinted as a product designer in a high-growth startup, enabling escrow-based payments in the Polish market for millions.
Leading and running a financially independent design unit at NFQ Technologies, with full P&L ownership, resourcing, and commercial decision-making.
Leading an EU-based product design studio at Dexcom, collaborating cross-continentally with global product design leadership across Europe and the US.
Across these roles, I worked on turning complexity into clear direction - shaping decisions, aligning teams across design, engineering, and business, and translating strategy into execution that delivered measurable business results.
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Leadership & Case Studies
Establishing Dexcom’s European Product Design Studio from Zero
Leading an EU-based product design studio at Dexcom, collaborating cross-continentally with global product design leadership across Europe and the US.
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Scaling a Profitable, Financially Independent UX & Design Unit
Leading and running a financially independent design unit at NFQ Technologies, with full P&L ownership, resourcing, and commercial decision-making.
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Redesigning Income Tax Declaration for an Entire Country
Leading UX design for a nationwide income declaration wizard for the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate (VMI), increasing annual declarations by 300k to 1.6M users.
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Enabling Escrow Trading in Poland, a Freshly Monetized Market
Designing solutions in payments domain at Vinted as a product designer in a high-growth startup, enabling escrow-based payments in the Polish market for millions.
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Evolution Timeline
Phase V - Building the Next Chapter
FutureI’m actively preparing for a transition into early-stage company building. After years of operating within mature organizations, my focus is now on applying this experience where early decisions shape long-term outcomes.
Phase IV - Global Leadership
PresentAt Dexcom, I lead a 10-person product design studio and serve on the Global Product Design leadership team, with responsibilities spanning operational oversight, cross-regional coordination, and long-term capability development.
Phase III - Operational Leadership
2020 - 2024At NFQ, I progressed from Lead Designer to Head of UX & Design with P&L accountability, balancing quality, speed, and business sustainability while positioning design as a measurable contributor.
Phase II - Designing for Scale
2019 - 2020At Vinted, I worked on market monetization and payments in a startup operating at unicorn scale, shifting from feature-level delivery to system-level thinking.
Phase I - Foundation of Craft
2012 - 2017I began my career at Pitchero, combining product design with HTML/CSS development, later consulting across multiple B2B and B2C industries.
How I Operate
Competencies
- Running a business unitLed a design unit with full financial responsibility - owning budget, resourcing, and decision-making.
- Product design strategySet product direction by turning user insights and constraints into clear decisions.
- Building and scaling teamsGrew design into stable function - hiring, defining roles, and creating growth paths.
- Getting things done across silosWorked closely with engineering, product, sales, and executives to align priorities and move work forward.
- Measuring what mattersDefined success metrics for both products and people to make prioritization calls.
Operating Principles
- Accountability over rolesFocus on outcomes - what matters is whether the decision moves the product forward.
- Solve the right problem firstInvest time upfront to clarify what we’re actually trying to solve before committing people.
- Design systems, not heroicsBuild structures, processes, and decision frameworks so teams can perform consistently.
- Make trade-offs explicitSurface constraints early and choose progress over perfection when needed.
- Protect focusBe deliberate about what not to do, so teams can spend energy on what matters.
Personal Values
- Clarity and honestyDirect communication and saying what’s really going on, even when it’s uncomfortable.
- OwnershipTake responsibility when things go wrong and give credit when things go right.
- Care for peopleStrong products come from teams that feel trusted, supported, and challenged.
- ResilienceComfortable operating in uncertainty and pressure, treating problems as things to work through.
- CuriosityStay open to learning beyond my lane and regularly question assumptions.
- Electronic Income Tax DeclarationFeb 2024 • Lithuanian Design Association
- Certified Usability Analyst of the MonthOct 2018 • Human Factors International
- Best Solution for LithuaniaAug 2020 • Naujasis Knygnesys
- Scholarship for Design Tools HackatonOct 2018 • Adobe Fund for Design
- Golden Arrow AwardJun 2016 • ADrenalinas
- Most Successful Mobile SolutionMay 2016 • Naujasis Knygnesys
- University of Huddersfield2014 • BA (Hons) in Interactive Multimedia