Hey there,
I’m an AI & Software design leader at Atlassian.

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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Career journey

2025 – now

Head of Design & Sr AI Principal
Atlassian

I lead the talented multi-geography team of designers working on the ITOM portfolio in Service Collection. My team builds a state-of-the-art suite of deep-tech products to ensure resilience and reliability of critical tech infrastructure of global companies – including ~50% of the Fortune 500.

I also lead the AI transformation of Service Collection (the fastest growing portfolio in Atlassian with ~$1B ARR) as Sr AI Principal, in conjunction with a direct mandate of the C-suite leadership.

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.

2018 – 2020

Design Lead, Searchbox & Autocomplete
Google Search

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

• Rich entities in searches
• Flights, sports and weather suggestions
• Private historic suggestions
• Trending searches
• Search apps on phone from searchbox
• Mini-doodle on searchbox on mobile

2017 – 2018

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.

• Group management in admin console
• Roles & identity management in admin console

Get in touch

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