Pedro Ventura de Oliveira is an accomplished design leader with extensive experience in product design and management. Currently serving as the Director of Product Design & Research at The Stepstone Group since November 2023, Pedro leads a design organization of over 40 professionals in both B2C and B2B sectors. Previous roles include Senior Design Manager for Payroll at Personio, and Director of Product Design at Checkout.com, where Pedro played a foundational role in scaling the design team to over 50 members. Additional contributions include membership in the Design Leadership Forum at InVision and significant leadership positions at Elsevier and Currys plc, among others. Pedro holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Telecommunications and Informatics Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico.