Anandhi Hariharan

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 6 mos experience

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Key Highlights

15+ years of experience in product design leadership.
Expert in AI-powered product experiences and integrations.
Strong focus on user-centered design and scalable UX frameworks.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Design Leader specializing in SaaS and mobility solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience Design (ued)Design Leadership

Other Skills

MentoringUser Experience (UX)Product DesignUser ResearchUser-centered DesignUX ResearchDesign StrategyCollaborationCorporate IdentityConcept DevelopmentGraphic DesignLogo DesignGraphicsInteraction DesignUser Interface Design

About

👋 Hello there I’m Anandhi, a Product Design Leader based in Bangalore, currently leading design for AI, extensibility, and partner platform experiences at Microsoft. I work at the intersection of product, platform, and ecosystem design, with a focus on customer and partner journeys in Microsoft 365 and Copilot. With 15+ years of experience across enterprise and platform products, I lead and mentor design teams, drive design strategy, and shape scalable UX frameworks that support complex workflows and real-world usage at scale. What I work on: • Extensibility and partner ecosystem experiences across Microsoft 365 and Copilot • Platform UX frameworks and cross-surface design patterns • AI-powered product experiences and integrations Previously, I led Product Design and Research at Beam Mobility in Singapore, building safe and sustainable micro-mobility experiences across APAC. ☕ Always happy to connect and talk about design, AI, platforms, and thoughtful product experiences.

Experience

12 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 8 mos

Current Experience

Microsoft

3 roles

Senior Product Design Manager

Promoted

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos · Bengaluru

Managing and mentoring a talented design team while leading strategy and execution for extensibility and partner experiences across Microsoft 365 and Copilot. I focus on building scalable UX frameworks and cross-surface patterns that make it easier for partners to extend Microsoft experiences through apps, workflows, and AI-driven features. I collaborate closely with product, engineering, and research partners to grow a healthy, consistent ecosystem.

Design LeadershipMentoringUser Experience (UX)Product DesignUser ResearchUser-centered Design+3

Senior Product Design Manager

Aug 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru

Enhancing partner and admin experiences for SMBs across Microsoft 365 Lighthouse, TAC Voice, and Amplify to drive greater customer success. Collaborating with a team of talented designers, I focus on creating intuitive and effective experiences that help SMBs thrive.

User Experience Design (UED)User Research

Senior Product Designer

Apr 2024 – Jul 2024 · 3 mos · Bengaluru

Super excited and stoked to be back at Microsoft and leading design efforts in Extensibility and Copilot.

Beam mobility

Global Head of Product Design

Apr 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Singapore

Beam provides a shared micro-mobility service where users can take rides on electric scooters and electric bikes to cover short distances quickly, and conveniently. Beam is available in 8 countries: South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, and Türkiye. Over the last year and more at Beam, I was heading Design and Research for a global audience in the APAC region.
As a design leader at Beam, I was driving efforts for growth and engagement to boost revenue. And to ensure the product design team functions smoothly and efficiently to achieve our goals, I was involved in
Setting up processes and systems for efficiency, delivering consistent output, and enhanced collaboration in a remote setup
Building the right culture enabling designers to flourish and grow
Promoting cross-functional-collaboration across 8 countries while designing for scale
Building a user testing community ground-up for user research to help continuously improve our product
UX writing and localization across multiple languages
and a lot more!

User Experience Design (UED)UX Research

Mit institute of design

Adjunct Faculty

Feb 2022 – Mar 2022 · 1 mo

Took a month long course on Introduction to User Experience and User Interface Design with 30-odd students from the PG, Graphic Design batch. Introduced students to Design Thinking and how we solve problems by keeping the focus on our product users.

User Experience Design (UED)

Ola electric mobility pvt. ltd.

Principal Product Design Manager

Jul 2021 – Dec 2021 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

User Experience Design (UED)

Microsoft

Product & Experience Designer

Jun 2018 – Jun 2021 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Jan 2020 - June 2021:
Design lead on Actionable Messages for Outlook enabling users stay productive and efficient.
June 2018 - Dec 2019
Worked on a mileage tracking app, MileIQ for the SMB use-case. Created an admin center portal for enterprise admins to manage end-users, generate organisation-wide mileage reports and add rates/location.

User Experience Design (UED)UX Research

Lollypop ux/ui studio

UX Design Lead

Sep 2015 – Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Being both a design lead and manager at Lollypop, I was responsible for bringing in design leadership within the organisation. I was also involved in setting up processes and systems to ensure delivery of high quality work for customer delight and retention.
My journey started with a small team of about 4 UX designers. Expanded the team to about 25 designers in a short span of 2 years. My role ranged from hiring talent, mentoring them and ensuring we were producing exceptional work, while keeping my team motivated and excited.

User Experience Design (UED)UX Research