UX Strategist  ·  Hyderabad  ·  Open to opportunities

12 years making
complex enterprise
software easier to use, and harder to ignore.

I lead UX for platforms where the stakes are high: audit portals, payroll systems, B2B SaaS & Salesforce. My work starts with the real problem and ships measurable outcomes, not just screens.

Amit Kumar Shaw — UX Strategist
UX Strategist 12 years · Enterprise · B2B SaaS
45%
BUX uplift
EY Audit Portal
40%
Reduction in
user friction
10 wks
Concept to production
ADP Tax Flow
30%
Faster stakeholder
buy-in

Selected work

4 case studies · 2019 – 2026

How I work

01

First principles over templates

I ask why before I ask how. Every design decision starts from the real problem, not a pattern library or a previous project. Constraints are inputs, not excuses.

02

Research before pixels

Discovery through user interviews, usability testing, and stakeholder mapping before Figma is opened. The brief is rarely the real brief. I find that out early.

03

Ship with engineers, not at them

Front-end literacy in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript means I can have an honest conversation about what a design will actually cost to build, and design accordingly.

04

AI as accelerant, not author

I use AI tools to move faster through ideation cycles, research synthesis, and early validation. The judgement : what to build and why, stays with the team.

Amit Kumar Shaw
UX Strategy Salesforce · SLDS Figma B2B SaaS Design Systems WCAG 2.1 Agile · Lean UX AI-Assisted Design HTML · CSS · JS
About

Amit Shaw. UX Strategist based in Hyderabad.

The most expensive design mistake in enterprise is not a bad interface. It is the right interface built for the wrong problem. I have spent twelve years learning to tell the difference.

At EY, I led the redesign of audit workflows that three global regions had been navigating through contradictory spreadsheets and separate email chains for years. At ADP, I reduced a compliance task from twelve minutes to under ninety seconds, cut support ticket volume by 64%. These were not usability improvements. They were operational shifts that changed how teams worked, how clients measured trust in the product, and how leadership calculated the return on design investment.

Before working inside large organisations, I co-founded three ventures: a paperwork automation SaaS, an EdTech platform built to equip engineering students with career ready skills, and a UX agency. Owning product strategy, design decisions, and early commercial outcomes simultaneously teaches something that time inside large organisations rarely does on its own. You stop designing for approval and start designing for consequences. That shift in accountability has shaped every enterprise engagement since.

I hold a B.Sc. in Multimedia and Animation, am certified in UX Strategy through Nielsen Norman Group, and hold additional certifications in AI for Designers and AR UX Design through the Interaction Design Foundation. I am living in Hyderabad and have worked across global teams spanning EMEIA, APAC, and the Americas.

Career

Oct 2025
Present
Technical Manager - UX
ESoft Labs · Client: ADP
Sep 2019
Jun 2025
Supervising Associate 2 - Enterprise Architecture
Ernst & Young
2017
2019
Founder · UX Lead
PapWork · Talent Infosys · WOP.Company
2015
2017
UX Designer
Gaian Solutions — GAIA TV
2013
2015
Software Engineer · Visual Designer
HCL Technologies · Magna Infotech
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Amit has demonstrated his ability to uncover the unquoted contextual aspects of the business by challenging the status quo, evaluate the emotional aspects of the design, and build products that are aligned with human behaviour. Amit knows how to boost product adoption with his heuristic designs.

Bharath Machavarapu  ·  Strategic Product Leader, Accenture

Let's work together

The products that excite me most sit at the intersection of business strategy, user needs, and operational impact. If you're solving complex problems at scale, I'd be interested in learning more.

Open to senior UX and design leadership roles in enterprise, B2B SaaS, and fintech. Available for remote and hybrid engagements.