Hands-on 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
On a sabbatical
I’m on a break from work to enjoy my time with family, after over a decade of working non-stop across startups and large companies. I’m spending time traveling, indulging in photography and playing a lot of cricket.
I’m also actively meeting founders and builders. 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.
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
