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A single-use app can't grow into a platform
01 — The problem
Venmo was loved for one thing: splitting bills. That affection capped its ceiling. To justify continued investment it had to become a multi-use financial app without losing the social simplicity people came for.
02 — The wedge
I led an experience vision that reframed Venmo around building financial confidence, and designed a commerce flywheel connecting wallet, payments, and the consumer graph, one story the SLT could approve and fund.
03 — The org I built to ship it
I directed the design team across 7 concurrent workstreams as a leader of leaders, in partnership with PM, engineering, and research. SLT-approved (Mar 2024), the flywheel I framed fed an $800M P&L and +17% TPV YoY.
Proof
Approved, then sequenced
The call
A cohesive target experience
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Single-use to multi-use
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Trade-offs
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The outcome
SLT-approved (Mar 2024), sequenced into 2024 priorities and OKRs — then shipped. Tap to Pay on iPhone launched for Venmo and PayPal (covered by TIME), and the commerce flywheel connected Wallet UI, payment construct, and consumer-graph validation, driving an $800M P&L. I led a 20-person design team through 2 senior managers, in partnership with PM, engineering, and research.
Same muscle as the Firefox work: a vision that earns leadership approval, then ships with documented trade-offs.
Firefox redesign + Mobile vision
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