# Ruchi Chand > Head of Design at Everlaw | previously at LinkedIn, Facebook (Meta), d.Studio@SAP Location: San Jose, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ruchichand A mindful design leader with two decades in tech including over ten years leading design, I strongly believe that happy people make happy products. I take pride in building and scaling high performing design teams bringing together people, business and technology to create experiences that are meaningful, easy to use and beautiful. With solid design chops and people management skills, I have a track record of driving innovation and delivering business impact. I enjoy exploring - ideas, places and people. Specialties: Design leadership, Design strategy, Product design, User experience design, Information architecture, User research, Information visualization, Concept explorations, Product thinking, Interaction and visual design, Mobile design, App design, Design thinker, Maker, Forming and scaling high performing design teams, Hiring talent, Storytelling, Cross-functional collaboration, Design systems, Fostering inclusive design Culture, Leadership, Soft skills ## Work Experience ### Sr Director, Product Design @ Everlaw Jan 2025 – Present | Oakland, California, United States ### Director of Product Design @ LinkedIn Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Sunnyvale, California, United States Led and scaled a high-caliber design team driving high-craft innovation and business growth for a suite of enterprise recruiting products (LinkedIn Recruiter, Talent Insights, Talent Mobile, Recruiter Lite, Recruiter System Connect and Talent Hub) as part of the $7B LinkedIn Talent Solutions business. Led the design vision, strategy and execution of Generative AI powered tools including LI’s first AI agent, LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, automating recruiters’ repetitive tasks like searching, screening and messaging, so they can focus on fostering strategic human connections. Spearheaded LinkedIn Recruiter’s rebrand driving executive alignment and execution for multiple enterprise products elevating product quality, design coherency and accessibility. ### Sr Manager, User Experience Design @ LinkedIn Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 ### User Experience Design Manager @ LinkedIn Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 ### Product Design Manager @ Facebook Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Menlo Park, California, United States Led design to craft products for Facebook’s sales team as part of the Core Ads business, leading to stat sig revenue lift for FB-managed ads. ### Director of User Experience Design @ SAP Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto, California, United States Designed several award-winning 0-to-1 products (Fiori apps, SAP Scouting, Bilt, SAP RealSpend) as part of d.Studio (formerly AppHaus), a think-tank style offshoot within SAP, delivering consumer grade experiences across mobile, cloud, and desktop. Led C-level co-innovation workshops with top executives and product teams at Colgate, Nestle, San Francisco 49ers, German National Soccer Team. Radically shaped SAP’s UX strategy by conceptualizing and delivering 7 custom mobile apps, then brought them into mainstream SAP, rebranded as Fiori apps. This work created a trailblazing blueprint and has now expanded to more than 16,000 Fiori apps. ### Principal User Experience Designer @ SAP Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 ### Sr User Experience Designer @ SAP Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 ### Software Engineer @ Tata Consultancy Services Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 Consultant to USAA, San Antonio, TX and GE Aviation, Cincinnati, OH ### Researcher @ Media Lab Asia, KReSIT, IIT Bombay Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 Taking Information and Communication Technology innovations to the grassroots of Indian rural communities. ## Education ### Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) in School of Information University of California, Berkeley ### Master of Computer Applications (MCA) Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University ### BA Maths (Honours) in Mathematics St. Stephen's College, Delhi University ### High School Delhi Public School - Mathura Road ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ruchikumar --- Source: https://flows.cv/ruchichand JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ruchichand/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13