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Design leader @Google Play - Building AI platforms and experiences

About

Sahil is a self-taught UX design leader with over a decade of experience, passionate about crafting innovative, user-centered products and democratizing design education. Specializing in building from the ground up and solving complex 0-1 problems, he brings order to ambiguity - a skill honed across startups and enterprises. His experience spans industries like healthcare, hospitality, logistics, e-commerce, and enterprise tools, offering a global perspective to his design approach. At Google, Sahil leads the development of AI-powered products that enable non-technical users to generate business insights, optimize workflows, and understand customer needs. He built this ecosystem from scratch while scaling a cross-functional team in design, research, and content. Previously, at Gojek, Goibibo, Rivigo, and Engineer.ai, he contributed to AI-driven solutions, user-generated content products, and scaled businesses in high-growth markets, integrating AI before it was mainstream. As an entrepreneur, Sahil co-founded Gbox: A social media suite that reached 7 million downloads in a year without additional marketing spend. Imli Studio: A design studio partnering with startups to build MVPs, achieve product-market fit, and scale. Committed to nurturing future designers, Sahil actively contributes to the design community. He has spoken at IIT Delhi, IDF, Design Sundays, and hosts a YouTube channel featuring conversations with design leaders. Through mentorship platforms like 10k Designers, he helps aspiring designers grow into impactful professionals. Sahil values creating passionate teams where individuals find joy in their work. Through coaching and mentorship, he aims to develop the next generation of "10x designers," emphasizing empowerment, collaboration, and a culture of growth.

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Staff Design Manager at Google, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, India, Leading design for Google Play apps, books, and shop, focusing on emerging markets and new product offerings.

Product Design Manager at Google, Mar 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Product Design manager across the Core UX India Team leading a team of Designers and working closely in collaboration with Product and Engineering Partners to build the future of AI and ML Tools and platforms for non-tech users. At Google, my goal and vision is to build an Ecosystem of ML/AI Platforms that serve as an end-to-end solution for Ingestion, visualization & consumption of large data and conversations to create insights and trends that help business stakeholders and leadership tune in on their business and explore ways to optimize it further. Currently leading design across the following charters PromptMaker - A Prompt Training and Tuning solution for non-tech users to leverage Google's state-of-the-art advancements and build personalized ML models that help generate business insights and help make sense of Millions of customer interactions, feedback, and journeys. Insights Central - A centralized hub of business insights for leaders, stakeholders and business partners to visualize their business health through key metrics and knowledge prompts and inform long-term Product and People strategy as well as monitor the pain points and needs of users

UX Design Lead at Google, Jul 2022 - May 2023 · 11 mos, India, Working with the Google Core Design team to help improve user experience across partner apps and eco-systems by creating consistent experiences through Design systems and standardising operational principles and defining the benchmark for good experiences.

UX Design & strategy Mentor at 10kdesigners, Jun 2021 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Remote

Product design lead at Gojek, Oct 2019 - May 2022 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, During my tenure at Gojek, I had the opportunity to lead the Discovery, User Generated Insights & Content and Booking product areas/PODs for the Food Delivery platform, GoFood. I successfully delivered several key projects, including: 1. Design and development of a reviews and ratings platform from scratch, leveraging Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to harness user-generated content and feedback to empower customers to make informed decisions and improve awareness for small food outlets and merchants. 2. Implementation of data analysis streams for the GoBiz Merchant Platform using user-generated content to assist restaurant owners and partners in scaling their businesses. This was achieved by providing them with insightful data based on order history and patterns, which helped them improve their business and customer relations and increase customer loyalty. 3. Lead the redesign of the GoFood Home screen to address scalability, insights, and the growing number of merchants on the platform. I played a crucial role in defining the strategy for the redesign, obtaining alignment from multiple stakeholders and business units, while keeping the different user personas at the forefront of the product experience. The redesign resulted in a more scalable, personalized, and predictable experience for different users. 4. In addition, I played the role of an advocate for DesignOPS for the team by helping to build a well-connected team culture and setting benchmarks for collaboration, documentation, and processes. This helped to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the team.

Founder and Content Creator at The Creative Hustle, May 2019 - Dec 2025 · 6 yrs 8 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Co-Founder at Gbox, Aug 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos, Delhi, India, • Co-founded a startup focused on empowering social media influencers through innovative design strategies. • Developed and executed a comprehensive design strategy to identify product-market fit, enhancing user engagement. • Successfully scaled Android and iOS platforms from 0 to 5 million users within one year without paid marketing. • Achieved recognition in over 10 publications for exceptional user experience and innovative offerings.

Product Designer at Builder.ai, May 2017 - Jun 2018 · 1 y 1 mo, Gurgaon

Product Designer at RIVIGO, Jul 2016 - Dec 2016 · 5 mo, Gurgaon

Founding product designer at Rydo, Apr 2015 - Mar 2016 · 11 mo, Remote

Education

Bachelor of Computer Applications, Computer Science, Maharshi Dayanand University