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Lead AI Product Designer

Designing trust into intelligent products.

I translate complex AI systems into intuitive, human-centered experiences — scalable enterprise platforms built with clarity, trust, and measurable impact.

Watercolor portrait of R. Kirán
Worked for
McKinsey & CompanyScale AIAmerican ExpressMcCann WorldgroupJanssenVerizonRedbirdMapp DigitalMomentum WorldwideToptalMOEHE QatarSAP Arena
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About

A designer for the
age of intelligent systems.

What drives me is creating human-centered experiences with emerging technologies — especially where AI can make a measurable impact.

More about me
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What I do

Where design meets AI.

A deck of six — auto-rotating

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AI product design

Translating conversational and generative AI systems into intuitive, trustworthy product experiences.

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Experience

Fifteen years plus.

Today

Present

McKinsey & Company

Lead AI Product Designer

Design Lead on McKinsey’s IDA platform — consolidated fragmented workstreams (Research, Transactions, Value Creation) into a single unified AI decision-support application, now in active use by McKinsey clients on live engagements.

Previously

Scale AI

Lead Product Designer · Generative AI

Led design of a generative AI tutoring platform for the Ministry of Education & Higher Education (Qatar) — a bilingual Arabic RTL / English LTR, curriculum-aligned solution designed and shipped at national scale.

2008 — present

Earlier collaborations

Design lead · AI, fintech, VR, education & marketing

End-to-end design delivery for American Express, McCann Worldgroup, Mapp Digital, Momentum Worldwide, Toptal, Janssen, Redbird and Verizon — translating complex systems into engaging, trustworthy experiences.

…and earlier
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Recognition

Recognised work.

Award

Adobe Design Awards

3× Recognised among independent UI and UX products design.

Award

Creative Conscience

Honoured for design with social impact and purpose.

Winner

Toptal Global Hackathon

First place against nearly 80 teams worldwide.

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Contact

Let’s design something
worth trusting.

Open to conversations about AI product design, design leadership, and work with measurable human impact.

© 2026 R. Kirán. Lead AI Product Designer.