# Shilpa S.

> Design & Product Leader (Instagram, IDEO, Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn)

Location: Stanford, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shilpas1

Leading industry-defining consumer products on all things video at Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. Passionate about 0 to 1 innovation, consumer product strategy, and human - centered design with 15 years of operating experience in product management and design leadership roles.

In addition to my day job, I lecture at Reforge on product management and on design at Stanford's d.school. I hold several patents, advise and invest in startups, and speak at conferences.

## Work Experience
### Head of Growth, US @ WhatsApp
Jan 2024 – Present

### Product Design Lecturer @ Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford ( d.school )
Jan 2012 – Jan 2024 | Stanford, CA
Teaching the flagship design research class, Needfinding, which is a required class for all product design majors. I teach senior undergraduate students the proper techniques of ethnographic research and applications to product design. In the winter and spring, I follow through with coaching students in their final Implementation thesis projects, advising with designing, prototyping and launching their product or service.

### Senior Design Manager @ LinkedIn
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
Supported the Identity org design team

### Design Director @ IDEO
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Oversaw and managed design teams (UX, UI, Industrial, Content, UXR etc) across various client projects

### Consumer Product Lead (Head of IG Labs, IG Live, IG Video Chat, IGTV) @ Instagram
Jan 2014 – Jan 2021
Saw the company through hypergrowth leading some of our most notable consumer bets. In my last role, I led IG Labs, an incubator org exploring new product opportunities across the entire company. Previously I was the founder/head of Product for IG Live (grew to 100M+), IG Video, IGTV, IG Video Chat and a PM people manager. 

I’ve spoken at conferences of 1200+ about product innovation and strategy (including giving keynote talks at F8 and the Product Management Festival). Interviewed by TechCrunch, The Verge, and other news outlets (see below).

My specialty is overseeing teams of 30+ working on zero-to-one products. With a background in design and anthropological research, I’m deeply passionate about building innovative products based on understanding core human needs.

### Product Manager @ Facebook
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016
Led product teams on Payments, Sharing, and Messenger


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Engineering: Product Design
Stanford University


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-13