Sahar F. Goodarz.

Summary

Senior Product Designer with 11+ years of experience, including 9 in healthcare and regulated environments. Experienced in fast-growth teams, delivering end-to-end product design from discovery through launch. Leverages AI-powered design and prototyping tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Lovable) to accelerate workflows, ideation, and user validation. Known for simplifying complex workflows into intuitive, scalable experiences.

Experience

1. May 2024 – Present

   Remote

   Senior Product Designer, CancerIQ — TIME Top HealthTech 2025

   • ·Sole product designer for cancer risk, genetic testing, and patient engagement workflows — own design end-to-end from discovery through final UI.
   • ·Partner with Product, Engineering, and leadership to translate clinical, technical, and business needs into clear flows that move the product forward.
   • ·Designed patient-facing experiences for risk results, genetic testing education, report previews, follow-up requests, and next-step guidance.
   • ·Designed provider workflows that help clinicians review risk, understand recommended actions, and support patient follow-up.
   • ·Simplified dense clinical and genetic information so patients and providers see what matters and what to do next.
   • ·Use ChatGPT, Claude, Lovable, and Replit to accelerate UX writing, concepting, prototyping, and iteration.
   • ·Ran research and usability testing with patients, clinicians, and internal teams to surface friction and improve the product.
   • ·Contributed reusable patterns and design system improvements to make the product more consistent and scalable.

2. October 2020 – May 2024

   SF Bay Area

   Senior Product Designer, Medrio — TIME Top HealthTech 2025

   • ·Designed complex clinical trial software used by research teams in regulated, compliance-heavy environments.
   • ·Built Medrio's design system from the ground up and helped teams adopt it across the product suite.
   • ·Created reusable components, patterns, and documentation that improved consistency and streamlined design-to-engineering handoff.
   • ·Defined a persona library shared across Product, Design, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing for a unified view of users.
   • ·Redesigned legacy workflows to make clinical trial tasks faster, clearer, and less error-prone.
   • ·Ran usability testing, research, and competitive analysis to inform product decisions and balance user, business, and regulatory needs.

3. October 2017 – October 2020

   SF Bay Area

   UX Designer, Medrio

   • ·Led end-to-end UX for clinical trial software — research, journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI.
   • ·Designed workflows for research teams managing trial data and study operations.
   • ·Created personas, flows, and journey maps to align cross-functional teams on user needs.
   • ·Collaborated with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and customer-facing teams to ship user-centered solutions as the platform scaled.

4. 2016 – 2017

   SF Bay Area

   UX Designer — Freelance & Early Roles, Streamloan · AlsoBlue · GA Labs

   • ·Designed web and mobile experiences for fintech, startups, and client projects spanning research, IA, wireframes, UI, and visual identity.
   • ·Consulted on General Assembly client projects, including Madison Reed.

5. September 2018 – January 2021

   SF Bay Area

   Advisory Board Member (Design), Persian Women In Tech

   • ·Led brand design and responsive digital experiences for a community of 8,000+ members.
   • ·Designed bi-weekly newsletters supporting community updates, events, and campaigns.

Tools & Technology

Design

Figma, Replit, Lovable, Claude

AI-Native Designer

ChatGPT, Claude, Lovable, Replit

Domain

Healthcare SaaS, HIPAA-Compliant, Regulated Environments, Clinical Trials, Genetic Testing, Cancer Risk, Fintech

Skills

• Product Strategy
• Design Systems
• Prototyping
• Wireframing
• Accessibility / WCAG
• Usability Testing
• Persona Creation
• Journey Mapping
• Competitive Analysis
• Information Architecture
• Workflow Analysis