Resume
Ankur Kushwaha
Design Manager · Product Design Leader · Full-Stack Builder
Product design leader with 12+ years in design, across AI-first platforms, SaaS and consumer products. I lead design for monetization and growth, build design systems, and ship production-fidelity frontends with Claude and Cursor. At Builder.ai I grew a design team from 1 to 8.
Impact
- 1→8Grew the Builder.ai design team from just me. Hired 5, led 4 directly, nobody left in two years.
- $7.5MEnterprise beta unlocked through my hands-on design of Builder Enterprise.
- 68%Adoption of AI (LLM + RAG) experiences at Builder.ai.
- 32%Fewer design review cycles, and 50% faster implementation, with the Block Design System.
- CTOAward at Sprinklr for the Insights Use Case Hub, a product trusted by 50%+ of the Fortune 100.
Experience
HighLevel
Mar 2026 to present
Lead Product Designer
Leading product design across Agency OS, shaping AI-first experiences that help agencies grow, monetize and run their businesses.
- Own end-to-end design across Agency Revenue, Pricing and Billing, SaaS Enablement, Prospecting, HIPAA and Sub-Accounts.
- Partner with Product and Growth on monetization: subscriptions, upgrades, packaging and activation journeys that support ARR and retention.
- Simplify complex multi-tenant agency workflows through information architecture and scalable UX patterns.
- Build production-fidelity frontends with Claude and Cursor to validate ideas faster with the team.
- Run rapid prototyping and A/B tests, and evolve the design system into reusable components.
Sprinklr
Sep 2024 to Mar 2026
Lead Product Designer
Led design for the Sprinklr Insights suite, used by Microsoft, P&G, Samsung, Netflix and 50%+ of the Fortune 100.
- Designed GenAI insight workflows that cut manual feedback analysis by 35% and sped up decisions for business leaders.
- Turned complex workflows into clear journeys, lifting new-feature adoption by 15% in early rollout.
- Ran retrospectives, workshops and Kanban practices with Product, cutting turnaround time by 20%.
- Received the CTO Award for the Insights Use Case Hub.
Case studiesAgentic AI co-pilot Insights Use Case Hub
Builder.ai
Sep 2022 to Sep 2024
Design Manager
Led design for Builder.ai’s AI no-code platform, while staying hands-on as a designer.
- Grew the design team from 1 to 8. Hired 5, with 4 direct reports and the rest mentored through influence. Nobody left in two years.
- Stayed hands-on on Builder Enterprise, whose design helped secure a $7.5M beta deal.
- Designed agentic AI (LLM + RAG) workflows with Product and Engineering, boosting adoption by 68%.
- Set up weekly 1:1s, critiques, and design reviews with sign-off, and grew designers through ownership.
- Built the Block Design System with a core group of 4 designers: 32% fewer review cycles, 50% faster implementation.
Case studiesBuilding a design team Builder Enterprise Builder Studio Block Design System
BlueStacks
Dec 2019 to Sep 2022
Senior Product Designer
Owned the BlueStacks web experience, visited by millions of gamers every month.
- Redesigned core discovery and download flows, improving conversion by 22%.
- Localized web experiences with marketing and growth teams across regions.
- Built web design guidelines for the BlueStacks 4 and BlueStacks X launches.
Oodles Technologies
Feb 2018 to Dec 2019
Senior UI/UX Designer
Designed SaaS and enterprise products for clients across many domains.
- Improved usability scores by about 30% on B2B web and mobile apps.
- Cut design handoff time by about 20% by working closely with engineering.
Earlier
2013 to 2018
UI, industrial and graphic design
Where the craft started: UI for retail and e-commerce campaigns, perfume bottles and packaging, and e-commerce visuals.
Skills, certifications and education
Design
Leadership
Tools and build
Certifications
Interaction Design Foundation
- How to Design Experiences for AI
- AI for Designers
- Design Thinking
- Human-Computer Interaction
- User Research: Methods and Best Practices
Education
- Delhi University
2013 to 2016 · B.A. Humanities - Arena Multimedia
2008 to 2011 · 3D, VFX, graphic and web design
Recognition
- Sprinklr CTO Award
September 2025 · Insights Use Case Hub
What I choose
- Business outcomesoverPolished output
- Systems and reuseoverOne-off screens
- Ship, measure, iterateoverEndless polish
- AI as leverageoverAI as decoration
- Team craft and mentoringoverLone-genius design