I am Nanda Dias, an accomplished Lead Experience Designer with over 15 years of expertise specializing in complex ERP use cases related to sustainability, managerial finance, and procurement. I am passionate about fostering a culture of innovation and embedding the crucial role of UX research in the success of products, while mentoring designers and facilitating cross-functional collaboration within Agile-driven organizations. I am dedicated to continuous learning and applying practices like Lean UX and Environment-centered Design, focusing on sustainability, data visualization, explainability, and ethical AI awareness. Throughout my career, I have worked extensively in diverse sectors including FinTech, SaaS, Marketing, Entertainment, and Sound Studies, continuously streamlining business processes through intelligent automation, multimodal interaction, and generative AI. My approach combines strong communication skills, attentive listening, and data storytelling, always fostering a positive and productive team environment.…

Nanda Dias

I am Nanda Dias, an accomplished Lead Experience Designer with over 15 years of expertise specializing in complex ERP use cases related to sustainability, managerial finance, and procurement. I am passionate about fostering a culture of innovation and embedding the crucial role of UX research in the success of products, while mentoring designers and facilitating cross-functional collaboration within Agile-driven organizations. I am dedicated to continuous learning and applying practices like Lean UX and Environment-centered Design, focusing on sustainability, data visualization, explainability, and ethical AI awareness. Throughout my career, I have worked extensively in diverse sectors including FinTech, SaaS, Marketing, Entertainment, and Sound Studies, continuously streamlining business processes through intelligent automation, multimodal interaction, and generative AI. My approach combines strong communication skills, attentive listening, and data storytelling, always fostering a positive and productive team environment.…

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I am Nanda Dias, an accomplished Lead Experience Designer with over 15 years of expertise specializing in complex ERP use cases related to sustainability, managerial finance, and procurement. I am passionate about fostering a culture of innovation and embedding the crucial role of UX research in the success of products, while mentoring designers and facilitating cross-functional collaboration within Agile-driven organizations. I am dedicated to continuous learning and applying practices like Lean UX and Environment-centered Design, focusing on sustainability, data visualization, explainability, and ethical AI awareness.

Throughout my career, I have worked extensively in diverse sectors including FinTech, SaaS, Marketing, Entertainment, and Sound Studies, continuously streamlining business processes through intelligent automation, multimodal interaction, and generative AI. My approach combines strong communication skills, attentive listening, and data storytelling, always fostering a positive and productive team environment.

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Work Experience

Lead Product Designer | SAP Sustainability Footprint Management at SAP
August 1, 2022 - August 26, 2025
Led a design team within SAP's Sustainability organization, focusing on innovation frameworks like Lean UX, Design Sprints, and Design Thinking. Facilitated inclusive hiring processes and onboarding aligned with SAP Fiori Guidelines. Led UI design reviews to ensure UX consistency and moderated design gates monitoring UX debt. Executed UX research initiatives, planning and synthesizing data, and applied dual-track Agile frameworks to validate design hypotheses.
Lead Experience Designer at SAP
August 1, 2022 - Present
Mentored design team members through onboarding and daily work focusing on design critiques, ideation sessions, and best practices in user research. Contributed as Principal Designer to a Generative AI use case for sustainability reporting, enhancing features to comply with regulations like ESRS and EU-Taxonomy. Expanded user research activities and implemented UX metrics to improve UX ROI visibility. Developed and executed a UX strategy to improve product development processes and integrated the UX team with project management and innovation teams, resulting in streamlined workflows and efficient project execution.
Senior Product Designer | SAP Data Intelligence Platform at SAP
June 1, 2020 - August 26, 2025
Collaborated with data scientists to gain insights into machine learning workflows and identified opportunities to improve the main work platform. Executed a comprehensive UX strategy including detailed user research planning and execution. Improved UX consistency by managing a micro design system to reduce review iterations.
Senior Product Designer | SAP RealSpend at SAP
December 1, 2019 - August 26, 2025
Conducted design thinking workshops and design sprints for managerial finance solutions across diverse industries. Enhanced user-centric design practices through expanded internal and external research activities and increased UX maturity within the team.
Senior Product Designer | GameWheel at GameWheel
July 31, 2016 - August 26, 2025
Designed engaging B2B platform experiences for clients such as Burger King and Swarovski focused on social media marketing. Contributed to the company’s first design system and mentored team members on design critiques and user research. Collaborated with CEOs and product managers on product aesthetics and functionality improvements using the Kano model to prioritize user delight.
Product Designer and Researcher | Freelancer at Freelancer Europe
January 1, 2016 - August 26, 2025
Shaped user experience and developed research experiments for new musical album interaction formats focusing on non-screen-based interaction for academic and educational purposes. Planned and moderated workshops and published academic papers in AudioMostly and Leonardo Music Journal. Conducted personal research projects in locative media, IoT, and smart cities exploring new UX patterns and technologies.
Senior Product Designer at TobyRich Smartphone Controlled Gadgets
October 1, 2014 - August 26, 2025
Developed brand applications and corporate identity from the ground up. Designed user interfaces, motion graphics, and marketing materials across diverse platforms, employing strong cross-disciplinary skills and integrating technological advancements.
Junior Designer at Various companies
December 31, 2011 - August 26, 2025
Worked on corporate design, printed media, fashion retail merchandise, and educational materials across several companies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Education

Master of Science in Digital Media at Inter-university program at Bremen Universität, HSB Bremerhaven & HfK Bremen - Germany
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2013
Bachelor Degree In Industrial Design at Universidade Estácio de Sá - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2007

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Education