people ignore design that ignores people
— frank chimero

Priyanka Mohan
priymoh@gmail.com | www.priyanka-mohan.com

Experience

JUN 2024 - PRESENT Lead UX Researcher & Operations Strategy - Nazaraa(Dubai, New Delhi, New York City)

Lead the end-to-end product strategy for Nazaraa and its sister brands, aligning creative, production, and marketing priorities, driving an 18% increase in project throughput.

Introduce insight-informed frameworks that streamline production and collaboration, reducing delivery lead times by 20% and improving cross-functional team coordination by 25%.

Direct high-impact fashion campaigns across India, managing vendors, budgets, and timelines, ensuring on-time, on-brand delivery across three markets, and optimizing production efficiency by 20%.

Design and embed scalable, insight-informed operational systems into fast-moving startup workflows, increasing task efficiency by 15–20% and ensuring decisions are grounded in customer and market research.

Bridge creative vision and operational execution, using customer insights and market trends to deliver on-brand, impactful campaigns.

JAN 2023 - MAR 2024 Senior UX Researcher, Digital Uplift - Starbucks(Contract)

Led research with 30 senior stakeholders across 3 cross-functional teams to streamline Starbucks’ retail hiring experience across 10,000+ global locations, improving hiring alignment and efficiency.

Diagnosed hiring journey pain points and defined UX strategies to reduce friction and streamline workflows to enhance the candidate experience.

Spearheaded research for Starbucks’ internal app, used by 250,000+ retail partners, uncovering key usability gaps that informed key product enhancements.

Mentored junior researchers and facilitated a 20-person UX research critique group to strengthen research rigor.

JAN 2022 - DEC 2022 Senior Qualitative UX Researcher, Core Ads - Meta

Defined research objectives and led end-to-end processes for Facebook Ads North Star product strategy, projecting a 15-20% reduction in time-to-launch across key initiatives.

Delivered insights that shaped ad automation strategies and targeting features, driving a projected 10-15% improvement in user satisfaction and ad performance.

Organized an international UX research summit for 1,500+ global attendees, boosting internal community engagement by 25%.

Mentored junior researchers and influenced 25-30% more research-backed product decisions within the Ads North Star team.

JAN 2019 - DEC 2021 Program Lead & Lead UX Researcher - Thomson Reuters

Led generative and evaluative research for 4-5 flagship financial products, identifying 20+ high-priority opportunities that drove a 10–20% increase in user satisfaction.

Drove 0-1 innovations, including a time-tracking billing tool and global search integration, improving user satisfaction by 15-25% and disrupting the market through customer journey mapping, quantitative insights, and diverse methodologies.

Directed 15+ evaluative research initiatives across 7+ legal and financial products, refining key features, influencing roadmaps, driving a projected 10-15% improvement in user retention and satisfaction in the B2B2C space.

Facilitated 5+ external design sprints and internal workshops to align teams, accelerating product development strategy and reducing time-to-market by 15-20%.

2016 - 2018 Senior UX Researcher & Analyst - University of Minnesota

Pioneered a research program to standardize evaluative processes across 5 campuses, boosting efficiency by 30% and improving service delivery by 20%.

Analyzed and communicated research insights to senior stakeholders, resulting in the successful implementation of 10+ agile solutions that increased user satisfaction by 15%.

2015 - 2016 UX Designer - Doyle Signs Inc
2011 - 2013 Experiential Designer - Armory Gallery

Education

MS Management Science

harrisburg university

MS Computer Science

virginia tech

BFA Fine Arts

virginia tech

BA Interdisciplinary Studies

virginia tech

BS Computer Science

virginia tech

Skills

UX Research

Generative Methods: usability evaluations | user interviews | contextual inquiries | focus groups | survey design | requirements gathering

Evaluative Methods: A/B testing | heuristic evaluations | tree testing | card sorting

Synthesis & Modeling: coding analysis | data visualisation | concept modeling | scenarios | personas

Facilitation & Prototyping: wireframing | sketching | storyboarding | prototyping-on-paper | design sprints | design workshops

Experience & Strategy Frameworks: ux strategy | user journey mapping | customer journey mapping | service blueprinting | experience mapping

Tools

prototyping & wireframing: balsamiq | omnigraffle | figma | miro | mural

user testing & analytics: tobii eyetracker | qualtrics | itracks | usertesting.com | optimal workshop | survey monkey

design & creative: adobe photoshop | adobe illustrator | adobe indesign

project & workflow management: jira / ADO | office 365 | webex | salesforce marketing | gsuite


Leadership, Service, Speaking Engagments

Co Creator – UX Research Corner, Clubhouse
Membership: > 30,000 Global Members

Built and maintained a global community of UX researchers, designers, and practitioners. The content focuses on discussing methodologies, use cases, increasing education, and demystifying UX Research.

Guest Lecturer - Universtiy of Minnesota, Twin Cities

USABILITY & TECHNICAL WRITING PROGRAM

Conference Presenter

QRCA – FLEX YOUR UX | 2021
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING - SAN FRANCISCO DESIGN WEEK | 2021

24 HOUR MAKEATHON CHALLENGE | 2017

Overnight Website Challenge - The Nerdery Foundation
[ UX Lead  - Awards: Best Design, Biggest Impact, and People’s Choice ]

WORDCAMP MSP  |  2017 - PRESENT

[ Organizer ]

WORLD USABILITY DAY TC  |  2016 - PRESENT

[ Organizer ]

GAMMA PHI BETA SORORITY | 2011 - PRESENT

[ Special Recruitment Consultant; Title IX Facilitator; Chapter Advisor ]


THE PHI BETA DELTA HONOR SOCIETY

ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN COMPUTING

 
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