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I'm Steve Christians, a Senior Design Leader and AI Architect with two decades of experience building 0-to-1 products across startups and enterprise-scale organizations. I specialize in AI-native UX, agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop systems, and scalable design patterns. I thrive as a player-coach who defines product vision, guides high-performing design teams, and drives deep technical integrations in B2B SaaS, Commerce, and Privacy sectors. I'm currently shaping the future at OneTrust as the architectural bridge between emerging LLM capabilities and enterprise-grade privacy software. I lead a design team focused on autonomous agents, ensuring complex AI interactions are transparent, ethical, and scalable across the OneTrust suite, including the Copilot that translates privacy guidance into actionable insights.…I'm Steve Christians, a Senior Design Leader and AI Architect with two decades of experience building 0-to-1 products across startups and enterprise-scale organizations. I specialize in AI-native UX, agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop systems, and scalable design patterns. I thrive as a player-coach who defines product vision, guides high-performing design teams, and drives deep technical integrations in B2B SaaS, Commerce, and Privacy sectors. I'm currently shaping the future at OneTrust as the architectural bridge between emerging LLM capabilities and enterprise-grade privacy software. I lead a design team focused on autonomous agents, ensuring complex AI interactions are transparent, ethical, and scalable across the OneTrust suite, including the Copilot that translates privacy guidance into actionable insights.

Steve Christians

Product Designer, UX Designer, UI Designer, +2

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I'm Steve Christians, a Senior Design Leader and AI Architect with two decades of experience building 0-to-1 products across startups and enterprise-scale organizations. I specialize in AI-native UX, agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop systems, and scalable design patterns. I thrive as a player-coach who defines product vision, guides high-performing design teams, and drives deep technical integrations in B2B SaaS, Commerce, and Privacy sectors. I'm currently shaping the future at OneTrust as the architectural bridge between emerging LLM capabilities and enterprise-grade privacy software. I lead a design team focused on autonomous agents, ensuring complex AI interactions are transparent, ethical, and scalable across the OneTrust suite, including the Copilot that translates privacy guidance into actionable insights.…I'm Steve Christians, a Senior Design Leader and AI Architect with two decades of experience building 0-to-1 products across startups and enterprise-scale organizations. I specialize in AI-native UX, agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop systems, and scalable design patterns. I thrive as a player-coach who defines product vision, guides high-performing design teams, and drives deep technical integrations in B2B SaaS, Commerce, and Privacy sectors. I'm currently shaping the future at OneTrust as the architectural bridge between emerging LLM capabilities and enterprise-grade privacy software. I lead a design team focused on autonomous agents, ensuring complex AI interactions are transparent, ethical, and scalable across the OneTrust suite, including the Copilot that translates privacy guidance into actionable insights.

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I’m Steve Christians, a Senior Design Leader and AI Architect with two decades of experience building 0-to-1 products across startups and enterprise-scale organizations. I specialize in AI-native UX, agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop systems, and scalable design patterns. I thrive as a player-coach who defines product vision, guides high-performing design teams, and drives deep technical integrations in B2B SaaS, Commerce, and Privacy sectors.

I’m currently shaping the future at OneTrust as the architectural bridge between emerging LLM capabilities and enterprise-grade privacy software. I lead a design team focused on autonomous agents, ensuring complex AI interactions are transparent, ethical, and scalable across the OneTrust suite, including the Copilot that translates privacy guidance into actionable insights.

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Senior Design Leader & AI Architect at OneTrust

February 1, 2024 - Present

Architectural bridge between emerging LLM capabilities and enterprise-grade privacy software, leading a design team to create UX for autonomous agents, ensuring complex AI interactions are transparent, ethical, and scalable across the OneTrust suite. Key contributions include redesigning AI agent orchestration, establishing platform-wide AI design standards for cohesive copilot experiences, conducting strategic research with 11 enterprise customers ($4.6M ARR), and delivering the OneTrust Copilot that translates complex privacy guidance into actionable insights.

Director of Product Design at Automation Anywhere

April 1, 2022 - January 31, 2024

Led the UX strategy for CoPilot, a suite of AI-powered B2B automation tools, focusing on natural language intents and low-fidelity discovery. Defined the API-first automation workspace vision to reduce user friction in complex backend integrations. Served as a strategic player-coach, mentoring lead designers and steering the 0→1 AI-enabled automation roadmap.

Senior Manager of Product Design at Salesforce

April 1, 2018 - March 1, 2022

Directed the design strategy for Order Management (OMS) and Commerce ecosystems during a period of massive organizational integration. Balanced a 75% individual contributor load with 25% team leadership, unifying B2B and B2C into a single Commerce Cloud, optimizing global retailer journeys, and leading a 0→1 commerce launch. Standardized research methodologies across a 10+ person team to accelerate feedback loops between customers and engineering.

Founding Product Designer at CloudCraze (acquired by Salesforce)

April 1, 2017 - March 1, 2018

As the first design hire, established the design culture and processes for a high-growth B2B startup. Transformed complex enterprise requirements (tiered pricing and catalogs) into a validated, user-centered storefront that helped drive Salesforce’s acquisition of CloudCraze. Owned end-to-end design for core features and conducted extensive buyer Persona validation to pivot toward enterprise-grade needs.

User Experience Designer & Front End Engineer Consultant at Slalom

June 1, 2014 - March 1, 2017

Acted as a cross-functional consultant for Fortune 500 clients, delivering rapid prototyping and full-stack UX that balanced deep research with front-end feasibility. Led rapid prototyping and UX strategy for clients including Baxter and Beam Suntory, bridging design and development to ensure technically viable, high-fidelity prototypes.

Product Designer & Front End Engineer at Charles Schwab

January 1, 2012 - May 1, 2014

Focused on the challenges of options trading in fintech, managing the UX for high-velocity trading platforms. Simplified dense information architectures into intuitive dashboards for Options, Futures, and Forex traders. Led the UX integration of OptionsXpress into Schwab.com and delivered a Cash Sweep program design contributing to $15M in capital retention.

User Experience Designer & Front End Engineer at Quantum Group

April 1, 2009 - December 1, 2011

Designed UX and front-end interfaces for financial/trading software, translating complex datasets into usable dashboards and intuitive experiences.

Visual Designer & Front End Engineer Consultant at Netrix Global

October 1, 2007 - March 1, 2009

Delivered visual design and front-end engineering for enterprise clients, bridging design and code to produce polished interfaces.

Visual Designer at VHT Studios

June 1, 2007 - August 1, 2007

Visual design projects for studio clients.