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Manager - User Experience | 19+ Years | B2B SaaS & Enterprise UX | WCAG | AI for Designers (IDF, Top 10%) | NASSCOM Award Winner

About

I design enterprise experiences that make complexity feel simple. With 19+ years in B2B SaaS and enterprise UX — across IT, Pharma, Solar, and Procurement — I've led design from blank page to shipped product, and from solo contributor to team lead. Currently at Kytes (by Product Dossier), I own end-to-end UX strategy for a multi-vertical Project Management SaaS platform, bridging user research, competitive analysis, design systems, and engineering delivery across every release. What sets my practice apart: 🏆 NASSCOM 2013 award winner — recognised for a seamless iPad experience that drove measurable client adoption 🤖 AI for Designers graduate — Interaction Design Foundation | Distinction 94% | Top 10% globally — applying Human-Centered AI (HCAI) principles to real product decisions ♿ Certified in Accessibility & Inclusive Design (IDF, 2025) — designing to WCAG 2.1/2.2 standards as a baseline, not an afterthought 🎓 Trained Usability Analyst (CUA) — by Human Factors International I've built design systems from scratch, facilitated usability testing that reshaped product roadmaps, led competitive research that informed feature strategy, and served as the UX-to-engineering bridge — reducing rework and keeping teams aligned. I lead with empathy, communicate in outcomes, and mentor junior designers to raise the bar across the whole team. 🛠 Core Skills & Expertise UX Research & Strategy User-Centred Design (UCD) · Usability Testing · Heuristic Evaluation · Empathy Mapping · Persona Creation · User Journey Mapping · Task Flow Analysis · Competitive Analysis · UX Audits Design Execution Wireframing (Lo-Fi & Hi-Fi) · Interactive Prototyping · Design Systems · Information Architecture · Visual Design · Responsive & Mobile UX (iOS & Android) · Component Libraries · Designer-Developer Handoff Accessibility & Inclusive Design WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 · Inclusive Design · Universal Design · Accessibility Audits · Accessible Prototyping AI & Emerging Tech Human-Centered AI (HCAI) · AI for UX Design & Research · AI-Assisted Prototyping · Responsible AI Design Principles Domain Expertise B2B SaaS · Enterprise Application Design · Project Management Platforms · Pharma · IT · Solar · Procurement · Agile / Scrum Product Teams Tools Figma · Axure RP · Adobe XD · InVision · Miro · Balsamiq · Adobe Illustrator · Adobe Photoshop Technical HTML · CSS · CSS Frameworks Soft Skills Team Leadership · Mentorship · Stakeholder Communication · Cross-functional Collaboration · Strategic Thinking · Product Thinking · UX Roadmap Delivery

Location

Pune Division

AI stack

claude code

cursor

gemini

lovable

Work experience

Manager - User Experience Design at Kytes, Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos, Pune City

Sr.Lead UX Designer at Kytes, Oct 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 10 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Sr.Lead UX Designer at Kytes, Oct 2017 - May 2026 · 8 yrs 8 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Senior User Experience Designer at Kytes (by Product Dossier) Pvt. Ltd, Oct 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 10 mos, Own end-to-end UX strategy and execution for a B2B Project Management SaaS platform serving IT, Pharma, Solar, and Procurement verticals with a diverse enterprise user base. Lead, mentor, and grow a UX team of 2–3 designers — conducting design reviews, providing structured feedback, and building a collaborative, high-quality design culture. Serve as the primary UX liaison to the engineering team — delivering detailed UX roadmaps, annotated wireframes, and interaction specifications for every new product feature, ensuring development alignment from day one. Facilitated usability testing sessions and synthesised findings to define product strategy, creating personas and journey maps that directly informed the product roadmap. Conducted competitive research across 5+ rival platforms, producing strategic UX briefs that shaped feature prioritisation and differentiation decisions. Partnered with product managers and engineers from feature definition through information architecture, prototyping, and iterative testing — reducing rework cycles. Established formal design-review cadence and documentation standards (specs, component libraries, design tokens), improving designer-developer handoff quality and team transparency. Drove adoption of a scalable design system in Figma, enabling consistent UI patterns across modules and cutting component duplication significantly.

Senior Designer at Cibirix Digital Media, May 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos, Lead client communication for UI/UX requirements, translating briefs into wireframes and high-fidelity designs for corporate websites and digital campaigns. Managed project estimation and a small design team, ensuring on-time delivery and consistent quality across accounts.

Design Consultant at Freelance, Dec 2015 - Apr 2016 · 5 mos, Delivered web and mobile UX design solutions for in-house clients; collaborated closely with development teams to ensure smooth handoff and production accuracy.

Education

BCA, Computer Software, Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal

H.S.S, Maths, Rajnandgaon(CG)

Public links

linkedin.com: https://linkedin.com/in/https://www.linkedin.com/in/gireesh-navlakhe-bhavsar-27090114

figma.com: https://www.figma.com/proto/T5LSr7cglSKLQDbiLQeIH4/UX-Casestudy?node-id=0-1&t=ZbvzWM9ygWMjsrnZ-1