Agnieszka Shkonda

Staff Product Designer @ Personio (ex-IonQ, BCG)

Rotterdam, Netherlands (+01:00 UTC) English, Polishfrom Rotterdam, Netherlands
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$99 / hour
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30 min60 min
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3 reviews / 3 sessions
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I had an excellent session with Agnieszka focused on enterprise UX and HR software adoption. She shared a wealth of practical insights on what truly drives large companies to adopt a new HR tool, from aligning product features with HR managers’ real needs to understanding how decision-making happens inside big organizations. Agnieszka walked me through effective research approaches to capture both HR decision makers’ and employees’ needs, and highlighted the value of close collaboration during the design phase to build trust and relevance. If you’re designing B2B or HR-focused products and want clear, actionable guidance on usability, stakeholder alignment, and enterprise research methods, I highly recommend booking a call with Agnieszka. Her experience and clarity are outstanding.

Linda Diana

Great feedback! I recommend meeting with Agnieszka.

Tomaz Suklje

Bio

I'm a Staff Product Designer at Personio, building HR software that supports thousands of European companies. With over 13 years in product design and UX research (half of which I spent in California), I've created digital products that drive user engagement and business growth across complex B2B and SaaS domains—including quantum computing, cloud infrastructure, supply chain, energy, healthcare, blockchain, and e-commerce. I specialize in building tools for technical users: developers, researchers, and engineers. I thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and excel at bridging technical depth with intuitive design. Whether it's zero-to-one product creation (as I did at BCG X) or scaling and optimizing platforms (like at IonQ), I bring a sharp product lens, a user-first approach, and strong execution capabilities. Some of my proudest accomplishments: * Quantum Computing: Spearheaded UX for IonQ’s quantum computing cloud platform—from API/CLI tools to enterprise and research management UIs. My work supported use cases across governments, national labs, and academia. * Trustana: Designed a curated B2B marketplace for Southeast Asian traders, backed by Temasek. The platform accelerated market adoption and was featured on national TV CNA feature. * Industrial Tools: Created an inspection management app and dashboard that replaced paper-based workflows for corrosion teams, streamlining operations and boosting data capture. * Real-time Inventory SaaS: Designed Propeller for MagellanX Ventures (MISC/Petronas), enabling forecasting, cutting emergency orders, and improving operational efficiency. * Built and implemented 3 design systems across organizations. * Shipped 2 businesses to market as a Venture Product Designer. * Mentored and trained 30+ designers, hiring several for enterprise teams. * I regularly research and write about emerging technologies, complex systems design, and product strategy. If you’re navigating tough design challenges in technical or high-stakes environments—or building tools that demand clarity without sacrificing complexity—I can help you get there faster, cleaner, and with stronger user impact.

Expertise

  • Career guidance

    I have been mentoring designers for quite some time now. And also shaping my career in the meantime. I have been a freelancer and full time. And I am constantly working on my brand. I can share my experience with you and advise you what can work best for you to take your career to the next level.

  • Design / UX

    13 years in product design. Fluent in engineering workflows, technical and business constraints, and high-stakes delivery. Deep expertise in complex B2B domains: quantum, cloud, supply chain, energy, blockchain, healthcare. Strong at both ends: zero-to-one at BCG X and scaling & building tools at an existing IonQ platform. Comfortable in fast-paced, ambiguous & cross-functional environments—startups, enterprise, R&D. Built and scaled design systems, hired and mentored designers.

  • Idea validation

    From the features to the entire product validation, I led projects on the design front in various domains. I will help you prepare the plan and the materials needed for the validation phase. I will guide you through this process and advise you on the results of the validation.

  • Product launches

    I took part in many different product launches in the organizations I was working at. I can help you set up a strategy for how to launch a product or set of features that will work for you, for the industry, where your product is currently and type of audience you are targeting. This will ensure that you release something that you are confident about.

  • Product market fit

    Throughout my time at BCG, I worked on various projects where we were innovating on the ideas best suited for the client and market needs. I can go through this process with you where we will look at your business, your resources, market needs, innovate on few business ideas, build prototype and go validate the assumptions. I will help you analyze the results, advise on the best idea for the product market fit and create a plan of the product build.

  • User research

    In my 13 years of product design career, I was involved in user research on every project. I am using different methods depending on the resources available and what the product needs at a specific stage. I can help you choose the method, create research plan, guide you through the execution and analyze the results. I can also guide your team through the user research phase if you already have one.

Toolkit

  • Contentful logo

    Contentful

    5 years of experience

    Worked on implementing this tool into an organization and I was responsible for the migration of the content, setting up company wide content strategy and quality control of the implemented solution.

  • Figma logo

    Figma

    7 years of experience

    I am regularly using this tool in my day to day job. I am responsible for file setup, maintenance, design system creation and maintenance. Also prototyping.

  • Cursor logo

    Cursor

    2 years of experience

    I am able to prototype solutions using Cursor. Get the right styling but also get to the level of interactions. I am also using it to discover features, layouts as fast prototypes.

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