Zachary Schweitzer
Product Design Leader with an emphasis on Product. I make designers better designers and build highly accountable, data-driven teams.
- Role
- Product Design Manager at Project Management Institute
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Zachary Schweitzer
For over a decade, I’ve led design in startups, SaaS platforms, agencies, and global nonprofits with an approach that connects design craft to measurable results from closing funding rounds and surpassing revenue targets to lifting NPS and CSAT, and driving user engagement.I\'m most passionate about mentoring and coaching designers and building systems and processes that increase design efficacy in mission-driven organizations.Designers succeed when they have a command of UX and UI fundamentals and principles, a rich, data-informed understanding of their users, and, critically, the business relationships and collaboration skills necessary to navigate stakeholder prerogatives, business goals, and the evermore rapidly changing technology landscape in an AI-enabled world-Focus areas: Product Design Leadership, UX Strategy, Design Systems, Accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), DesignOps, Usability, Data-Driven Design, Generative AI / GenUI, SaaS & B2B, Team Development & Mentorship, and Cross-Functional Product Collaboration.
Experience
Product Design Manager
May 2023 — Present
Promoted to lead the Product Design team at PMI through a period of significant re-organization and deployment of a new corporate strategy that saw the organization surpassing stretch goals for key metrics such as NPS, CSAT, and revenue.Key Outcomes 20•••85M active certification holders (+ 7 % YoY )- 764K members, 411K chapter members, 18,500 volunteers at the end of 2025 - all time record highs- Supporting ~40M professionals with learning, professional certifications, AI agents and platform, research, events- PMI Infinity: + users- 1M + learners in AI contentEstablishing design standards and processes to consistently and efficiently deliver high-quality, user-centered design. Leading embedded designers supporting diverse software portfolios including AI & Innovation products, Certifications and eLearning, B2B and Growth Platforms, Community and Volunteerism, and Native Mobile. Performance management, hiring and career development, budgeting and overall software products leadership.
Education
Canisius University
BS, Digital Media Arts, All College Honors
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