UX & AI PRODUCT DESIGN STRATEGIST
SAHARZAVAREE
Shaping product strategy through research, design, and collaboration
Grant Files
Led and supervised the end-to-end design of a federal grants file management system, streamlining document organization and status tracking across agency teams with a clean, accessible interface.
Guidehouse — GrantSolutions Group
Recipient Data Insights
Led end-to-end product design from discovery to delivery for a comprehensive data analytics platform, enabling federal grant managers to search, analyze, and monitor recipient organizations — surfacing compliance status, audit risk, and grant data in a unified, intuitive dashboard.
Guidehouse — GrantSolutions Group
Performance Progress Report
Designed a federal grant performance reporting form that reduces administrative burden, improves data quality, and streamlines the draft-to-approval workflow for recipients and federal reviewers across programs.
Guidehouse — GrantSolutions Group
Donesh — Personalized Learning AI Agent
Designed and built a personalized learning AI Agent that adapts to each learner's goals, level, and preferences — and generates tailored lessons with relevant resources and ongoing support.
Personal Venture / Independent AI ProductDesign as Strategic Craft
I'm a Senior Product Design Lead based in the Washington, D.C. area, currently working as a Product Design Manager at Guidehouse. I lead and mentor a UX team while overseeing the full design process — from discovery and research to evaluation and development support. My work focuses on creating human-centered solutions that balance user needs with business goals. I enjoy collaborating across teams and building a culture of thoughtful, innovative design.
My academic background in HCI and Industrial Design helps me create intuitive and engaging experiences. I'm especially passionate about agentic systems and designing AI-powered experiences that feel adaptive, helpful, and human-centered, and I'm always looking to keep learning and evolving in this space.
Experience
Product Design Lead / UX Manager (current role)
Guidehouse
2020 – Present
UX Researcher & Designer
Capitol Canary
2018 – 2019
Teaching Assistant (TA)
University of Maryland, College Park (UMD)
2018 – 2019
Custom Exhibit Designer
Nimlok MN
2015 – 2017
Education
M.S. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), UMD
2017 – 2019
Second Master's Degree
M.S. Industrial Design
2013 – 2015
Focus
Product Design, Agentic Systems, AI Experiences, Federal Grants Management Lifecycle
Let's build the
future of UXStrategyProductExperienceUX
Whether you have a project in mind, a role to discuss, or just want to connect — I'd love to hear from you.