DISCOVER PROJECT
AI-powered internal mobility designed for participation, not just placement.
COMPANY
Oracle
YEAR
2019
ROLE
Design Lead — Partnered with PM/ML teams to deliver AI-powered internal mobility matching system
EXPERTISE
UX strategy, interaction design, prototyping, design systems, AI/ML, internal mobility
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Opportunity Marketplace reframed internal mobility from a transactional process into a participation system. Rather than treating internal movement primarily as role replacement, the platform was designed to support exploration, contribution, and skill adjacency — allowing employees to engage across teams without immediately signaling career exit or triggering organizational interpretation.
Why this work mattered
Traditional internal mobility tools optimize for backfill efficiency and managerial visibility. Those defaults make exploration politically risky and suppress early-stage participation. This work addressed a deeper organizational problem: how to make growth exploration possible inside systems designed to interpret movement as intent to leave. The goal was not simply to surface more opportunities. It was to change what participation meant.
System rules and behavioral contracts
The design work centered on defining system-level rules for participation. Exploration versus transition were treated as distinct behavioral contracts, not variations of the same flow. Gigs and jobs were deliberately separated to encode intent and risk tolerance. Governance and approvals were structured to occur later in the process, protecting early-stage exploration while still satisfying enterprise accountability requirements. Discovery was biased toward browse-first participation rather than compliance-grade precision, favoring possibility over early constraint. These were not surface-level design choices. They were system rules intended to reshape behavior.
What changed at a system level
Opportunity Marketplace shifted internal mobility from a replacement channel into a discovery and capacity-sharing system. This enabled: • Low-risk participation • Cross-team contribution • Skill adjacency without immediate role change • Temporary capability sourcing without permanent requisitions The platform supported participation without forcing early career signaling.
Solution
A marketplace that distinguishes exploration from transition. Separate surfaces for gigs and jobs, browse-first discovery, delayed governance, and AI-assisted matching created a safer behavioral contract for participation — aligning enterprise systems with how growth and contribution actually happen.
Results
Recognized as a Top HR Product (2020). Established design-led internal mobility as a strategic differentiator and shifted how internal movement was discussed — from transaction to participation.
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