Saurav Kumar

Product Manager

New York, New York, United States15 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in user-centric design and product strategy.
  • Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams.
  • Strong advocate for integrating AI in design processes.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech UX/UI expert with strong front-end development skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience Design (ued)Product DesignFront-end DevelopmentWeb Applications

Other Skills

AJAXAdobe XDAgile MethodologiesAngularAngularJSApache CordovaBody LanguageBootstrapCSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)CoachingDesign PatternsEcmaScript 2015Experience DesignFigma

About

Good design, when it's done well, becomes invisible. It's only when it's done poorly that we notice it. - Jared Spool As a ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ in Non-Financial Risk Technology at Morgan Stanley, I ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป, and ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† to turn complex regulatory workflows into intuitive, scalable digital experiences. I ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ซ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€, and ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ to deliver user-centric solutions that are ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, and ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐——๐—ผ ย ย โ€ข Lead UX strategy and design processes for Non-Financial Risk platforms ย ย โ€ข Drive visioning and problem-solving across business and tech teams ย ย โ€ข Conduct user research and stakeholder interviews to inform design direction ย ย โ€ข Deliver personas, journey maps, wireframes, and prototypes ย ย โ€ข Establish design guidelines and scalable UI standards ย ย โ€ข Collaborate with developers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation ย ย โ€ข Mentor and guide UX designers and front-end developers ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ โ€“ Validate designs against Laws of UX, Design System, and accessibility standards for faster feedback and higher quality. ๐—”๐—œ-๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ โ€“ Use structured prompts in Figma and Copilot to align layouts and integrate standardized components, ensuring design consistency and efficiency. ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ & ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ: JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Angular, Vue ๐—จ๐—ซ & ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป: Figma, Fugma Make, Adobe XD ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: HTML5, CSS3, SASS, Bootstrap, Material Design, Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, SMACSS ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Monorepo (NX), Micro-Frontend (Module Federation) ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€: GitHub Copilot, VS Code (Agent Mode), Claude ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป & ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†: Git, Jenkins, Cucumber (BDD), CI/CD Pipelines

Experience

15 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs
Average Tenure
8 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Morgan stanley

4 roles

Product Designer | Vice President

Jan 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 1 yr 5 mos

  • Partner with Product and Engineering leads to align on strategy, improve processes, and ensure successful execution.
  • Enhance design practices within the team through processes like critiques and design sprints.
  • Develop a clear vision for how Non-Financial Risk products interact, and advocate for this vision across the organization.
  • Develop and execute design strategies for complex projects and ensure alignment with business objectives and user needs across multiple product areas.
  • Coach and mentor other members of the team to help collectively raise the maturity and standard of the Product Design craft in the web development team whilst fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate user experience design into the product development processes and ensure seamless and customer-centric solutions.
User ResearchMicrosoft CopilotUser Experience Design (UED)UsabilityRisk AssessmentExperience Design+2

Frontend Architect (UI/UX), Vice President

Promoted

Jan 2020 โ€“ Jan 2025 ยท 5 yrs

  • Key Responsibilities
  • 1. Solution Envisioning: Collaborate with stakeholders to define wealth management monitoring solutions.
  • 2. User Research: Conduct research to understand user needs and simplify workflows.
  • 3. UI Strategy: Develop user-centric, data-driven design strategies for the department.
  • 4. Front-end Development: Design and develop large-scale web applications using Angular/React.
  • 5. Collaboration: Work with UX professionals, visual designers, and developers.
  • 6. UX Design: Create proposals, designs, and prototypes using Figma.
  • 7. Technical Leadership: Evaluate front-end technologies, recommend best practices, and coach lead developers.
  • 8. Agile Expertise: Facilitate Agile ceremonies, coach teams, and drive Agile adoption.
  • 9. Team Management: Lead and manage high-performing teams.
  • Key Skills
  • 1. Technical Expertise: Angular, React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS.
  • 2. UX/UI Design: User research, wireframing, prototyping, Figma.
  • 3. Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, Agile coaching.
  • 4. Leadership: Team management, technical leadership, coaching.
  • 5. Collaboration: Stakeholder management, cross-functional teams.
  • Industry Focus
  • Wealth Management Monitoring.
CSSJavaScriptUX ResearchUser Experience Design (UED)Web ApplicationsUser Experience+4

UI Developer / UX Designer / Scrum Master, Senior Manager

Promoted

Jan 2019 โ€“ Dec 2019 ยท 11 mos

  • Key Responsibilities
  • 1. Process Optimization: Identify opportunities for workflow automation in Asset Servicing. Design and Develop End to End workflows for Corporate Actions Processing.
  • 2. UX Design: Develop UX proposals, design mockups, and prototypes.
  • 3. Front-end Development: Translate designs into applications, evaluate front-end technologies.
  • 4. Technical Leadership: Recommend best practices for UI development.
  • 5. Agile Expertise: Provide Agile coaching and guidance.
  • Key Skills
  • 1. Technical Expertise: Front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
  • 2. UX/UI Design: User research, wireframing, prototyping.
  • 3. Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, Agile coaching.
  • 4. Process Automation: Workflow automation, process optimization.
  • 5. Collaboration: Stakeholder management, cross-functional teams.
  • Industry Focus
  • Asset Servicing: Financial services, Asset Servicing ( Corporate Actions)
CSSJavaScriptWeb ApplicationsUser ExperienceFront-end DevelopmentProduct Road Mapping+3

UI Development / UX Proposals, Manager

May 2017 โ€“ Dec 2018 ยท 1 yr 7 mos

  • Key Responsibilities
  • 1. Design, develop, and demonstrate UI for Ops process automation.
  • 2. Prototype and implement GUI for web applications.
  • 3. Enhance UX for existing workflows.
  • 4. Propose UI components for common requirements.
  • 5. Code review and best practices recommendations.
  • 6. Front-end development workflow recommendations.
  • Technical Expertise
  • 1. Angular framework.
  • 2. Front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
  • 3. UI/UX design principles.
  • 4. Agile software development methodologies.
  • Domain Expertise
  • 1. Operations & Compliance Technology.
  • 2. Workflow automation.
  • 3. Web application development.
  • Agile Practices
  • 1. 2-week iteration cycles.
  • 2. Continuous improvement.
  • 3. Collaborative development.
CSSJavaScriptWeb ApplicationsUser ExperienceFront-end DevelopmentPresentations+1

Publicis sapient

Senior Interactive Developer

Jan 2015 โ€“ May 2017 ยท 2 yrs 4 mos ยท Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Summary - Working at Sapient - GM, as Senior Interactive Developer.
  • Skills set - HTML5, CSS3(SASS), TypeScript, AngularJS, JQuery, Bootstrap, Gulp, Git, Bower, Underscore, RequireJS.
  • Developed Real-time Enterprise Reporting Application for high volume reports and packages. Enabled users to access summary via dashboard and simplify decision making.
CSSJavaScriptAngularJSWeb ApplicationsFront-end Development

Cognizant technology solutions

2 roles

Associate

Promoted

Jul 2014 โ€“ Jan 2015 ยท 6 mos ยท Kolkata, West Bengal

  • Legacy applications enhancements
  • Analysis, Coding, Testing
  • Domain - Insurance
CSSJavaScriptAngularJSFront-end Development

Programmer Analyst

Jan 2011 โ€“ Jun 2014 ยท 3 yrs 5 mos ยท Kolkata, West Bengal

CSSJavaScriptFront-end Development

Education

West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata

Bachelor of Technology - BTech โ€” Computer Science

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