Alina Senderzon

Design Manager

Palo Alto, California, United States23 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in design leadership.
  • Expert in user-centered design for scalable solutions.
  • Strong coaching and mentoring skills for high-performing teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a design leader in the SaaS industry, specializing in user experience and product design.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design ManagementDesign StrategyProduct DesignStrategic PlanningProduct PlanningDesign Leadership

Other Skills

Cross-team CollaborationCross-functional Team LeadershipCoaching & MentoringUX ResearchProduct ManagementCross-functional CollaborationsProduct MarketingArt DirectionUser ExperienceInteraction DesignUser Interface DesignWeb DesignCorporate IdentityGraphic DesignBranding & Identity

About

Experienced design leader with a track record of coaching high-performing teams and delivering scalable, user-centered solutions across search and discovery experiences. I shape product vision through cross-functional collaboration, aligning design and business goals within complex organizational dynamics. I champion systems-thinking and continuous learning to modernize products for the emerging AI-powered technologies while staying grounded in real user needs. When I'm not working, I'm probably baking or thinking about baking.

Experience

23 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
10 mos
Current Experience

Uber

Group Product Design Manager, Rider Experience

Jul 2025Present · 10 mos

Google

2 roles

UX Design Manager, Google Search

Promoted

Aug 2022Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Drive design strategy for exploration journeys across Search, coaching multiple ICs across their distinct tracks of work and developing guidance for Search Verticals, Ads, and Shopping partners.
  • Search Tech Impact Award, 2024.
Design ManagementDesign StrategyCross-team CollaborationCross-functional Team LeadershipCoaching & Mentoring

Product Designer, Google Search

Feb 2019Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Developed design frameworks and whole-page experience for Google Search.

Quartzy, inc

Product Design Lead

Jul 2016Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Palo Alto, California

  • Quartzy is an inventory management platform for research labs. My charter was understanding the nuance of life-of-a-lab and fully rebuilding the app that streamlines a lab’s restocking process. Initiatives I led dramatically increased awareness of revenue-generating workflows, leading to 2x growth in top line sales.
  • My typical day at Quartzy:
  • Develop and prioritize a holistic product roadmap
  • Partner with engineering to define features, product requirements, and release strategies
  • Identify success metrics and measure impact of product and design initiatives
  • Conduct user research and turn findings into product initiatives
  • Recruit and mentor design talent
Strategic PlanningProduct DesignProduct ManagementUX ResearchCross-functional Team Leadership

Eatwith

Product Designer

Sep 2015Jun 2016 · 9 mos · San Francisco

  • EatWith is a global community of chefs who host private events. In my short tenure, I delivered a redesign of the customer conversion funnel and developed event management tools for the hosts.
  • Streamlined the event discovery and conversion workflows
  • Drove repeat purchase behavior through psychological motivators
  • Revamped the host application process, and developed an internal review and host onboarding portal
Product PlanningProduct DesignCross-functional CollaborationsProduct Marketing

Zurb

3 roles

Principal Designer

Sep 2013Aug 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • As the lead of ZURB's design team, I ensured that our team was thriving and growing.
  • Managed scope, timelines, and progress of consulting projects
  • Established an assessment rubric, conducted 1:1s and quarterly performance reviews
  • Fostered design culture, recruited design talent, managed designer growth
Design ManagementDesign LeadershipCoaching & Mentoring

Design Lead

Promoted

Sep 2012Aug 2013 · 11 mos

  • I led 40+ projects, helping companies improve digital products and create great user experiences for their customers. I was the good guy and the bad guy, defending our design work and coaching my team to get their wins. We guided companies to define or clarify a vision for their product, then worked our magic to execute on that vision through interaction design and implementation.
Design StrategyProduct DesignArt Direction

Designer

Feb 2012Aug 2012 · 6 mos

Designworks

Senior Designer

Jan 2010Sep 2010 · 8 mos

  • Art direction for web design and special events.

Independent

Senior Designer

Jun 2004Jan 2012 · 7 yrs 7 mos

  • Corporate identity, marketing collateral and web design.

Mad dogs & englishmen

Art Director

Jun 2002Jun 2004 · 2 yrs

  • Partnered with copywriters on development of advertising campaigns.

Education

Academy of Art University

BFA — Advertising Art Direction

Jan 1999Jan 2002

IDEO

Certificate — Service Design

Jan 2020Present

MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab

Certificate — Human-Computer Interaction for User Experience Design

Jan 2018Present

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