Diego Pinna
Product Design Leader
Based in Brooklyn, NY
I’m a product design leader with over a decade of experience transforming complex challenges into data-driven, user-centered products for global brands and startups.
At Point72, I design AI-powered platforms that help investment professionals uncover insights and test new strategies.
Previously, I led the SMB design team at NerdWallet, driving over $100M in annual revenue by uniting strategy, design, and execution.
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Point 72
Role: Senior Product Designer (2024- Current) Mission: Since 2024, I have led the end-to-end design of a new AI-powered Intelligence & Surveillance platform for Point72, aimed at helping portfolio managers (PMs) and analysts discover hidden company connections, predict performance, and integrate AI insights directly into their investment research workflow. As the sole designer on the project, I partnered closely with product, engineering, and data science teams to create a premium, trustworthy product experience designed for a high-stakes, data-driven audience. The platform is slated for ful… -
Nerdwallet
Role: Design Manager (2022-2024) and Senior Product Designer (2021-2022) at Nerdwallet Mission: To lead and expand the design team, enhance user-centric design practices, and drive innovative design strategies for the Nerdwallet Small Business Owner Platform. Key Activities: Implemented a Coach-Player structure to support the expanding team's needs. Developed strong partnerships with cross-functional teams, setting a high bar for design craft and strategy. Worked hands-on with the Nerdwallet Small Business Team to deliver design improvements and new features. Established a Quart… -
Clear Street
Role: Senior Product Designer at Clear Street, LLC, New York, USA (2019 — 2021) Mission: To create the first MVP of Clear Street Customer Portal, modernizing clearing services for the first time since the 1970s and providing innovative solutions for hedge funds and prop-trading firms. Key Activities: Joined the team in 2019 to work on the first MVP to market, aimed at modernizing clearing services. Set up end-to-end design methodology, from requirements gathering to user testing. Owned product definition and design vision, engaging collaboratively with C-Suite stakeholders. Led and ex… -
ADDITIONAL CASE STUDIES
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Steeleye
Role: Senior UX Designer (Consultant) at Steeleye (2017 - 2019) Mission: To assist Steeleye, a newly founded startup, in delivering an MVP to the market to help SMEs comply with MiFID II regulations by January 2018. The platform was designed to enable compliance managers to monitor communications and trades, and to initiate internal investigations for regulatory or internal compliance purposes. Key Activities: Collaborated with Steeleye’s team to formulate the initial feature lineup and prioritize design work to meet tight deadlines. Conducted interviews with internal stakeholders an… -
Unilever
Role: UX Director (Consultant) at Golin, London, UK (2017 — 2018) Mission: To lead the design and development of internal management tools for Unilever, streamlining product creation processes and managing packaging copy across various Unilever brands. [IMAGE:1:quarter] Key Activities: Worked onsite with Unilever's client team to lead the design of CARA, an internal product management tool. Summarized business needs and design requirements to guide the initial design effort and launch the first version of the MVP. Designed CARA to help Unilever staff create new products and manage pa… -
Maserati
H-ART (www.h-art.com) was responsible for the redesign of the global Maserati website, updating the brand’s online presence and creating a universal image for the Italian automotive brand. This effort also required determining an overall strategy for redesigning all 61 national Maserati websites, focusing on local sales of the four current car models. As the only UX designer working on the project, I was responsible for developing the design strategy. The client end objective was to communicate the feeling that would be experienced by owning and driving a Maserati car. The strategy that I for… -
HSBC Net
The HSBCnet Business Banking application project is an ongoing project with RMA Consulting that involves a significant design and development effort. The bank’s objective is to replace all the HSBC tools that each national entity created to satisfy their customers. HSBCnet will represent the online business banking tool for HSBC worldwide. Each feature I worked on had several stakeholders, product owners, business analysts, and had to satisfy different national regulations. This created an extremely challenging environment which compelled me to gather as much information as possible from each…
I combine deep design craft with a data-driven experimentation mindset. Every project starts with clear hypotheses and clean instrumentation—product analytics, A/B testing, and user research working together to inform decisions. I'm hands-on with both the creative and analytical sides, leveraging AI tools to accelerate workflows while maintaining design quality. Beyond shipping features, I focus on building capable teams: mentoring designers on research methodologies, experimentation frameworks, and the discipline of measuring what matters.