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Every month, tune in to our ‘Working In UX Design’ podcast series - where we interview a UX professional in the industry on their experience of working in UX Design. Our past interviewees include UX leads from Grab, AirAsia, Shopify, TripAdvisor and more!

  1. 28 ENE

    Episode 52: Compassionate Leadership in High Tempo Teams with Sigit Adinugroho

    Sigit is a Lead Product Designer with 17+ years of experience at companies like TripAdvisor, Shopify, Expedia/Vrbo, and DBS Bank. Based in Singapore, he combines deep craft expertise with people leadership and is known for his direct, no-nonsense communication style. He also writes the "Unlearn UX" newsletter and authored Forever an Impostor. Hear us cover: As leaders we're taught to effectively manage up and around, but much of it also effectively managing down Your team = your asset, if you care for them, they take care of the business Compassionate = genuinely caring about positive intent, practicing radical candor, be "with" them in good and bad, understand motivations

    1 h y 2 min

  2. 28/11/2025

    Episode 51: Managing Pivots in Product & Career with Ana Lei

    Ana Lei is driven by the dynamic intersection of finance and technology. This fascination fuelled her career pivot from private banking into tech. She believes the world can be more equitable if complex financial systems are demystified through technology. A seasoned Lead Product Manager, Ana most recently played a pivotal role in Grab’s super-app journey, contributing to the early launch of GrabPay and the regional expansion of GrabFood across Southeast Asia. She led multiple products that supported millions of merchants with accurate and timely payments. Ana is currently pursuing her Master’s in FinTech at NYU Stern, where she explores how emerging technologies are shaping the future of financial products. She also mentors startups, product managers, and aspiring professionals building careers in tech. Hear us cover: Transitioning from banking to product management How products were launched in the early days (2017+) vs. today to power a super app Pivots from 0 to 1 while building at Grab and expanding regionally The role of AI in modern product management

    59 min

  3. 23/10/2025

    Episode 50: Does Design Matter? with Jay Demetillo

    With 10+ years of experience working in New York City, San Francisco, China, Singapore, and now Australia, Jay Demetillo has built an impressive resume of experience and creating impact from 0 to 1. Jay has designed for Twitter, Pinterest, Yahoo, and Grab. Jay was an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and has spoken/lectured in China for ACG. He’s worked on notable projects like the Bay Lights, Gaspar Brasserie, San Francisco’s Park System SFPark, GrabFood, and Grab AudioProtect. Jay is passionate about building products and designs that are inclusive, having empathy for your users, and challenging your biases. Currently, he's at Canva where he led and launched Canva Sheets this year. Hear us cover: The designer as a strategic partner Developing "Good taste" Gen AI's impact on the future of design Building confidence and protecting yourself from burnout

    1 h y 11 min

  4. 26/09/2025

    Episode 49: Systems and Product Thinking in Research & Design with Tara Hirebet

    Tara Hirebet is a seasoned product development and research leader with 18+ years experience working with big tech (Google), startups (Spotify) and super apps (GoJek, Swiggy, Rappi), creative agencies (RGA, TBWA), and government—delivering across the full E2E lifecycle. She builds things that don't exist yet— products, teams, offices and approaches —wherever the highest-stakes, messiest challenges live. Her strength lies in connecting systems thinking with user insight, then turning that into scalable solutions that unlock new market share, revive stuck products, or define what's next. Tara believes in seeing users and products as systems. Systems are much harder to abandon. Tara has led multinational teams to address complex challenges, from combating rideshare fraud to launching and scaling products in mass markets like Southeast Asia and Latin America. A recognized thought leader, Tara has spoken at global events such as TEDx Singapore and SXSW and has been featured in leading publications including The Economist Intelligence Unit and The Business Times. Tara is currently the Deputy Director of Research at GovTech and prior to that was engaged in fractional advisory roles in female health, neurodiversity, and Gen Z research. On the side, she is developing an Asia-America animation project with an ex-Pixar animator. Hear us cover: How Google maps and search are designed from systems Applying systems thinking for sustainability From hype cycle to preservation transformation Silicon Valley vs South-East Asia product building mindset Getting a Product Design Role in the USA

    1 h y 15 min

  5. 28/08/2025

    Episode 48: Vibe Code & Launch your first Mobile App with Sherizan Sheikh

    Sherizan Sheikh is a designer and AI builder. He leads design at botim (MENA’s fastest-growing app), builds solo projects like Nasma.ai, a spiritual AI habit tracker, Getglocal.ai, AI localisation tool and runs Detach.to for designers who love AI. When he’s not in Figma or Cursor, he’s rallying builders at JFBI, a vibecoding community in UAE. Hear us cover: Why vibe code is a massive opportunity for product professionals Deciding what to build Getting started with tools Launch and market to PMF Reiterating as a solo builder UX Career pathways

    1 h y 2 min

  6. 30/07/2025

    Episode 47: Iterate to Fit: Using Continuous Discovery to achieve PMF with Jocelyn Malan

    Jocelyn is a product and design leader with 14 years of experience in building strong teams and creating impact for consumers and businesses. She helps teams achieve strategic excellence across stages and particularly loves the 0-1 stage. She has been the CEO of a Series A breast cancer biotech (acquired in 2019), founded two organizations, including a design firm based in NYC, and has been part of the founding team of two other companies. Her expertise is her ability to translate customer insights into concepts and products. Some careers highlights include being a Senior Product and Design Director at a design care agency in the US, learning a team to design products from healthcare to eldercare, teaching classes at Stanford's design school (d.school), and getting her career started in finance, at the International Finance Corp., World Bank Group based in Nairobi, Kenya. Jocelyn believes that the how matters as much as the what when building products. She is based in Singapore with her family. Hear us cover: What’s an effective product discovery process? The Power of Iteration: Why “Fit” is a Moving Target Setting Up for Research Success in the Age of GenAI Best Practices for Iterative Product Discovery (including localisation) Case Studies: Success Stories of Agile Product Market Fit and AI-Accelerated Discovery

    1 h y 5 min

  7. 25/06/2025

    Episode 46: Hypergrow your Tech Career with Startups with Assyaraf Johari

    Assyaraf is currently a product design manager at Circles - a Telco SaaS company. With 10 years of experience in digital design, he is passionate about building great products as well as mentoring and growing design teams. Outside of work, Assyaraf enjoys the occasional travelling, discovering new music and supporting his favourite football team, Liverpool FC. Hear us cover: Lessons from transitioning from an individual contributor to a team manager Why choose a career and culture that demands excellence? Scaling design teams in the ASEAN region Reasons for working in a startup vs elsewhere

    1 h y 1 min

  8. 30/05/2025

    Episode 45: Designing and Launching Global Products with Jill Quek

    Jill Quek is a design lead at Automattic. She currently manages a team of product designers, who work remotely from all over the world. Together, they build e-commerce software at scale for more than 3 million stores on WordPress. Hear us cover: Making remote work productive as a leader Managing up and design team visibility while working remote Growing and evolving your career as an IC and Manager Preparing a portfolio and profile for an international company like Automattic

    1 h y 10 min
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Every month, tune in to our ‘Working In UX Design’ podcast series - where we interview a UX professional in the industry on their experience of working in UX Design. Our past interviewees include UX leads from Grab, AirAsia, Shopify, TripAdvisor and more!

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