Varsha Patil
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
San Jose, CA, United States
Toptal member since March 2, 2026
Varsha is a product designer with 10+ years of experience building and scaling digital products across healthcare, SaaS, eCommerce, and enterprise platforms, from early-stage startups to organizations like Walmart and Fidelity. She operates at the intersection of product strategy and UX execution, translating complex user and operational needs into clear roadmaps and scalable solutions. She's also experienced in system design, healthcare workflows, and AI-enabled initiatives.
Portfolio
AI-powered Tool to Turn Inspiration Into Shoppable Designs
Walmart Digital Service Tools
FloCare
Election Operations Configuration Platform
Walmart Tire Installation Service Online Scheduler
Network Management Platform
Experience
- Product Design - 10 years
- Sketch - 8 years
- Interaction Design (IxD) - 8 years
- GitHub - 6 years
- Figma - 6 years
- User Research - 5 years
- Cursor AI - 2 years
- Figma Make - 1 year
Tools
- Sketch
- Figma Make
- GitHub
Work Experience
Product and Design Consultant
Self-employed
- Led 0-to-1 product strategy for an AI-powered room design generator. Owned and defined the product roadmap.
- Defined product requirements for an AI-based catalog automation tool (Claude, embeddings). Reduced headcount by three FTEs.
- Co-led product strategy at an early-stage startup for an AI-driven mental health workflow (RAG). Onboarded five pilot therapists.
- Handled AI-driven workflows that generated 10,000+ designs, improving order conversion by 17% and reducing CAC by 19%.
Senior Product Designer
Walmart
- Led UX for digitizing service forms and redesigning Auto Care manager applications, scaling across 2,580 stores.
- Designed and launched "Buy a tire online and schedule installation". Boosted the Auto Care Center revenue share by 4%.
- Shipped a HIPAA-compliant contactless prescription payment and curbside pickup flow during COVID-19.
- Saved $12 million in annual legal expenses through digitization.
Founding Product Designer
Flocare Labs
- Spearheaded end-to-end design (ideation, research, prototyping), collaborating closely with founders to launch a B2B healthcare SaaS product. Drove an 80% MVP adoption rate with home health clinicians.
- Defined PRs for API architecture and collaborated with engineers to integrate RPA, enabling interoperability across 3 major EHRs.
- Managed Agile sprints and wrote user stories for the miles log module.
UX Designer
Globant
- Defined product information architecture, a navigation system, and interaction patterns using quick, collaborative, and iterative design methodologies for various clients.
- Designed an award-winning product, receiving peer-to-peer recognition within an organization.
- Created UX POCs for multiple clients and designed enterprise and B2B solutions at scale.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Healthcare Management
Fitchburg State University - Boston, MA, USA
Master's Degree in Service Design
Polytechnic of Milan - Milan, Italy
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University - Bengaluru, India
Certifications
Cognitive Project Management in Artificial Intelligence
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Figma Make, GitHub, Miro, Slack, Jira, Claude, Zeplin, Adobe, InVision
Platforms
Figma, iOS, Android
Languages
TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C, C++, Java, SQL, Python
Other
Microsoft 365, Product Strategy, Omnichannel Customer Journey, Digital Product Design, Interaction Design (IxD), Healthtech, Design Strategy, Product Design, User Experience (UX), UX Audits, UX Wireframes, Wireframing, Web Application Design, Cursor AI, Healthcare Management Systems, Healthcare Policy & Issues, Healthcare Financial Services, User Research, Quantitative User Research, Visual Storytelling, eCommerce UI, Startups, AI-powered Product Design, SaaS Design, Mobile App Design, Design Systems, UI Design, Lovable, Business Analysis, Healthcare Software, Prototyping, Service Blueprints, Business Planning, Service, Stable Diffusion, Clips, LoRa, Tailwind UI, Data Structures, Operating Systems, Client Server Computing, Computer Networking, Artificial Intelligence (AI), ML Fundamentals, Data Preparation, ML Tools & Platform, AIOps, Model Evaluation, Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps), eCommerce UX, Operations Tools, Sales Operations, Autocare, Enterprise Design, UX Design, Web Platforms, Enterprise SaaS, Healthcare Services
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