# Haitham M.

**Lead Product Designer** — London, United Kingdom

> Product designer with nearly a decade of experience across fintech, energy, and emerging markets, combining zero-to-one product thinking with scaling expertise and a background in software engineering.

Career Archetype: **Launchpad Navigator** (HS-DG) — One of the first Launchpad Navigators on Saywise

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/haitham-m-497536127

## Experience

### Lead Product Designer, Methodical (2025-07 – present)
Remote · Facilitated design workshops at Dubai Holding, using structured alignment sessions to surface and resolve design and business issues early, significantly reducing revisions at high-fidelity stage. Partnered cross-functionally with senior stakeholders to define and align on clear design strategy grounded in business objectives. Explored and pressure-tested multiple design concepts iteratively to validate direction and ensure the product reflected stakeholder needs and organisational intent.

### Senior Product Designer (Contract), Property Finder Dubai (2025-03 – 2026-05)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Brought in as contractor to address critical product challenges on the Property Finder mobile app, serving millions of users across the region. Led research-driven design on the Data Room feature, which surfaced real-time property market data in an accessible, scannable, and actionable format for users navigating complex market information.

### Senior Product Designer (contract), Horizontal Digital (2025-03 – 2025-03)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

### Senior Product Designer, Shell (2023-11 – 2024-05)
Greater London · Embedded within a cross-functional team with data engineers and architects to design internal tooling for desk analysts, bridging complex data infrastructure with day-to-day analytical workflows. Identified and tackled core usability issues, driving a 25% increase in product adoption by making the experience significantly more accessible for analysts.

### Founder & AI Product Designer, Engima AI (2023-10 – 2025-10)
AI research assistant for researchers and students, reached 50K users organically

### Design Mentor, adplist.org (2022-09 – present)

### Design Mentor, Black Valley (2022-01 – 2023-01)

### Product Designer, Microlabs (2021-12 – present)
Recent freelance projects • Collaborated with a Fintech company to enhance user adoption through new feature development increasing product adoption by 24% • Redesigned the landing page for a proptech company to showcase their growth and new mission. • Advising startups on hiring talent and ways of working

### Senior Product Designer (Contract), Nando's UK & IRE (2021-11 – 2023-11)

### Senior Product Designer, Bayzat (2021-04 – 2021-09)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

### Senior Product designer & Strategist, Pickr (2021-01 – 2021-04)

### Product Designer, Aventus (2019-09 – 2020-12)
Greater London, England, United Kingdom

### UX Designer, Ask Jeffery (2018-09 – 2020-05)
• Designed MVPs for startup to secure funding and attract initial investors and customers. • Aligned stakeholders to ensure project success and meet business objectives.

## Education

### The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Activities and societies: Artificial intelligence

### Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Westminster

## Projects

### AI Research Assistant
AI-powered SaaS product for students and researchers · Built independently in spare time, demonstrating ability to take a product from concept to meaningful scale. Focused on delivering value to students and researchers through AI-powered research capabilities.

## Skills

Design Research, Design Strategy, Design, Discovery Process, Workshop Facilitation, AI Product Strategy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Interfaces, Service Design, Product Strategy, UI, User Experience (UX), User Experience Design, User Interface Design, Product Design, Web Development, Software Development, Git, Teamwork, User Research, Usability Testing, Design Critique, Mentorship, Figma, Hotjar, Google Analytics, Miro, Industry Trends, Sales Forecasting

## AI Fluency

- **Claude** — Sparring partner (https://claude.ai)

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