Lead Product Designer

Lead Product Designer

AI Native Designer

AI Native Designer

Financial UX

Financial UX

16 Years

16 Years

Dubai, UAE

Dubai, UAE

Designing Experiences That
Convert & Retain

Designing Experiences That
Convert & Retain

Strategic UX for digital banking & fintech — turning complex financial workflows into trusted products for the MENA market.

Strategic UX for digital banking & fintech — turning complex financial workflows into trusted products for the MENA market.

16

16

Years in Financial UX

150+

150+

Design system components

100K+

100K+

Daily active users

50%

50%

Dev handoff efficiency gain

View Work

  • Mobile Banking

  • Fintech UX

  • Design Systems

  • B2B SaaS

  • AI Interfaces

  • Enterprise Dashboards

  • MENA Market

  • WhatsApp Banking

01

Selected work

Selected work

Each project is a real design challenge — research through shipped product.

Each project is a real design challenge — research through shipped product.

01

01

Contact Centre · Outbound Voice · B2B SaaS

Voice Campaigns — Outbound Calling, Launched in Minutes

Voice Campaigns — Outbound Calling, Launched in Minutes

Redesigning how contact-centre supervisors create, launch and monitor outbound voice campaigns across five dialing modes — from a morning of admin forms and CSV tickets to a guided, 7-minute flow.

−69%

−69%

set-up time

set-up time

−41%

−41%

support tickets

support tickets

92%

92%

task success

task success

02

02

Conversational AI · Mobile · B2B

Omnichannel Platform — WhatsApp & Voice, Unified

Omnichannel Platform — WhatsApp & Voice, Unified

A unified agent workspace bringing WhatsApp Business and voice conversations together — eliminating the context-switching that was adding 60% to response times.

60%

60%

faster responses

faster responses

70%

70%

template savings

template savings

03

03

Mobile Banking · Fintech · UAE

Raqam Bank — Digital Banking, the Human Touch

Raqam Bank — Digital Banking, the Human Touch

Reimagining mobile banking for UAE’s 88% expat population — transparent international transfers, AI-powered spending insights, and an enterprise operations dashboard.

+20%

+20%

transfer completion

transfer completion

−30%

−30%

time to transfer

time to transfer

40%+

40%+

insights engagement

insights engagement

04

04

Enterprise SaaS · AI · B2B

AI-Powered Call Center Intelligence

AI-Powered Call Center Intelligence

An enterprise AI intelligence dashboard with real-time call transcription, NLP sentiment analysis, automated scoring, and conversation analytics across 100K+ daily interactions.

50+

50+

enterprise clients

enterprise clients

100K+

100K+

daily users

daily users

60%

60%

efficiency gain

efficiency gain

05

05

Design Systems · B2B Finance

Core Design System — 150+ Components

Core Design System — 150+ Components

How I unified design across three product teams, reduced developer rework, and built a component library that became the foundation of our entire platform.

150+

150+

components

components

50%

50%

dev efficiency

dev efficiency

06

06

Web App · Pet Insurance · Oslo

Oslo Pet Insurance — Pet Cloud Portal

Oslo Pet Insurance — Pet Cloud Portal

A customer-facing web portal for policy management, multi-pet tracking, real-time claims, and vet access — shipped to oslopetinsurance.pet.

6

6

core flows

core flows

35+

35+

components

components

2

2

platforms

platforms

About me

Lead Product
Designer

13 years designing financial and enterprise software. NN/g certified. CUA. Based in Dubai, specialised in MENA market fintech.

Figma

UX Research

Design Systems

Fintech

B2B SaaS

AI UX

Available now

Open to Lead &
Senior Designer roles

UAE-based · Fintech, banking, enterprise B2B.

Get in touch

Credentials

NN/g — UX Certification

Nielsen Norman Group · UX research, interaction design & best practices

HFI — Certified Usability Analyst (CUA)

Human Factors International · Usability engineering & human-centered design

B.Com, Distinction

Savitribai Phule Pune University · Business, finance & org. management

ICWA (Inter)

Institute of Cost Accountants of India · Financial analysis & strategic insights

150+

Components built

Financial-grade design system
50% dev efficiency gain

How I work

Design thinking, applied
end to end

01

Empathise

Stakeholder interviews, user research, shadowing and JTBD mapping — time with the people doing the job, so the brief describes the real problem and not the assumed one.

02

Define

Personas, journey maps, problem statements and How Might We questions, plus success metrics, design principles and information architecture — strategy before pixels.

03

Ideate

Sketching and co-design workshops with product and engineering: several directions, low-fidelity flows and wireframes, chosen together against the principles we agreed.

04

Prototype

Lo-fi to hi-fi and clickable prototypes — accessibility-first, edge-case aware and component-driven, built for developer handoff from day one.

05

Test & iterate

Moderated usability sessions, tree testing and A/B validation, then post-launch analytics and NPS feeding straight back into the next round.

05

Test & iterate

Moderated usability sessions, tree testing and A/B validation, then post-launch analytics and NPS feeding straight back into the next round.

About

Lead Product Designer
specialising in Financial UX

13 years designing for fintech, digital banking, and enterprise B2B platforms — from call center software serving 100,000+ daily users to consumer apps built for the MENA market.

I bridge the gap between business complexity and user clarity, with a track record in improving conversion, adoption, and developer efficiency across B2C and B2B financial products.

2013 – Now

Lead Product Designer

ZIWO — B2B SaaS, UAE

Certified

NN/g UX Certification

Nielsen Norman Group

Certified

Certified Usability Analyst

Human Factors International

Expertise

Digital Banking · Fintech · AI UX

Design Systems · Arabic-aware · MENA

Recommendations

Trusted by industry leaders and colleagues in enterprise SaaS and data science.

TM

Tamer Marshoud

Customer Success & CX Leader · SaaS & Enterprise Portfolio Leadership

“Looking to connect my network with a great talent!”

“I’m happy to recommend my ex-colleague Priyamvada Khanolkar, a highly skilled Senior Product Designer with strong experience in user research, UI/UX design, and end-to-end product delivery.”

DR

Dana Ra’ef

Senior Data Scientist · Product Analyst · Data Analyst · GenAI

“All the best, Priya! You’re incredibly talented and would be a great addition to any team ❤️👍”

Let’s build something
exceptional.

Let’s build something
exceptional.

Excited to dive into your next project? Let’s chat and turn those brilliant ideas into reality.

Excited to dive into your next project? Let’s chat and turn those brilliant ideas into reality.