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Vir Karamchandani

Design Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India8 yrs 2 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 10 years of experience in product design leadership.
  • Led design for major brands like Amazon and Deloitte.
  • Expert in building high-performance design teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Design Leader with expertise in Fintech, E-commerce, and IoT industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience DesignProduct Design

Other Skills

A/B TestingAPI DevelopmentAccessibilityAgile MethodologiesAgile Project ManagementAndroidApplication Programming Interfaces (API)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Augmented RealityBusiness StrategyCommunicationCompetitive AnalysisConsultingContent StrategyCustomer Experience

About

I’m a product design leader with 10 years of experience, I've worked for brands like: Amazon, Generali, Reliance, ACKO Insurance, Yves Rocher, Caterpillar, Deloitte, Accenture & Penguin Books. Out of these 9 years, I've spent the last 5 years building high performance teams and experience architectures that will scale across use-cases and industries.

Experience

8 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 7 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Acko

Product Design Manager

Aug 2023Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • Leading design for Platform products (assistance, payments, internal tools)
  • Working on AI-powered chatbot (insurance concierge)
  • Worked on products for Travel, Rewards, VAS, SEO, Chat with ACKO
  • Defined the core information architecture of the new mobile app
  • Setting up design processes, improving designOps
User Experience DesignDesign StrategyUser-centered DesignAgile MethodologiesInformation ArchitectureProduct Design

Amazon

Product Design Lead

Mar 2022Mar 2023 · 1 yr · Berlin, Germany

  • Conducted research and designed for search results (worldwide)
  • Including how products are displayed and actions that stem from search
  • Defining the north star for consumables, electronics, along with filters, widgets, brand and product type shopping pages
  • Designed features like smart-shelf and quick add-to-cart which are live
  • Also worked on Automotive projects: especially for EV charger installation services which is live in the EU and UK
  • Established a design process & task management process
  • Partnered with central teams across Seattle, Madrid, Luxembourg
User Experience DesignDesign StrategyUser ResearchAgile Project ManagementProduct Design

Relayr

Product Design Lead

Mar 2021Feb 2022 · 11 mos · Berlin, Germany

  • ∙ Led design in Industrial IoT projects for complex machines (x3).
  • ∙ Worked with the team to define the product roadmap, insisting on certain “must-haves” and maintaining the design backlog.
  • ∙ Streamlined design processes from requirements gathering, to Design QA and user testing before go-live.
  • ∙ Managed a small team of freelance designers to ensure high-quality UX and adherence to our in-house design system.
  • ∙ Explored the world of IoT and how to intuitively visualize machine data, so that our users have insights into their machines' health and it’s individual components.
  • ∙ Ensured no unplanned down-time, predictive maintenance & remote monitoring capabilities.
User Experience DesignDesign ResearchTeam ManagementProduct Design

Deloitte digital

Senior Product Designer

May 2018Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • ∙ Worked on an e-commerce website for a major cosmetics & nutrition brand
  • ∙ Led a design team of 6 (across the Studios in Mumbai & Seattle)
  • ∙ Actively involved through Discover, Define, Design & 1st Launch
  • ∙ Part of key stakeholder meetings & demos at the client location (Irvine)
  • ∙ Identifying user flows and creating sprint plans for the team
  • ∙ Mapped the existing content & created the information architecture
  • ∙Website was rolled out in 5 countries: USA, CA, UK, PO, AU, NZ.
  • ∙ Worked with the world’s largest construction equipment manufacturer to create an ordering & inventory management application
  • ∙ Led the functional team to conduct UX research and design workshops with the client in the US (Denver & Chicago)
  • ∙ Aligned key stakeholders and internal teams to our product vision
  • ∙ Drove product strategy, prioritising features and building the roadmap
  • ∙ Created the primary information architecture, task flows and wireframes
User Experience DesignDesign StrategyProject ManagementProduct Design

Accenture in india

Senior Product Designer

Aug 2016Sep 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • ∙ Created a revolutionary system with the Studio Lead, called “E.M.S.". It uses over 85 parameters to unify several expert reviews into an "experience score".
  • ∙ This system has a patent pending and was given the A.C.E. award for its ability to measure the design of digital experiences.
  • ∙ Worked with the consulting team for a major NBFC in India.
  • ∙ Built business-facing applications to streamline internal communication and empower their on-field workforce.
  • ∙ Created concepts for their customer-facing mobile apps, that would demystify the entire home-loan journey.
User Experience DesignDesign StrategyProject ManagementProduct Design

Fjord

Product Design Intern

Sep 2015Feb 2016 · 5 mos · Milan Area, Italy

  • FJORD - Is a Design & Innovation Consultancy from Accenture Interactive.
  • ∙ Started as an intern, assisting on a large-scale project for a global insurance provider.
  • ∙ Conducted intensive qualitative research (desk & field) to provide insights and strategic directions to the project.
  • ∙ Worked with the service design lead to map the existing & proposed customer journey.
  • ∙ Defined use-cases and created prototypes to test concepts.
User Experience DesignDesign Research

Education

Domus Academy

Master's Degree — Industrial and Product Design

Raffles Design Institute

Bachelor's degree — Industrial and Product Design

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