Victor Owuda
@victorowuda
Staff Product Designer driving measurable UX strategy across fintech, healthcare, and AI platforms.
NigeriaWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Senior / Staff-level Product Designer with 8+ years of experience designing and scaling complex fintech, healthcare, AI, and data platforms across developed and emerging markets. I own end-to-end product design, build and govern design systems, and influence product strategy through systems thinking, research, and measurable business outcomes—especially in remote, high-leverage, cross-functional environments.
Most recently as Director of Research & Design at Reliance Health, I led a distributed team of 7 designers, owned system-level UX architecture for web and mobile, and architected an institutionalized, token-based design system that accelerated delivery cycles. Previously, I rebuilt Branch’s global design system to reduce design-to-engineering turnaround by 30% and used behavioral analytics and session replay to cut onboarding friction and support load; at SimplifiedIQ, I designed AI-driven assessment and auto-grading workflows from scratch and improved test completion by 30%; earlier, I established design systems and continuous research practices at Stears and shipped identity verification & KYC onboarding experiences at Seamfix.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Managed a distributed team of 7 designers and led product design strategy for complex healthcare and identity workflows. Owned system-level UX architecture and a token-based design system, reducing new-market go-live timelines to under 2 months and accelerating delivery across regulated workflows.
Senior Product Designer
Branch International
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 (1 year)
Owned end-to-end product design for core mobile banking and KYC workflows across iOS and Android. Rebuilt Branch’s global design system, reducing design-to-engineering turnaround by 30%, and improved onboarding and verification flows by reducing support load 40% while increasing feature adoption 18%.
Founding Product Designer
SimplifiedIQ
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 (1 year)
Conceived and designed the product from the ground up, building end-to-end workflows for assessment creation, grading, and reporting across multiple user roles. Created AI-driven assessment and auto-grading UX and established a scalable design system, driving a 30% improvement in test completion rates.
Design Lead
Stears Insights
Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 (2 years)
Led design for complex B2B data workflows and multi-user permission systems, contributing to a 25% increase in subscription growth. Established the design system from scratch, reducing design and engineering debt by 40%, and improved usability by 20% while reducing post-launch issues by 35%.
Product Designer (Contract)
Seamfix
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year)
Designed end-to-end identity verification and digital onboarding workflows for enterprise clients, balancing regulatory compliance with clarity in multi-step journeys. Built the Smart MDM identity workflow, increasing daily SIM registrations 64% and reducing operational costs 37%, and contributed UX to the Verified platform powering 45% of company revenue.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
UX Design (Google), UX Design
2021 -
Completed UX Design training with Google in 2021.
University of Sydney
Design Strategy, Design Strategy
2021 -
Completed a Design Strategy program in 2021.
Obafemi Awolowo University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), International Relations
Earned a B.Sc. in International Relations from Obafemi Awolowo University in 2015.
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