Résumé

Kishore Kumar  ·  Senior Executive Design Leader  ·  Singapore

Summary

Senior Executive Design Leader with 12+ years of experience, spanning nearly 7 years at Google (FAANG) and 4+ years as Founding Designer at Arta Finance. At Google, was Founding Designer on Google Tez (became Google Pay), scaled to 150mn+ monthly active users, and led a globally distributed design team. At Arta Finance, built the entire Design and Product function from Day 1 and contributed directly to multiple rounds of funding and large-scale B2B partnerships. Expert in 0-to-1 product design, executive design leadership at FAANG and startup level, and building and managing internationally distributed design teams.

Work History

Arta Finance

Head of Design & Product

– Present  ·  4 years 2 months  ·  Singapore  ·  Full-time

Founding Team  ·  FinTech  ·  Wealth Management  ·  0-to-1
About the company
Digital wealth management / digital family office platform. Backed by prominent investors. Founded by former Google executives. Formerly operating as Arbo Works.
Responsibilities & achievements
  • –Joined as Founding Designer — first design hire from Day 1
  • –Built the entire Design and Product function from zero
  • –Established design process, culture, and product strategy
  • –Led end-to-end product design for a digital wealth management platform
  • –Contributed directly to multiple rounds of funding through design vision and product narrative
  • –Established and supported large-scale B2B partnerships through product design and experience
  • –Defined UX, visual design, and product principles for the company

Google

Design Manager

–  ·  6 years 10 months  ·  Singapore  ·  Full-time

Google Pay  ·  Next Billion Users  ·  Payments  ·  Consumer
Teams
Google Pay (formerly Google Tez) · Next Billion Users (NBU)
Responsibilities & achievements
  • –Founding Designer on Google Tez — the UPI payments product that became Google Pay
  • –Scaled Google Pay from initial concept to 150,000,000+ monthly active users
  • –Managed a globally distributed design team across multiple time zones and markets
  • –Core member of Google's Next Billion Users initiative — designing for first-time internet users in India and emerging markets

Skills

Leadership
Executive design leadership · Design management · Distributed team leadership · Hiring & org building · Design culture · DesignOps
Product
0-to-1 product · Product strategy · Roadmapping · User research · Growth & scale · Go-to-market
Craft
Product design · UX · Visual design · Interaction design · Design systems · Mobile (iOS/Android) · Prototyping
Domains
FinTech · Payments · Wealth management · Consumer technology · Emerging markets

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Get in Touch

kishore.n.kumar@gmail.com · LinkedIn ·  Singapore