Saravana Manikandan S — Design Manager
** UX/UI Design Leader | Product, Growth, Enterprise & Marketing ** 🚀 With 17+ years of experience in UX/UI design, product strategy, and front-end development, I specialize in crafting user-centered design strategies that drive business impact and innovation. My expertise spans UX methodologies, Visual & Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Accessibility, and Conversion Optimization, ensuring seamless user experiences aligned with business goals. Currently leading a 12-member design team (scaled from 4 to 12 in 3Y) at BrowserStack, supporting four key swimlanes—Product, Enterprise, Marketing, and Growth. Industries I've worked In: Banking | FinTech | Telecom | Manufacturing | Engineering | Enterprise | SaaS | E-Commerce | Travel Key Expertise: 🔹 DesignOps – Process & workflow optimization, leveraging Ai in workflow, team scaling, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, documentation, hiring & mentorship. 🔹 Product & Enterprise UX – Vision & strategy, data-driven decision-making, scalability, accessibility evaluation, growth & conversion optimization, heuristic analysis, usability testing. 🔹 Growth - Monetization & Conversion, Pricing page experiments, Cross-sell experiments, Onboarding, Activation, Retention, Rapid iteration & A/B testing 🔹 Design Systems – Vision and Strategy, Scalability & Flexibility, Templates - Web and Product, Socialising & Adoption, Manage Help Channels, ZeroHeight Documentation, Accessibility Evaluation, Guidelines and Best practices 🔹 Marketing & Branding – Brand & Visual Identity, SEO, SEM, Demand-Gen Research, Growth Experiments, Conversion-Focused Design, Performance & Ad Creatives, Social Media & Content Design, Events & MeetUps, User Interviews & Connects 🔹 Agile & Product Management – Certified Scrum Master, Certified SAFe Professional, JIRA, release management, and team leadership. Passionate about design-led innovation, scaling teams, and bridging business and user needs to create impactful digital experiences. 🚀
Stackforce AI infers this person is a UX/UI Design Leader with extensive experience in SaaS and FinTech industries.
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Experience: 17 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Designops
- Product & Enterprise Ux
Career Highlights
- 17+ years in UX/UI design and product strategy.
- Led design team growth from 4 to 12 members in 3 years.
- Expert in DesignOps and user-centered design strategies.
Work Experience
BrowserStack
Design Manager (2 yrs 11 mos)
Principal Designer (3 yrs 11 mos)
Wells Fargo
Design Leader (7 mos)
Intellect Design Arena Ltd
Executive Project Manager (1 yr 1 mo)
CGI
Associate Consultant - UI/UX Architect (2 yrs 9 mos)
Technical Lead - UI/UX Architect (2 yrs)
Verizon
IT Specialist (1 yr 1 mo)
FIS
Programmer Analyst II (1 yr 4 mos)
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)
ACE Information Technologies
Senior Web Designer (8 mos)
Drasis Software Solutions Pvt Ltd
Web Designer (11 mos)
GIGO Media
Web Designer (2 yrs 1 mo)
Education
B.E at Tamilnadu College of Engineering