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I'm Peter Stasiak

Design Leader &

Principal Product Designer

Design Leader &

Principal Product Designer

CURRENT ROLE | HEAD OF DESIGN AT TANDEM BANK

I lead the design of complex products and the high-performance cultures that build them. 20 years of craft. 4 years of leadership in the trenches of Fintech. I build the systems, the teams, and the clarity needed to ship real value.

Case study: 01 (Locked under NDA - ask for a password)

Design system architecture

Building a design system in the ninja mode when business pivoted

Case study: 01 (Locked under NDA - ask for a password)

Design system architecture

Building a design system in the ninja mode when business pivoted

Case study: 02 (Locked under NDA - ask for a password)

Cash ISA Product Launch

Delivering experience of a high-stakes product at speed with 50% resource cut

Case study: 02 (Locked under NDA - ask for a password)

Cash ISA Product Launch

Delivering experience of a high-stakes product at speed with 50% resource cut

Case study: 03 (Locked under NDA - ask for a password)

Strategic app vision

Setting up a new chapter for the app under new management

Case study: 03 (Locked under NDA - ask for a password)

Strategic app vision

Setting up a new chapter for the app under new management

"Design fails when it ignores people"

I believe in logic over fluff and evidence over guesswork. My design philosophy is rooted in the Butler Layer—the pursuit of anticipatory experiences that serve the user before they even ask.

A career defined by stability, transformation, and impact at scale.

20+

years of experience

From marketing to product design. Transition from creative storytelling to complex, industrial logic.

3+

years in leadership

Building and scaling a high-performing design team from 1 to 7 at Tandem Bank.

4

sectors

A versatile career spanning Retail Banking, Fintech, Public Healthcare (NHS), and Publishing.

The Thinking

Practical insights on design leadership, hiring, and the rituals that make teams move

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The Butler Layer

Process

How to talk design to anyone in the C-Suite

Methodology

From 640 design candidates to 1 hire

Team

Are you a hunter or a farmer?

Team

How I structure meetings in my design team

Team

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