Abdelrahman Osama

Product design leader.
Applied AI specialist.

Twenty years shipping software across enterprise, government, and consumer AI products. Most recently at Scale AI, where he designed the interaction model for Kawader — a national AI platform deployed with the Government of Qatar.

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Abdelrahman Osama

About

Abdelrahman Osama is a senior product design leader based between Dubai and the Gulf. Twenty years of craft across enterprise, government, and consumer AI products — from the last year at Scale AI building a national workforce platform with the Government of Qatar, back through a founder run at Conix, data-heavy product design at Geophy that contributed to a ~$290M exit, and a decade of McKinsey Digital engagements for Bank Boubyan, EFG Hermes, and others.

The thread is consistent: research leads, craft follows, and AI is treated as a tool in service of the user's actual decision — not as the product's front door. Interaction models get designed before interfaces do; interfaces get shipped before pattern libraries.

Founder of Simpleia, where he has led product and design engagements since 2012 for clients including McKinsey & Co, Johnson & Johnson, Bank Boubyan, Qatar Foundation, and EFG Hermes.

  1. 2025 — Feb 2026

    Scale AI — Product Designer

    Designing the user experience for Qatar's five-year government AI initiative with Scale AI — Kawader, a national agentic workforce platform built with MCIT and the CGB. Data-labeling tools, model-management dashboards, and real-time analytics interfaces serving education, healthcare, and public services.

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  2. Jul — Nov 2024

    DXWand — Fractional CPO

    Led product strategy and MVP delivery for Preneurs.ai — an AI-driven fundraising co-pilot for founders. User discovery, investor-matching scope, and feedback-loop design took the concept from strategy to paying users.

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  3. 2021

    Geophy — Product Design Lead

    Spearheaded UX and data visualization for Evra, Geophy's real-time property-appraisal dashboard. Re-architected core flows and interactive map overlays; contributed to Geophy's ~$290M acquisition by Walker & Dunlop.

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  4. 2020 — present

    Toptal — Product Design Lead

    Senior network designer on 12+ engagements across the US and Europe. Five projects inside Toptal's elite team for top-tier customers — including work with Geophy, Alan's Factory Outlet, and Giftly.

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  5. 2020 — 2021

    Conix — Co-founder / CPO

    Co-founded a GenAI-powered architectural platform, taking it from prototype to MVP with product-market fit in AI-for-architecture before ChatGPT. Full rebrand, user-centered product, $1.3M pre-seed raised.

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  6. Since 2012

    Simpleia — Founder & UX Director

    Founded and lead Simpleia — delivering user-centered product design for McKinsey & Co, Johnson & Johnson, Bank Boubyan, Qatar Foundation, EFG Hermes, Elmenus, and Hotdesk. Healthcare, finance, and technology.

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  7. Hive Ride — Co-founder / CPO

    Co-founded Hive Ride, a ride-hailing service for safe school transportation for kids. 20,000+ trips completed with strong parent feedback; raised $400K pre-seed on the traction.

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  8. 2017 — 2018

    Noor Technologies — Head of Product

    Led product strategy for an Islamic apps company based in Kuala Lumpur — a suite of digital products serving a global Muslim user base, blending cultural fidelity with modern product craft.

  9. Earlier

    King Saud University — Head of Web Dept.

    Overhauled the Research Chairs Program portal — information architecture, interface design, automated researcher workflows, real-time reporting dashboards. Portal adoption grew 40%.

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Available for senior design leadership roles.

abdelrahmanosama@gmail.com