LUCIA BUSTAMANTE

Lucia Bustamante

12+ years across voice AI, fintech, SaaS, and enterprise platforms— from onboarding conversion to retention systems that scale.


I lead distributed teams across product, engineering, and design, balancing speed with rigor — shipping without sacrificing quality standards.


Top 50 Global Female Leader — Santander W50 · Founder, Mujeres IT (1,600+ members)


What I’ve Been Working On…


Airtm

Sr. Product Designer — Onboarding & Home Screen Redesign (2026 – current)


The problem: The onboarding process had high friction before the first transaction (high TTFT), and the home screen didn't reflect the user's actual priorities—generic layout, little personalization.


Milestones:


Reduced Time to First Transaction by 20%

Designed a goal-based onboarding process that personalizes the home screen from the first login, instead of showing a generic experience to all users.


Increased sign-up conversion by 40%

Removed an early checklist that caused drop-offs—data showed it asked for too much before the user saw any value. I replaced it with implicit progress tied to actual actions.


Redesigned the home screen hierarchy

Argued against parallel views for each user profile (which fragmented design and maintenance) and in favor of a single, dynamically reordered home screen—reducing complexity for both the engineering team and the user.



Thinkrr.ai

Director of Product and Product Design — Agent training, Call history, Payments, Plans (2025 and 2026)


Milestones:


Making Sense of Complex Call Data

Redesigned call history into an intuitive filtering system and a scannable table with clear status indicators (Completed, Meeting booked, User declined), instead of a dense, undifferentiated log where every call looked the same regardless of outcome.


Simplifying Agent Configuration for Non-Technical Users

Restructured agent setup from a flat, jargon-heavy form into a guided, step-by-step configuration with grouped sections and non-technical examples for every field, reducing the ambiguity that previously caused incomplete or misconfigured agents.


From Generic AI to Project-Specific Expertise

Knowledge pack system that associates specialized training data, so agencies could give each client's agent its own expertise instead of maintaining one undifferentiated source of truth.


Conversational Setup with the AI Copilot

Designed the AI Copilot, a voice- and text-based assistant that guides users through agent and project setup via natural conversation, instead of requiring them to fill out every configuration field manually.


Centralizing Balance, Recharge, and Sub-Account Management"

Built around the needs of agencies managing multiple client accounts, this Payments hub gives real-time visibility into total balance, knowledge pack usage (in-use vs. available), and payment methods, alongside the ability to allocate minutes and packs directly to sub-accounts. It replaced a fragmented experience where usage and billing had to be tracked separately for each account with no centralized control.



Clarity First

Product Design Manager — Onboarding & Home Screen Redesign (2023)


The problem: Day-to-day tasks were complex and time-consuming. The existing app was built exclusively for employees, leaving customers without visibility into their own orders and progress — while employees, in turn, had to log into multiple external tools just to complete routine tasks. The result was a fragmented experience on both sides.


Milestones:


Closing the Gap Between Employees and Customers

Unified customer and employee experiences under a single platform, giving both sides shared visibility into orders and documents in real time, instead of relying on disconnected systems that created information gaps between what customers saw and what employees knew.


Rebuilding the Settlement Statement from the Ground Up

Redesigned the Settlement Statement — a dense, Excel-like view central to every transaction — into an editable, customizable interface with built-in export options and automated deposit and disbursement calculations, instead of a static spreadsheet that required manual updates and offered no flexibility for different transaction needs.


“Lucia is the best type of Design partner a Product Manager can ask for! She is easy to collaborate with, anticipates needs, pushes back on requests just enough, and consistently delivers high-quality work both as an individual contributor and as a manager.”

Jon Price, Product Manager

“Lucía is a strong, talented, human being and designer. She is someone I could trust was proactively doing what was best for her team and the business. Lucía is 100% in the upper tier of people I’ve hired, managed, and worked with."

  • Royce Fullerton, Founder & CTO @ Parse Labs

“Lucia added a lot of value during her three years at Nobly – from using insights to proactively come up with product improvements all the way to fine-tuning interface elements across our variety of platforms.”


  • George Urdea, Co-Founder @Nobly

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