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i'm sayan
Driven by instinct, data, and cultural relevance, I’m a self-taught design leader with over a decade of experience—currently heading product design at Slikk. I specialize in building high-performing teams and scaling products from the ground up through robust design systems. My focus is simple: simplify complexity to craft intuitive experiences that stay one step ahead of the user.
✦ Work Experience ✦
Slikk - Fashion Q-commerce
Head of Product Design
Mar '26- Presesnt
Org building: Hired, scaled, and currently lead an 11 person team across Product and Visual Design, establishing strong vision and design standards.
Product: Spearheading project ‘Super-Slikk’—revamping the Brand, Consumer, and Rider experiences while building a scalable Design Language System complete with motion and visual frameworks.
Business impact: Drove a 5x bump in DRR, 25% higher AOV, and 55% new user growth by deploying high-impact, frictionless UX interventions like smart size-remembering
Slice Small Finance Bank
Senior Product Design Manager
Aug '21- Oct '25 • 4.2 Years
Product: Spearheaded the end-to-end design and launch of slice UPI, streamlined user onboarding, all payment modes (including bill payments), and the core slice rewards ecosystem.
Org building: Scaled from an individual contributor owning the initial UPI experience to building, hiring, and mentoring a dedicated 5-person product design team across payments.
Business impact: Turned a post-RBI regulatory pivot into exponential growth—scaling UPI payments to drive a 980% surge in DAU and 3,295% higher revenue over 2.5 years
Lendingkart - Digital Business Loans
Lead UX Designer
Feb '19 - Jun '21 • 2.5 Years
Product: Spearheaded the end-to-end design of the business loan journey across web and app, launching an industry-first consumer-level Account Aggregator flow (featured by Sahamati.org) to automate bank statement evaluation, alongside post-disbursal reminder and e-NACH repayment systems.
Org building: Led and mentored a team of 3 product designers, establishing a standard for design quality, and driving collaborative cross-functional alignments.
Business impact: Slash disbursal TAT by 70% and boost self-serve rates by 10x—driving a 125% surge in revenue while cutting defaulter rates by 60% through automated repayment flows.
SupplyBasics - Industrial supplies
Designer
May '18 - Dec '18 • 8 Months
Product: Designed an automated SaaS procurement platform for bulk industrial supplies, integrating real-time quotation comparisons, same-spec alternative brand suggestions, and automated pre-approved gate passes to optimize logistics and ensure on-time delivery.
Brand & experience: Led end-to-end brand identity and visual strategy, crafting the core logo, web design, internal brand packaging, and high-converting marketing collaterals.
Furlenco - Furniture rentals
Market Researcher
Mar '16 - Jul '17 • 1.5 yrs
User experience & research: Conducted in-depth consumer research to inform furniture design strategies—translating user insights into actionable recommendations that directly enhanced product relevance and overall experience.
Category strategy & innovation: Pioneered foundational category research for modular wardrobes and kids' furniture, while leading R&D for IoT-integrated furniture to position the brand for future growth.
Corrit - On Demand Services
Design & Operations
Jul '15 - Feb '16 • 8 Months
Brand & identity: Defined the core brand identity from the ground up, directing the logo creation, web experience, brand films, and print advertising collateral.
Product & operations: Designed WhatsApp, IVR, and web-based service booking, assistance, and rating workflows—including a WhatsApp-based pre-vendor onboarding and fulfillment system to streamline on-demand operations.
IFB Appliances - Service
Graduate Engineer Trainee
Jun '14 - Jul '15 • 1.1 Years
Operations & management: Managed service operations across 8 after-sales centers in West Bengal, optimizing spares procurement and technician workflows to significantly reduce service turnaround time (TAT) for flagship products, including Smart ACs, Microwaves, and Washing Machines.
Business & growth: Spearheaded service-led revenue initiatives—driving a 23% growth in AMC (Annual Maintenance Contract) plans and high-margin product additives through improved customer touchpoints and proactive service delivery.
✦ Education ✦
Mechanical Engineering
Jun '10 - May '14 • CPGA: 7.8
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Technical leadership: Head of Engine Transmission for Infieon Supermileage (SEMA), directing powertrains and mechanical design.
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Community & initiatives: Co-founded Imprints—a digital media club—while active as a core member of SAE and the Google Students Club.
Science, HSSE
Feb '02 - Mar '10
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Innovation & academics: Won multiple intra- and inter-school exhibitions across science and digital innovation.
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Extracurriculars: Active team member of Bharat Scouts & Guides and the school cricket team.