Design & product leader.

Throughout my career, I’ve helped startups and large companies build and grow their products with great design. I’ve worked in a variety of domains – consumer tech, education, enterprise SaaS, fintech, healthcare, mobility and more.

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2025 –

🏖️ Sabbatical

I’m on a short break from work after years of working non-stop, enjoying time with family. I’m traveling, indulging in photography and playing a lot of sports in this time off.

If you’re a founder and think we can partner, email me on me@hvpandya.com.

2020 – 2024

Senior Vice President, Design
The Unacademy Group

I led the talented design team at the Unacademy group, for the following group companies:

• Airlearn: The all-new storytold language learning app for the world, Top 10 app in Education with ⭐ 4.8 on App Store & Play Store globally.
• Unacademy Test Prep: The best digital & physical education experiences for competitive test preparation in India.
• Graphy: The fastest way creators can monetize their knowledge & expertise.
• NextLevel: The better way apply to jobs and level up your career.

2017 – 2020

Design Lead, Searchbox & Autocomplete
Google Search

I led the user experience of the Searchbox & Autocomplete experience – the most used text-field in the history of the Internet.

Design Lead, G Suite
Google Cloud

I worked on the Enterprise UX team where I led the experience refresh of multiple critical modules in the Admin Console.

Throughout a career spanning diverse companies, I’ve designed web & mobile products for startups and large organizations around the world.

Get in touch

me@hvpandya.com ・ @hvpandya on X ・ LinkedIn