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Education
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Shubham R Sharma

Product Design, CX, Innovation (Chief Manager)
Delhi (NCR),Delhi
Shubham R Sharma

Summary

  • Design professional with over 14+ years of experience in Product Design and Service- Consulting, specialising in user research-driven strategies that analyse consumer behaviour and trends. Expertise in implementing AI & Data-Driven Design frameworks through Design Thinking and User-Centred Design Principles
  • Hand on User-Research, AI+Data Driven Insights, Discovery-User Interviews, Storyboard, Persona, Define-Concept Sketching, User flow, Design -Wireframe, and Prototyping through AI-based tools like (Figma+AI plugins, Sketch, XD) AI + Voice-based Agentic input, conversational AI, Chatbots design
  • Interacting with Product Team, Tech, Business, Marketing and Content teams to engage them in the early design cycle, getting requirements via a design workshop mode.
  • Versed with an agile framework for Digital Transformation, design System, effort estimations, design hand-off, handling Design Op's i.e training, hiring and managing designers
  • Business/Platforms: Mobile, Web Platform Innovation, Healthcare, Travel, BFSI, FMCG, B2B, SAAS, D2C, E-Commerce.
  • Onsite: Switzerland, Austria, London, and Singapore for different clients and markets

Background in Multi-Disciplinary Design.Executed strategies to build design studios, drive design culture, and grow the design team. Excellent communicator and team leader.

Overview

15
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Samsung, SWA HQ, India
Gurugram

Product Design, CX, Innovation Strategy
07.2024 - Current

Job overview

Mobile CX, consumer research, product innovation.

  • Continuous competitive benchmarking for new feature identification and innovation with Agentic AI usecases for Mobile phone.\
  • Plan and execute deep consumer research and insights, data-driven design proposal for UX, feature change, and new functionality.
  • New product innovation conceptualisation of Indian use cases for AI + Mobile consumer and market.
  • Sales and marketing inputs for India’s mobile product-centric innovations, related to lifestyle and data-driven tech usage.

Coforge Ltd

Ux Architect
04.2024 - 06.2024

Job overview

Multiple Clients

Independent UX Consulting/Teaching
09.2023 - 03.2024

Job overview

  • Consuting: UX Projects and Design thinking led workshop on Role of AI in Design, leveraging AI tools in design, Design Research.
  • Teaching : Visiting Faculty @ Chitkara Uni. Chandigarh, ImgineXP online, other institutes online/offline

OLX AUTOS India pvt ltd.

Sr. UX Design (Manager)
06.2022 - 08.2023

Job overview

  • Redefining pre-owned car financing journey across India, LATAM, and Asian markets by adding features like Dealer Financing, Wallet payment and consumer financing- loan management(LOS/LMS) system
  • Redefined Dealer Ecosystem, Retailer + Consumer user journey across markets and sales channels which resulted in an increased 300 overall sales leads.
  • Helping Implement VAS with UX to increase Revenue by an overall 12% + design thinking worshop across orgnization.

Fidelity International

UX Manager
10.2021 - 06.2022

Job overview

  • Designed 'Digital Advice platform' for UK and global investors Platforms from scratch with user insights to ramp up revenue.
  • Redefined investment journey for 60+ aged pensioners segment for personnel investing and other business for the UK market

Nagarro Inc.

User Experience -Consultant
12.2019 - 09.2021

Job overview

  • UX Design Consultancy for brands like Mckinsey and BCG's BAIN & Co, TATVA Healthcare, AUB Bank (Abu Dhabi), CSX Railways, Qmodo AI (USA), and E-commerce Brand (Dubai)
  • Conducted design thinking workshops with their business and product team to improve the overall process, current journey, and business outcome+ ROI.

NIIT Technology -UK

UX Designer
02.2019 - 04.2019

Job overview

  • Worked onsite for 3 months for TMHCC -Tokio Marine Insurance company, London UK.
  • Conducted Stockholder workshops with clients, launched their broker-management system, and quote generation engine for retail and business user journey.

NIIT Technologies ltd.

