Here is a list of skills senior designers need beyond designing, based on an extremely insightful post on the skills senior engineers need by Camille Fournier.

1. How to have in-depth conversations to understand a product roadmap
2. How to get married to the users’ problems, not design trends
3. How to estimate the effort and timelines to see a design initiative to the completion
4. How to divide the project into distinct phases, milestones, and sprints to achieve the desired outcome
5. How to know when to stop looking for the perfect inspiration and start executing
6. How to run effective design feedback meetings on completion of the milestones
7. How to listen actively in those feedback meetings without getting your ego bruised
8. How to capture notes in the feedback meeting
9. How to discard or incorporate the feedback notes to make the design better
10. How to communicate to stakeholders, without hurting their egos, on why their design suggestions aren’t useful
11. How to communicate the project status to all the stakeholders
12. How to hold yourself and other people accountable to the project timelines
13. How to work with the engineering team to make sure they implement the designs correctly
14. How to explain the design principles and techniques you’ve used in design to stakeholders/engineers
15. How to admit failures in planning and designing rather than passing the buck
16. How to make people feel appreciated
17. How to handle praise gracefully
18. How to deliver negative feedback that doesn’t make people feel stupid and helps bring about a positive change
19. How to take negative feedback without being resentful
20. How to give meaningful feedback and mentor your juniors to help in their growth
21. How to share knowledge proactively that elevates the knowledge curve of your entire group
22. How to create practices and rituals that make your design group formidable
23. How to select the right tools of the trade to make your design group productive
24. How to multitask between design projects effectively