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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Led design teams while managing key clients across fintech and public sector.
• Defined project objectives, translating them into design objectives, actionable team goals, & roadmaps.
• Established design standards & best practices, ensuring excellence across projects.
• Conducted regular Design Reviews, mentored teams & monitored project execution for on-time, & on-budget delivery.
• Managed client relationships, effectively navigating expectations & project deliverables - to ensure alignment & foster trust.
• Identified & leveraged opportunities for scope expansion, deepening client engagement & contributing to business growth.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Managed end-to-end design strategy, coordinated design and development, and led a team of 2 designers to get the product ready for beta launch, and to design the future product for full-launch and scale up.
• Spearheaded research and design experiments to refine customer value propositions, achieving product-market fit.
• Crafted plans for two strategic partnerships, adding new product capabilities and tapping into existing customer bases, thus reducing costs and expediting go-to-market timelines.

Mumbai Area, India

• Led work streams and design teams to assess existing user experiences and reimagine customer journeys, processes, and digital product designs for clients across banking, insurance, technology, and e-commerce sectors.
• Successfully nurtured client relationships, oversaw project delivery, and mentored internal teams.
• Delivered projects such as omni-channel gamification strategy for credit card rewards management, conceptual design of mobile wallet, redesign of e-commerce platform, and transforming banking customer acquisition.
• Conducted comprehensive research to reveal customer pain points and facilitated workshops to pinpoint client challenges.
• Responsible for end-to-end design deliverables across mobile and desktop, from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes.
• Standardised interaction design guidelines and enhanced design system’s accessibility for clients, improving product usability.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Worked on client-facing consulting engagements for clients across banking and insurance sectors.
• Delivered more than 40 Usability Tests, 3 UX Audits, process and task flow optimisations, and end-to-end digital designs.

Mumbai Area, India

• Created UI standards and guidelines for the company’s products.
• Defined a clear branding direction for the company’s product sales and online marketing.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Service Design

Worked with Barclays, Landsec, Phillips, Logitech, Design for Good, and Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, employing design to enhance.

Mba Elective, Business Model Experimentation

Collaborated with MBA students from London Business School to explore diverse business models for service delivery, implementing an.

Mba Elective, Entrepreneurial Journey

Partnered with MBA students from Imperial College Business School, to develop a new venture. Directed the design process from research to.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

• Managed the operations of the creative team for the yearly college events. • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) BAJA competition.