Luana Favetta Groppo

Head of Product Design · Healthtech, cybersecurity and high-stakes products

Blumenau, Brazil (UTC-3) · Works US hours · Contracts in USD via Arandu Studio, LLC (US)

contact@luana.work·linkedin.com/in/luanafavetta·luana.work

Open to full-time leadership roles from December 2026 · Remote

Summary

Product design leader with 20 years in design and 12 in UX, focused on products where a wrong screen costs more than time: clinical software, security and money. I led design at Philips healthcare informatics (4 iF and 2 Red Dot awards), Sympla (Head of Product Design and Group PM, Mobile) and Mercado Bitcoin (13-person team), and today lead product design for a US fertility-clinic platform. I set design direction with product and engineering leads, build teams and design operations, and present rationale to senior stakeholders. Fluent English (EF SET C2); working on US hours since 2024.

Experience

Head of Product Design · Volatus Health (US, remote)

Jul 2024 – Present

  • Lead product design for Genie, an IVF clinic management platform used by US fertility clinics, owning complex clinical workflows (embryology, andrology, stimulation monitoring, encounters).
  • Led the patient portal from PRD to a validated prototype connected to the clinic system: patient research, 6 technical proofs of concept, 64 screen components and sessions with patients.
  • Work daily with clinicians and US engineering, strategy and leadership; lead the Brazil-based design team on US hours.
  • Supported the strategy team through four investment rounds with product and demo readiness.

Founder, CEO and Design Director · Arandu Studio (Brazil and US)

Nov 2023 – Present

  • Run an AI-native product design and engineering studio (engineering, design, QA) with clients in Brazil and the US.
  • Lead design of Auora, a hospital and clinic scheduling platform across web, mobile and in-person kiosks.
  • Co-founded Secure Nova (2024), a security SaaS; lead product, turning technical findings into decisions non-specialists can act on.

Head of Product Design and Group Product Manager, Mobile · Sympla (Brazil)

Oct 2022 – Jul 2024

  • Led product design, UX and service design for one of Brazil's largest ticketing and events platforms (team of 4 designers); six months in, also took on Group PM for mobile alongside 4 engineers.
  • Introduced customer-pain metrics and monitoring: in 2023 product satisfaction reached 85% (+5 points) and brand promotion 79% (+13 points).
  • Moved the design team up a full level on the NN/g UX maturity model (Emergent to Structured) through a team-run Design Ops program.
  • Led the tokenized ticket experience and 6 new mobile experiences targeting payment friction and risk.

Product Design Manager · Mercado Bitcoin (Brazil, remote)

Oct 2021 – Sep 2022

  • Promoted from Senior Product Designer to manage a 13-person team (design ops, UX research, UX analytics, product design) on a consumer crypto investing platform.
  • Defined the UX vision, ran the company's design maturity assessment, built the team skills map and a growth-plan tool, held biweekly 1:1s.

UX Lead and UX Chapter Lead · Philips (Brazil, global teams)

Mar 2017 – Mar 2021

  • Promoted twice in 18 months (Usability Engineer, Senior UX Designer, UX Lead); led the UX chapter across squads and global design reviews with teams in several countries.
  • Led UX for IntelliSpace Radiology Workspace, including its migration to a new visual language, and the Worklist module other products depend on.
  • Wrote the modular guidelines for Philips' global healthcare informatics design system. Work recognized with 4 iF Design Awards and 2 Red Dot Awards (2018 to 2021).

Earlier

2008 – 2017

UX Specialist, Daitan Group (2015–2017) · UI/UX Designer, Venturus (2013–2015), incl. on-site client work in Silicon Valley · UI Designer, Compal (2012) · Web Designer, Embrapa (2008–2009)

Education

  • MBA, Leadership and People Management, Conquer (2023)
  • Postgraduate, Innovative Product Development, Estácio (2015)
  • Bachelor's in Design, FACAMP (2012), full scholarship
  • Postgraduate in Neuroscience, CBI, in progress

Awards, certifications, skills

  • iF Design Award (2018, 2020 ×2, 2021) · Red Dot Award (2020, 2021)
  • Gamification Design Expert (The Octalysis Group) · Toptal Top 3% Talent
  • Clinical and high-stakes workflows, design systems, design ops, team building and coaching, research and usability testing, product management
  • Figma, FigJam, Miro, Jira, AI-assisted prototyping · Portuguese (native), English (C2)