Design Leadership
Experienced design leadership position during my Infosys & Publicis journey. Key responsibilities that landed with this role were: Setting up the design delivery process, deploying and mentoring the high-performing team, assessing and building the design business, and enhancing the overall usability maturity model.
Impact
Standardised UX delivery process across 5 design studios in India in 4 weeks timeline. All the design practices are made mandatory for all BU deliveries and kept a check on the same. Siloed deliveries addressed with checkers mapping. (UID-Infosys)
Over 80% utilisation for 3 consecutive quarters achieved for 120+ team size in India for UID-Infosys.
$2 mn/quarter revenue achieved with 75% QOQ growth for the BU (UID-Infosys).
Introduced a new hiring process in the BU and optimised the TAT by 65% (in Publicis Sapient, Design India).
Received the 'Best Initiative' in RISE Quarterly award for the 'Talent Acquisition Team' which I was leading for the BU in Wongdoody-Infosys.
Designed Bootcamp syllabus & training for campus recruits to set up a coaching culture for the entire design team. Over 60 campus recruits benefitted and landed with project project-ready mindset. (UID-Infosys)
For constant learning practice conducted design training programs for IJP talents with tech backgrounds, which helped the BU to fill the talent gap.
Led the design delivery program along with client workshops, this helped train talents on the project. This increased the engagement & interest of the people working on the projects.
Spearheaded UX proposals to build the next delivery pipeline.
My entrepreneurial skills helped me build a positive culture, set delivery practices & mentor the team in design labs.
Also, the university connections helped bring good talents on board.
Key accolades won
The design leadership job has been acknowledged during the UID-Infosys journey by Pratibha Sharma, John Premkumar & Rajesh Varrier. Also during Wongdoody-Infosys' journey.
Testimony
Insta Award, recognizing my efforts in quarterly achievements.
best-initiative.mp4RISE Award, a quarterly achievement for the Talent Acquisition initiative I was leading.
