R. Kirán.
Lead AI Product Designer

Designing trust into intelligent products.

I lead design on McKinsey’s AI due-diligence platform, and build it in code alongside engineering.

Worked with
McKinsey & CompanyScale AIMomentum WorldwideProvenir AIToptalMapp DigitalMOEHE QatarAmerican ExpressMicrosoftVerizonDysonRedbirdMcCann WorldgroupJanssenNikeSAP ArenaChevrolet

A designer for the age of intelligent systems.

I’m a Lead AI Designer with 15+ years of making complex digital products simple to use.

I work across the whole product, from early research to shipped software. I design the flows, prototype them in code, and stay with the work until it ships.

More about me

Where design meets AI.

  • AI product design

    Generative AI people can trust.

  • Design systems

    One system across products and languages.

  • Conversational AI

    Assistants and copilots that feel natural.

  • Designing in code

    React and iOS prototypes, not static mocks.

  • Localisation & RTL

    Arabic and English, built in from day one.

  • Design for impact

    Health, education and community.

Fifteen years, from agencies to McKinsey.

Today

Present

McKinsey & Company

Lead AI Product Designer

Design Lead on McKinsey’s IDA (Intelligent Diligence Apps), the AI-powered due-diligence platform in active use on live client engagements. I brought its separate workstreams into one product, and work on it as an AI design engineer: prototyping in code, extending it to iOS, and building the public site at ida.mckinsey.com.

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.

2011 — present

Earlier Work

Design Lead across AI, SaaS, marketing and fintech

End-to-end design for SaaS, marketing and fintech products, at agencies and product companies, translating complex systems into clear, trustworthy experiences.

…and earlier

Built on my own time.

Outside work, I design and build my own products, taking each idea from first sketch to launch.

Two children’s books about AI.

For ages 5–7 and 8–11: honest answers, hands-on activities, and no app needed. On Amazon in Kindle and paperback.

See the books
Cover of My First Book About AI: a teacher and three children gathered around a tablet showing chat bubbles, with the words Learn, wonder and stay safeCover of Artificial Intelligence, Explorer Edition: two children and a teacher pointing at a screen showing a glowing brain, with a small robot on the desk

Always open to
a good conversation.

Whether it’s an invitation to speak, mentorship, or simply connecting with like-minded people in AI and design, I’d love to hear from you.

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