# Isabela Sa Glaister > Product Design Director | Digital Health | IDEO Alumni Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/isabelasaglaister I’m a Product Design leader with over 15 years of experience building innovative products and businesses based on unique human insight. I have a track record of uncovering and translating deep insight into differentiated products and experiences. Most recently, I led IDEO U’s expansion into B2B by designing, launching, and managing a new product for enterprise. As a leader, I create teams that learn fast and adapt, all while balancing fun and rigor. I have built product teams from scratch, hiring, coaching, and guiding the careers of UX researchers, product designers, data scientists, and more. Areas of expertise: UX Research, UX Design, Team Leadership, Product Strategy, Product Discovery, Design Talent Development, Brand Strategy & Positioning, Human-Centered Design, 0 to 1 Product Development, Cross-Functional Collaboration. Background photo credit: julienmartin ## Work Experience ### Director of Product Design @ Abbott Jan 2023 – Present ### Creative Leader: Fractional Head of Design & Research @ Neol Jan 2023 – Present Neol is a Community-powered platform for audacious creative minds to do the best work of their lives. Neol’s platform empowers creative leaders with the technology, people, and processes they need to deliver impactful projects from anywhere at scale. ### Educator: Insights for Product-Market Fit @ Maven Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area Maven is a platform that empowers the world’s experts to offer cohort-based courses directly online to their audience. Designed and lead a course to help 0-1 product leaders plan and execute research that identifies and answers critical product questions, uncovers differentiating insights, increases learning speed, and defines the product strategy. ### Senior Director of Product Design & Research @ IDEO U Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area IDEO U is an online learning platform where leaders can unlock their creative potential and build their problem-solving skills. Set the strategy, built, launched, and ran IDEO U Sprints, the B2B expansion of IDEO U - an online learning platform that teaches creative leadership and problem-solving skills. ### Design Director, Digital Products @ IDEO Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 Built and mentored multi-disciplinary teams of Product Designers, Researchers, Brand Strategists, Visual Designers, Content Designers, Engineers, and Data Scientists, working with mission-driven companies to develop new products and scale their impact. ### Senior Design Lead, Digital Products @ IDEO Jan 2012 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Led design and development of EdTech products and platforms, using technology to reinvent learning. Managed multi-million dollar budgets, and cross-functional teams. ### Principal Designer, Brand Strategy @ IDEO Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 Created differentiated brand strategies and end-to-end experiences for Fortune 500 companies innovating on new customer offerings. ### Designer, UX Design & Research @ IDEO Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | San Francisco Bay Area Worked with companies such as LG, Clorox, Levis, and AB Inbev to deepen their understanding of their customers and create new product categories. ## Education ### Masters in Industrial Design Arizona State University ### User Insights for Product Decisions in Product Strategy, Product Leadership Reforge ### ExecEd in Data Science University of California, Berkeley ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/isabela-sa-glaister --- Source: https://flows.cv/isabelasaglaister JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/isabelasaglaister/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08