UX Specialist
10.2017 - 12.2019

Job overview

  • UX practice lead- Managed global design requirements, Supported sales team for Design Pitch and Onsite defense, POC's by responding RFP's. i.e. Europe and Singapore region.

Alpla Werke, Hard, Austria, E.U.

Design Manager/Trainee
09.2013 - 02.2014

Job overview

  • Worked 11 months with Global Design Team- Austria (HQ) for full time, Hands-on global requirements and assignment through-on the job training.

ALPLA India Pvt Ltd

Design Manager
04.2013 - 10.2017

Job overview

  • Build and lead Asian design center to sync up global design standards and helping Asian presale teams for design support. implemented design frameworks for Indian user context and culture.

Desta global India Pvt Ltd

Head of Innovation Lab/ Design Manager
07.2011 - 03.2013

Job overview

  • A social Innovation start up- B2B + D2C model to help farmers, Desta-Mart, Desta-Talk, is still running and live!

Education

Indian Institute of Technology
New Delhi, DL

M.Des from Industrial Design
04.2009 - 04.2011

University Overview

GPA: 8.411/ 10

Shirdi Sai Engineering College
Bangalore, KR

BE from Electronics & Communication
04.2005 - 04.2009

University Overview

GPA: 66.56

Skills

Consumer UX Research Insights

Design Thinking -UCD

Accessibility

Usability Analysis

Miro -Brainstorming collaboration

Figma AI Plugin

Timeline

Product Design, CX, Innovation Strategy
Samsung, SWA HQ, India
07.2024 - Current
Ux Architect
Coforge Ltd
04.2024 - 06.2024
Independent UX Consulting/Teaching
Multiple Clients
09.2023 - 03.2024
Sr. UX Design (Manager)
OLX AUTOS India pvt ltd.
06.2022 - 08.2023
UX Manager
Fidelity International
10.2021 - 06.2022
User Experience -Consultant
Nagarro Inc.
12.2019 - 09.2021
UX Designer
NIIT Technology -UK
02.2019 - 04.2019
UX Specialist
NIIT Technologies ltd.
10.2017 - 12.2019
Design Manager/Trainee
Alpla Werke, Hard, Austria, E.U.
09.2013 - 02.2014
Design Manager
ALPLA India Pvt Ltd
04.2013 - 10.2017
Head of Innovation Lab/ Design Manager
Desta global India Pvt Ltd
07.2011 - 03.2013
Indian Institute of Technology
M.Des from Industrial Design
04.2009 - 04.2011
Shirdi Sai Engineering College
BE from Electronics & Communication
04.2005 - 04.2009

Accomplishments

Accomplishments
  • UMO DESIGN. Social Innovation -UX Mentor award 2021
  • LG -CUBE design innovation award in 2010.
  • CII INDIA, CPC , Green energy design initiative award IN 2011

Additional Information

Additional Information

Live projects!

  • OLX Autos -consumer finance for Indonesia, turkey, Latam, India
  • OLX -Dealer wallet payment/Dashboard Loan management systems
  • UK -Digital advice, investment banking, services-Fidelity International, UK.
  • (AUB) Ahli United Bank, Abu Dhabi, onsite- Complete digital transformation -Treasury system, kids/elderly investing journey
  • Tatva Healthcare (Zydus) -Tele consultation/ medicine practice, appointment web/mobile app, India.
  • CSX Railways road connect app, USA.
  • Patents:
  • Simulator: For a Paralysis Patient in Collaboration with IIT Delhi and Max Hospital, 2011 (IIT Delhi)
  • Pure Lumin: Innovative Solution for a Street Light, 2011 (LG Electronics India, IIT Delhi)
  • Water Wheel: Water Carriage and Storage Device (patent pending 2012, IIT Delhi)
  • Current work Case studies: https://www.notion.so/shubhammdes09/Revolutionising-Pre-Owned-Car-Finance-at-OLX-Autos-3799a1c4073148a58294829e29278990
  • Portfolio: https://www.coroflot.com/shubham/UX-Design-Portfolio
  • Design case studies: https://shubhammdes09.medium.com/
Shubham R SharmaProduct Design, CX, Innovation (Chief Manager)