Fryderyk PryjmaDesign Ops for product teams that ship continuously
Structure how design and research actually run inside delivery: roles, workflow, handover and quality that hold under pressure.
I am Fryderyk Pryjma, founder of CortexMine, private AI for regulated organizations. I take on a small number of selective advisory engagements like this one.
What You Get
- Clearer design roles, responsibilities and decision ownership
- A workflow that runs from discovery to delivery without stalling at handover
- Better collaboration between design, product and engineering
- Decisions grounded in user evidence, business context and technical constraints
- A clear view of capability gaps, team maturity and hiring needs
What I Help With
- Design workflow mapping and process improvement
- Role clarity, responsibilities and decision ownership
- Stakeholder alignment across design, product and engineering
- Governance for design quality, documentation and delivery handoff
- Bringing user research into discovery so design starts from evidence
- Team capability review, growth planning and hiring support
Typical Engagement Formats
Design process audit
Assessment of your current workflow, team setup and collaboration model, ending with an improvement roadmap. Usually 2 to 4 weeks.
Implementation advisory
Ongoing support to introduce new workflows and guide the team through the change. Usually 4 to 8 weeks.
Process shaping workshop
Map the current state, name the friction, define a better operating model. Usually 1 to 2 days.
Fractional Design Lead support
Structure, direction and mentoring without hiring a full-time senior design leader yet.
Who This Is For
- Founders building the first real design structure in a product company
- CTOs and CPOs who want design to contribute to product decisions, not just screens
- Teams with designers in place, but weak process alignment with development
- Companies that need design leadership structure without a full-time senior hire
How We Work Together
Discovery
I map your current design process, product context, stakeholder setup and friction points.
Diagnosis
I identify where collaboration breaks down and which structural gaps slow the team down.
Design
We define practical improvements to workflow, ownership and governance.
Implementation
I support rollout through advisory, workshops and iterative adjustments.
Handoff
Your team keeps a clearer model, practical documentation and a process it can maintain.
Frequently Asked Questions
Not exactly. I help you structure how design works in your organization. That can include leadership support, but the main focus is a stronger operating model for the team.
Yes. In early-stage teams structure matters more, because design decisions, delivery trade-offs and user insight often sit with only a few people.
Having designers is not the same as having an effective design function. Design Ops makes their work more consistent, better integrated with delivery, and more valuable to the business.
Yes. My preferred model is to move from diagnosis into practical implementation support, so changes are not left at the slide-deck stage.
Design Ops audits typically start from €1,000. Advisory and implementation support are scoped to team size, maturity and delivery complexity.
View pricingNeed stronger design operations in your product team?
Let's look at how your design process works today, where it breaks down, and how to fix it in a practical way.
Productized packages, transparent starting prices
DesignOps Audit
A clear picture of where your design process breaks — and what to fix first.
- Workflow mapping
- Roles & ownership
- Design–engineering collaboration
- Improvement roadmap
Format: 2–4 weeks
from €1,000
DesignOps Foundations
Put a working design operating model in place, not just recommendations.
- Audit + rollout of workflows
- Governance & ownership
- Handoff practices
- PRD-based documentation
Format: 4–8 weeks
from €X
Fractional DesignOps / Design Lead
Senior design-ops leadership on retainer — without a full-time hire.
- Ongoing structure & rituals
- Mentoring
- Hiring support
- Quality governance
Format: Monthly retainer
from €X / month
Process Shaping Workshop
One or two focused days to map friction and agree a better operating model.
- Friction map
- Roles & handoff
- Agreed next steps
Format: 1–2 days
from €X
Transparent pricing. No long-term contract. Every engagement starts with a free consultation.
When this is NOT for you
- You need a full-time hire, not fractional support.
- You have no design or product function yet to organize.
- You want pure execution/production rather than process and operating-model work.
- You aren't ready to change how the team works.
Ready to get started?
30 minutes, no strings. You will leave with two to three concrete improvements.
DesignOps Maturity Self-Assessment
Get the DesignOps Maturity Self-Assessment + occasional notes on Design Ops & Research Ops.