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Design & Research Leadership

Designing outcomes. Shaping product experiences. Leading teams.

I lead design and research at Housing.com. Before that, Cashfree and Domino's India.

20 years in design

Team of 7, reporting to the CPO

Executive MBA, ISB

Gurugram, open to relocation

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Work

What I did, and what changed.

Housing.com

Proptech · Present

Set the design language, built Bricks, led the login and search rebuilds.

Bricks Design System

Research Capability

Coming Soon

+40K

Leads a month from the login rebuild

Housing.com

Proptech · Present

Set the design language, built Bricks, led the login and search rebuilds.

Bricks Design System

Research Capability

Coming Soon

+40K

Leads a month from the login rebuild

Cashfree Payments

Fintech · 2022–25

Led a team of 8 through the shift to self-serve SMB merchants.

Self-serve onboarding

Merchant app

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+17% / −46%

Signup to KYC / support tickets

Cashfree Payments

Fintech · 2022–25

Led a team of 8 through the shift to self-serve SMB merchants.

Self-serve onboarding

Merchant app

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+17% / −46%

Signup to KYC / support tickets

Jubilant FoodWorks

Foodtech · 2020–22

Built the design team from 1 to 15 and rebuilt Domino’s ordering.

Domino’s revamp

Popeyes launch

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₹20 Cr

Incremental annual revenue

Jubilant FoodWorks

Foodtech · 2020–22

Built the design team from 1 to 15 and rebuilt Domino’s ordering.

Domino’s revamp

Popeyes launch

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₹20 Cr

Incremental annual revenue

Experience

The short version.

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2025 NOW

Housing.com · Director, Design & Research

+40K leads a month

2022 – 25

Cashfree Payments · Associate Director, UX

17% signup → KYC lift

2020 – 22

Jubilant FoodWorks · Lead Manager – UX

₹20 Cr incremental revenue

2014 – 20

Info Edge (99acres, Shiksha) · Principal Designer, UX

150% YoY ↑ registrations

2005 – 14

India Today · Paytm · Brentwoods

Art direction and visual design

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Always open to meaningful conversations around design leadership, product strategy, and scaling teams.

nishant.kaku@gmail.com

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GURUGRAM, INDIA

Get in touch

Always open to meaningful conversations around design leadership, product strategy, and scaling teams.

nishant.kaku@gmail.com

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Behance

X (Twitter)

GURUGRAM, INDIA