I architect how people and AI agents share the work.

Principal-level UX designer & strategist for AI-native enterprise systems. Eighteen years turning sprawling B2B ecosystems at Docusign, Cisco and VMware into coherent experiences, from the information architecture down to the interface.

Open to: Principal Product Designer · UX Architect · Staff+ AI experience roles

18+ yrsEnterprise UX across SaaS, GTM, Commerce and AI
Red Dot2026 award for Docusign Quick Quote (opens in a new tab)
DMI 2026Published the Service-AI Framework for enterprise sales
M.Des + MBAProduct design meets strategy and innovation
01

Selected work

Four featured cases, each proving a different principal-level skill. Earlier work is in the archive.

All work and the project register

THE THROUGH-LINE

Redesigning the workday of revenue teams.

Three of my strongest cases share one subject: the people who sell, and the systems that get in their way.

  • Quick QuoteSellers took their selling time back from admin work.
  • HARP20+ tools and ~180 steps become one decision surface.
  • Vanguard sales enablementAdvisors freed to do the work only they can do. (archive)
02

Models

All models

Reusable frameworks that outlived the projects they came from. Each one is a tool teams still use to make decisions.

MODEL A — HUMAN / AGENT SPLIT

Who does the work, by design

  • 60%fully autonomous
  • 25%agent prepares, human decides
  • 10%human-led
  • 5%human, augmented live

Applied in: HARP

MODEL B — INTERACTION TIERS

How AI shows up in the workflow

  • Autonomousruns in the background, logs on demand
  • Assistpull: the rep asks for help
  • Augmentpush: the system finds the rep

Applied in: HARP

MODEL C — PRINCIPLES AS TESTS

Guardrails anyone can check

  • Earn trust through transparency.Would they bet their commission on it?
  • One system, not twenty tools.How many tabs are open?
  • Measure selling time.Did customer hours go up?

Applied in: HARP

HOW I WORK WITH AI

I design AI systems, and I build with AI.

I prototype in code with AI. For HARP, that meant a clickable future-state prototype of about 25+ screens, built so the ten principles could be tested before engineering started.

See the HARP prototype work

03

In their words

Great internal tools don’t just work; they build confidence. Parag designs experiences that turn complex, high-stakes tasks into ones employees can understand, trust, and complete efficiently.
EVP, Docusign
Through Parag's ecosystem mapping, it literally brought our different stakeholders on the same page.
SVP, Customer Experience, Cisco
04

Writing and talks

All writing

04 — CONTACT

Hiring a principal designer for complex, AI-heavy systems? Let’s talk.

© 2026 Parag DeshpandePrincipal Product Designer · UX Architect · Staff+ AI experience roles