Pranjal Ranka

Design Manager

San Francisco, California, United States18 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in end-to-end product design processes.
Proven track record in increasing user adoption.
Strong leadership in cross-functional team collaboration.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Design Leader with expertise in Fintech and SaaS industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

User ExperienceInteraction DesignInformation ArchitectureDesign StrategyUser Interface DesignUser ResearchProduct Design

Other Skills

CollaborationDesignJourney MappingPattern/system librariesPrototypingQuantitative & qualitative researchUser-centered DesignWireframes

About

▪Result-driven product design leader who has expertise in executing simple, functional & engaging product solutions while driving user acquisition, engagement, growth, monetization & retention. ▪Specialized in the end-to-end design process from the strategic roadmap, planning, research, , ideation, and interaction to launch. ▪Strength in building teams, relationships & processes for planning & design implementations through thoughtful design systems. ▪Experience in leading design teams of designers & researchers to create a collaborative environment that fosters innovation to achieve measurable goals. ▪Champion at driving cross-functional team collaboration to bridge silos resulting in a cohesive product experience. ▪Sectors: #B2B, #Finance, #Cloud, #infrastructure, #healthcare, #social networking & #e-commerce. Design strategy, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Journey Mapping, Pattern/system libraries, Prototyping, Wireframes + RESEARCH/ Quantitative & qualitative

Experience

Servicenow

Senior Design Manager

Nov 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos · On-site

Google

Senior User Experience Designer

Oct 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr

As a designer on the Finance Works Team, I designed, in collaboration with the design lead, the end to end experience for Herald, Google’s proposed internal finance tool for Google financial analysts & business users. The new designs will help to increase user adoption & will integrate new financial systems for PO creation & placeholder forecasting. In addition to my design work, I facilitated nine product discovery & problem solving design sessions managing finance stakeholder’s expectations & cross-functional team partnerships.

User ExperienceInteraction Design

Cohesity

Senior User Experience Designer

Jan 2018 – Sep 2018 · 8 mos

● Led research and design for transforming single tenant on-premise product to
multi-tenant SaaS platform.
● Designed new features such as global search, multi-cluster upgrade management, app
marketplace along with redesign of Information Architecture (IA) to facilitate
navigation.
● Helped design the operational analytics product for support teams, which reduced
support team cost by 12% month over month.

User ExperienceInformation Architecture

Equinix

Senior User Experience Designer

Jul 2015 – Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Sunnyvale, California, United States · Hybrid

As a led designer for Equinix Customer Portal (ECP) delivered 11 product releases increasing the user
adoption from 80k to 140k & order growth from 55% to 68% in 2 years
Initiated stake holder workshops & user interviews to define re-design goals & executive buyins
Drove bluesky & design studies to define the pattern library & understand the current industry standards
for different user workflows such as message center, user management, help, search, navigation etc
Created clickable interactions of the UECP web portal through multiple design sprints. A/B testing were
done at this stage along with stakeholders approvals
Colloborated with design, product & development to create release roadmap & sprint planning
Helped design team grow for 3 to 12. Was always the go-to designer for Equinix Customer Portal

User ExperienceDesign Strategy

8x8

Lead User Interface Designer

Jun 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Jose, California, United States · On-site

Led user research of Virtual Contact Center & synthesized the research data resulting in redesigning the
product to its core feature & purpose
Created high fidelity wireframes including design pattern library for Virtual Office Analytics
Designed the end to end on demand eCommerce store for first time & returning 8X8 customers through
sitemaps & clickable prototypes on desktop & mobile platform
Created visual design styleguide to match with the brand & to be applied horizontally to all products
Mentored junior designers & participated in recruiting for the design team

User Interface DesignUser Research

Ihealth frontier

Product Designer

Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 · 5 mos

Drove the design efforts at this healthcare startup with main focus on conceptualizing, prototyping &
testing of desktop products iCare Manager & iCare Analytics
Interviewed medical staff, health case & social workers to identify user tasks & painpoints
Being the only designer balanced business objectives, technical constraints & user requirements through
collaboration with SMEs, engineering & executive teams

Product DesignUser Research

1design id

Designer

May 2009 – Dec 2013 · 4 yrs 7 mos · London and Boston · Hybrid

●Drove end-to-end design process to build MVP’s for startups such as iHealth Frontier, View, LealtaMedia, NexusRetail, LocationFabric, Nwise, Goldbricks, 5adayHealth etc
● Helped startup clients to define, design and build design strategies for apps.
● Defined design patterns, libraries, and components guidelines for scalable future releases.

Hta design llp

Interior Designer

Sep 2006 – Feb 2009 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Collaborated with design teams to create innovative and culturally rich interior concepts for residential and commercial projects.
Implemented unique design elements inspired by modern art and traditional Ukrainian culture to create personalized spaces for clients.
Managed project timelines and budgets to ensure the successful execution of design concepts.