Slowly, then suddenly and all at once: building a design-led culture at Delivery Hero

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Slowly, then suddenly and all at once: building a design-led culture at Delivery Hero

29 May, 15:50 - 16:25 (Europe/Berlin) - Main Stage

29 May, 13:50 - 14:25 (UTC)

Continuous Design
UXDX EMEA 2026

What does a real design led culture look like in day to day product work? At Delivery Hero, the UX team spent nearly 2 years reshaping how they showed up in planning and decision making across the organization. The turning point came with a high stakes project that revealed how much had changed. In this session, Sara shares the concrete practices, process shifts and leadership moves that turned design into a driving force for strategy and execution.

Outcomes

  • Turn organisational turbulence and reorgs into drivers of focus and innovation
  • Use design led planning to get ahead of product, engineering and data dependencies
  • Elevate IC designers into trusted leaders
  • Create an experience north star and shared vision that aligns squads and stakeholders
Sara Kalinoski

Sara Kalinoski, Director, Product Design,Delivery Hero