Design leadership role that transforms organisations into a design-led outfit impacting revenue, scale and delight
Udhay KP
@udhaykp
Strategic product design leader building scalable, accessible design systems.
What I'm looking for
Award winning design leader and practitioner with close to 3 decades of experience. Classic example of Niels Bohr's definition of an expert - Have made almost all mistakes possible in a diverse and misunderstood domain.
1) Avid believer of "Experience is something that you don't get for NOTHING"
2) Built, scaled, led global teams and studios
3) Helped numerous global brands across industry verticals
4) Accomplished speaker and facilitator
5) Mentor and coach to many designers
6) Been part of many successful exits
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
VP Product Design
HighLevel
Jul 2024 - Present (1 year 6 months)
Directed end-to-end redesign of HighLevel’s core SaaS platform, driving a 35% increase in user engagement, 28% reduction in churn, and 130% ARR growth while building a design system and leading a 40+ person cross-functional design team.
VP of Design
HighRadius
Jan 2021 - May 2024 (3 years 4 months)
Directed cross-functional design across four fintech products, increasing customer satisfaction 38%, reducing support tickets 25%, scaling team from 8 to 24 and accelerating release cycles by 40% through a unified design system.
Led 17 flagship studios globally and managed a billion-dollar-plus annual P&L, securing multiple large-scale digital transformation engagements including programs enabling Wipro's digital transformation.
Chief Experience Officer
Arvind Internet
Sep 2015 - May 2017 (1 year 8 months)
Spearheaded design for India’s first omnichannel platform for clothing and accessories, built and scaled the product design team and phygital UX for 60+ global brands, contributing to the platform's acquisition.
Chief Experience Officer
Above Inc
May 2014 - Oct 2015 (1 year 5 months)
Ran a studio serving Fortune 100 clients, led multi-million dollar design engagements (including Cisco), and contributed to the company's acquisition while delivering high-profile product and platform designs.
Director UX & Strategic Consulting
FusionCharts
Jun 2011 - May 2014 (2 years 11 months)
Owned product experience for five data-visualization offerings, built a dataViz stack for MS SharePoint, grew ARR YoY by 120% and supported adoption across 80% of Fortune 100 clients.
Design Leader
Various
Jan 1997 - Dec 2013 (16 years 11 months)
Held senior design and leadership roles across multiple firms (including MSC Software, Aztecsoft, Multiview Software) from 1997–2013, leading design organizations, participating in acquisitions, and serving top global clients.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Bangalore University
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science
1994 - 1997
Completed a Bachelor of Computer Science with a triple major in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science from 1994 to 1997.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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