SENIOR UX STRATEGIST · PRINCIPAL Product Designer

Hi, I'm Manprit Kalsi

As a Principal Product Designer with 20 years of experience and a certified yoga trainer, I apply principles of focus, balance and systems thinking to solve complex design challenges.

From early-stage startups finding product-market fit to enterprises scaling systems across millions of users, I specialize in designing for complexity: where business constraints, technical realities and user needs compete.

I've designed for e& UAE, Emirates, Airtel, iYogi, Makemytrip, Webchutney Studio, spanning B2B SaaS, enterprise platforms, consumer applications and marketing campaigns.

Over nearly two decades, I’ve focused on:

  • Building products used by millions
  • Creating and scaling systems
  • Growing and mentoring design teams
  • Designing platforms built for scale and reliability

Expertise

What I Bring to The Team

Strategic Design Leadership

I help teams move from ideas to outcomes. By aligning user needs, business goals and technical constraints, I guide product direction to deliver measurable impact.

  • Accelerate launches from months to weeks
  • Lead product experiences used by millions
  • Build clarity and momentum in complex product spaces

User-Centered Problem Solving

I use research, rapid experimentation and validation to uncover real problems early, reducing risk and helping teams make confident product decisions.
  • Identify friction driving drop-offs and abandonment
  • Reduce support load through clearer, simpler experiences
  • Validate concepts before heavy engineering investment

Scalable, Thoughtful Design

I focus on creating solutions that scale with the product and the team, balancing speed, quality and long-term maintainability without unnecessary process overhead.
  • Enable faster delivery with consistent patterns
  • Reduce rework and design-to-build friction
  • Design for growth across teams and markets

Strong Cross-Functional Collaboration

I work closely with product, engineering and business stakeholders to turn complexity into clarity, building alignment and shared ownership.
  • Translate constraints into practical design decisions
  • Facilitate workshops to align teams early
  • Use data and evidence to earn stakeholder buy-in
My Approach

Start with strategy

Understand business goals, technical constraints and user needs before designing solutions.

Validate early and often

Ship, learn, refine. Research and prototyping reduce guesswork and mitigate risk.

Design for scale

Build systems that enable teams to move fast without creating design debt.

Collaborate across functions

Great products require tight collaboration between design, product and engineering.