Designing the Future of Finance & Wellness

Transform your customer experience with a strategic design leader committed to turning human insights into meaningful impact.

With over 13 years of design experience, I love turning complex challenges into simple, human-centered experiences people truly enjoy. More than building products, I focus on creating trusting, high-performing teams where innovation, curiosity, and care come first, helping designers grow and showing organizations how design can be a real strategic partner.

My approach is all about listening deeply and connecting user needs, business goals, and technology to build thoughtful, scalable solutions. I believe great experiences start with empathy and caring at scale. Whether rethinking customer journeys or mentoring teams, I’m here to bring clarity to chaos, spark creativity, and create positive impact with kindness, purpose, and a bit of curiosity.

Headshot of Stephanie Power, Design Director at MassMutual.

Leveraging Design as a Strategic Business Driver

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Leveraging Design as a Strategic Business Driver *

    • Driving Digital Transformation: Lead efforts across customer-facing platforms, transforming complex financial services into intuitive, user-friendly experiences.

    • Building High-Performing Teams: Build, mentor, and support UX, UI, Research, and Content Design teams to foster growth and career development.

    • End-to-End Design Leadership: Oversee comprehensive design processes, ensuring a customer-centric approach to problem-solving, ideation, and product excellence.

    • Advocating for User Experience: Champion user experience at every touchpoint, balancing business goals with delight-driven, engaging design.

    • Pioneering Design Innovation: Implement and promote design thinking methodologies to elevate product innovation and strategic impact.

    • Managing Project Delivery: Prioritize projects, align stakeholder expectations, and ensure timely delivery of features and experience enhancements.

    • Fostering Continuous Improvement: Collaborate to refine design processes, establish best practices, and leverage metrics for ongoing optimization.

    • Ensuring Quality & Culture: Maintain high standards in documentation, lead rigorous design reviews, and cultivate a collaborative environment that attracts top talent.

    • Deep Customer Understanding: Start by listening closely to users, uncovering their needs, pain points, and motivations to inform meaningful solutions.

    • Business Value Alignment: Ensure every design decision supports the organization’s goals and delivers measurable value.

    • Strategic Problem Definition: Clearly articulate the problem we’re solving, framing it from both user and business perspectives to guide focused innovation.

    • Collaborative Innovation: Foster cross-disciplinary teamwork, inviting diverse ideas and perspectives to co-create innovative solutions.

    • Delightful Design: Craft engaging, intuitive experiences that not only solve problems but also bring joy and satisfaction to users.

    • Iterative Implementation: Develop solutions through cycles of prototypes and testing, continuously refining based on feedback.

    • Continuous Optimization: Monitor performance and user feedback post-launch, making ongoing improvements to maximize impact and usability.

    • People-First Approach: Prioritize deep listening and genuine care to create human-centered experiences that truly meet user needs.

    • Impact-Driven Design: Use data and systems thinking to craft scalable, inclusive, and accessible solutions that have meaningful, lasting impact.

    • Collaborative Leadership: Foster environments where cross-disciplinary teams feel safe, valued, and empowered to bring innovative ideas to life.

    • Low-Ego Mentorship: Lead with humility and kindness, building trust, encouraging growth, and celebrating diverse perspectives.

    • Strategic & Practical: Balance bold vision with grounded, iterative execution to deliver results that drive organizational success.

    • Culture of Joy & Resilience: Cultivate a team culture rooted in curiosity, purpose, and resilience—where joy and high performance go hand in hand.

    • Design as a Strategic Advantage: Elevate UX and design thinking as core business drivers, not just supporting functions.

    • Trusted Advisor: Connect user needs with business goals, align stakeholders, and influence at all levels to create cohesive, innovative products.

Spotlight

Image of the LivingWell application design.
Image of Stephanie Power and user during community design thinking workshop.
Group photo from the June 2025 Women's Leadership Program at Yale School of Management
Image of Fireflyhealth and Bluecross experience partnership.
Image of incubator at Well-B innovation lab at BCBSMA
Product snapshot of MassMutual mobile app

Actively Exploring

I am actively exploring the synergy between emerging technologies like AI and the transformative power of design, creative problem solving, and systems thinking to make a genuine, positive impact in the world. My mission is to uplift communities, address inequalities, and advocate for a future where humanity thrives. By leveraging technology and innovation thoughtfully, I aim to inspire others to join this movement, creating solutions that not only tackle complex global challenges but also foster an inclusive, thriving society.

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