Post by Kalyan Gummadi

Last quarter, one of our UX leads walked into a roadmap review and killed a feature that the PM team had spent 2 months scoping. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻. With user research and one usage metric, nobody had looked at. The feature would have shipped. It would have demoed well. And almost nobody would have used it. That's the kind of leadership we build teams around. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗨𝗫 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. That's the role we're hiring for at Ascendion: 𝗨𝗫 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 (𝗨𝗫^𝗔𝗜). A UX expert at the core, with real product management muscle. Someone who: • Defines product vision before the requirements doc exists  • Turns research into strategy and roadmaps, not just reports  • Shapes AI-powered experiences, agent behaviors, intelligent workflows, and human-in-the-loop design  • Builds governance that scales quality without slowing teams down  • Tells stories that get executives, engineers, and customers aligned on the same page You'll need 7+ years of experience in UX, product design, or experience strategy, a portfolio that demonstrates business outcomes (not just artifacts), and the conviction that AI should amplify human creativity, not replace it. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁'𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 📩 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼/𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻.𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲@𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗻.𝗰𝗼𝗺 (Know someone perfect for this? Tag them below.) #UXLeadership #ProductStrategy #Hiring #HumanCenteredAI Nandan Roy Ebin Varghese Vinay Draksharam Satyam K. Savio Sunil Aguiar