# Sharmaine Manalo

> AI Design @ Intuit | Prev. Apple

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/sharmainemanalo

The moment a design leaves a designer's hands is the moment compromise begins. So I never let go.

I'm a Product Designer at Intuit working on AI-native experiences, operating at the intersection of design and engineering. My work spans the full stack of taking a product from zero to one: architecting design systems, defining AI interaction paradigms, establishing brand and motion languages, and shipping directly to production through code.

What sets me apart is that I don't hand off — I ship. I was one of the first designers at Intuit to design in code using Claude Code, merging 24+ PRs and pioneering a zero-handoff workflow that collapses the gap between design vision and production reality. I've built 0-to-1 products that achieved 100% product-market conviction in target segments on first exposure, with features scoring up to 4.9/5 in user sentiment.

I also believe raising the bar means raising everyone around you. I've coached design teams on AI prototyping tools, influenced orgs to adopt new ways of working, and led the kind of cross-functional alignment that turns ambiguity into shipped product. My Claude Code workflow was selected for a company-wide demo to 386 PMs and designers.

Craft, clarity, and making complex things feel simple — that's what drives everything I do.

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Product Designer, AI @ Intuit
Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, CA
Architected the design foundation for a 0-to-1 AI-native product from scratch — design system, brand, motion language, and conversational AI strategy — achieving 100% product-market conviction in target segments on first exposure, with core features scoring up to 4.9/5. Pioneered a zero-handoff design-to-code workflow that shipped to production in hours instead of sprints, enabling 3x design velocity.

### Senior Product Design Manager, AI @ Intuit
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, CA
Led the design vision and strategy for two GA-launched GenAI agentic experiences within Intuit Assist — the Payments Agent and the Collab Agent — transforming QuickBooks into an AI-first product with embedded expertise

### Senior Generative AI UX Prototyper @ Apple
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Cupertino, CA

### Principal Product Designer, Generative AI @ Intuit
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Led design for Intuit Assist's consumer-facing platform Generative AI experiences

### Senior Product Designer, Conversational AI @ Intuit
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023
Led design for Intuit's Digital Assistant Chatbot Conversational AI platform experiences

### Product Designer, Accelerate @ Intuit
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
Designed Intuit Accelerate's front doors experience

### Design Technologist, TurboTax Live @ Intuit
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Greater San Diego Area
Designed and coded blue sky prototypes that leveraged AI technologies

### UI Developer @ PrecisePK | Healthware Inc
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater San Diego Area

### Front-end Web Developer @ PrecisePK | Healthware Inc
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater San Diego Area

### UX Design Intern @ Aira
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater San Diego Area


## Education
### B.S. Cognitive Science HCI
UC San Diego

### Minor: Computer Science
UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

### UCEAP Study Abroad
Yonsei University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharmainemanalo

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Last updated: 2026-04-07