Harsha Paruchuri

Product Manager

Hyderabad, Telangana, India11 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Led design for games serving 75M users.
  • Built a B2B SaaS platform with 280K+ attendees.
  • Defined vision for a comprehensive Design System.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Gaming design expert with extensive experience in user experience and product design.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design LeadershipGame DesignUx/uiMobile DesignUser Experience (ux)Ux ResearchInteraction Design

Other Skills

Agentic workflows in designCustomer Experience DesignDesign Team CoordinationUsability TestingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Global Cross-Functional Team LeadershipTV appsNew MediaUser Experience DesignUser-centered DesignAnimationStoryboardingInformation ArchitectureUser Interface

About

A pragmatic design leader with experience solving complex problems for various B2B and B2C products.Currently building Kalā creative platform for kids.

Experience

11 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
6 mos
Current Experience

Darwinbox

Senior Manager User Experience

Dec 2025Present · 6 mos

Head digital works

Senior Manager User Experience

Mar 2025Sep 2025 · 6 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • Led design strategy and execution with a 12-member design team (UX/UI, game artists, and UX writers). Directed design for cross platform games like A23 Rummy & Poker, serving ~75M users across three brands. Established design processes, audits, and user research functions. Leveraging AI tools to augment in-house design workflows, driving efficiency and innovation.
Design LeadershipAgentic workflows in designUX ResearchGame Design

Townhall

2 roles

Head of Design

Promoted

Apr 2023Mar 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

  • Led a team of designers to build a B2B SaaS hybrid event management platform from the ground up. Established a design-first culture by setting goals, processes, and driving design awareness across teams. Delivered 18 hybrid events with 280K+ attendees by contributing to marketing, sales, and new business strategy, including outreach and implementation.
UX/UIUser Experience (UX)Customer Experience DesignDesign Team CoordinationDesign Leadership

Design Lead

Aug 2022Apr 2023 · 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

  • Townhall is a comprehensive suite of tools for event organizers to plan, build, and host high-quality branded events. Designed and executed a solid product roadmap aligned with the company’s vision. As a result, we built:
  • Attendee Experience – Responsive Web, iOS & Android app
  • Speaker Experience – A full-fledged backstage studio for desktop
  • Host Experience – Admin Console & Analytics Dashboards for pre, during & post-event activities
  • AV Producers – Simulcasting, Multiview & Live Feed management using Hybrid Studio
  • Awareness UI : Conceptualised & designed Townhall’s proprietary awareness platform which became the platform’s USP.
  • Hybrid Studio & Backstage : For Event Producers & Hosts to deliver a memorable event experience.
Mobile DesignUser Experience (UX)

Darwinbox

Principal Designer

Sep 2021May 2022 · 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Defined vision and principles for the Design System.
  • Established user research guidelines for research studies.
  • Helped scale the design team from 4 to 12 via campus placements (NID/IITs) and hiring
  • Designed 0–1 Helpdesk module, achieving highest org-wide NPS.
  • Led 5-member team on various modules including candidate onboarding, notifications, talent management, and recruitment
  • Conducted design audits, reviews, and provided design direction across projects.
Design LeadershipUX ResearchUsability TestingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)

Lifion by adp

Senior UX Designer

Feb 2019Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Integrations & Client Delivery Tools : To smoothen client onboarding and data
  • integrations, the Implementation team performs numerous processes which
  • could take long working hours and days. Worked with technical/product managers
  • at a strategic level to identify and design mini-apps that cater to generic needs.
  • Payroll : Launch of payroll localisation modules for APAC(Live), Customisations & Implementation for India (Live), Designing for integrations and flows for real-time payroll.
  • Time : Time experience of ‘Associate’ and ‘Manager’ persona for medium/large clients. Designed ADP Time engine integrations for existing clients. (Live)
  • Data Cloud - Insights : Understanding available data sets and generating
  • scalable templates that are being used across different domains. Introduced new
  • chart types and contributed to Lifion design language for visualisations
UX ResearchInteraction DesignUsability TestingGlobal Cross-Functional Team Leadership

Practo

Product Designer

Feb 2015Dec 2018 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Worked with the product team on multiple products such as practo.com for consumer side (Doctors, Clinics & Hospitals).
  • Redesigning Querent - A Data analytics platform consisting more than 700 dashboards.
  • Practopedia - Designed Initial version for medicine information listing and details
  • CMS Tool - Designed and developed front end for Care management tool for ACOs in US
  • Benchmarking report for hospitals - Designed a consolidated report for hospitals to track their performance in comparison with other hospitals in the city

Microsoft

UX intern

Apr 2014Nov 2014 · 7 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Was part of the Microsoft Office design team based out of Hyderabad. Worked with the team conceptualising "collaboration on large screen displays".

Polaris financial technology limited

UX Design Intern

Oct 2013Nov 2013 · 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Worked with the product team at Polaris Hyderabad to redesign their entire FABx tool which helps financial advisors to track their daily activities and profits made.
  • Designed for both desktop and mobile web. The brief included complete redesign including changes in Information architecture, wireframing, prototyping and collaborating with the developers to execute the output.

Tutoryoung

Startup

Jan 2011Jul 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Own startup focusing building educational apps for kids. Designed and built several eLearning modules and educational apps for Govt. schools

Education

National Institute of Design

M.Des — Design for Digital Experience

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

Btech — Computer science

Jan 2007Jan 2011

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