After educating myself about the products and current status of the team, my first task was to create visibility about the delta in resourcing and the work that was needed to deliver successful releases. I came up with headcount needs for upcoming work with a strong rationale for leveling and locations. I met with engineering and PMs at all levels including the VPs to highlight the resourcing gaps and help them see why additional resources were absolutely necessary. I also helped our executive sponsors realize how having a single point of failure for UX was not in their interest of delivering products on a timely basis. Eventually, I managed to expand our team from two to six within six months of me coming on board. I assessed the strengths and gaps on the team and hired candidates who would complement the existing designers well. I was involved at all stages of recruiting and also made sure I had input from existing team members on whom we were hiring.