Head of Design,
Strategist and Team Builder
Design leader driven by complex design challenges and missions that prioritize people.
2024 | Director of Product Design and UX Research at Loyal Health
Supporting a Healthier Life for All: A Platform
Improving health by making care more clear, accessible, and efficient for patients and providers they rely on.
2024 | Director of Product Design and UX Research at Loyal Health
Building Loyal Health’s Design Function
Leading product design operations and building a healthy, collaborative culture.
2018 | Lead Product Designer at The Ihangane Project
Collaborating on a Digital Health Record
Reducing maternal mortality rates and infant stunting through patient data at point of care.
2017 | Senior Product Designer at ThoughtWorks
Redesigning a Find A Doctor Service
Helping patients find the right doctor and increasing appointments scheduled.
2016 | Senior Product Designer at ThoughtWorks
Creating an Open Source EHR
Improving the quality of patient care in areas with limited bandwidth and infrastructure across more than 50 countries.
Kind words from team members
“It was an absolute privilege to work under Amira's direction during my time at Loyal.She has an incredible capacity for cutting through the noise and churn of startup environments, staying honed in on people Loyal serves and ensuring what gets built is reliable, ethical, and valuable. Amira supports her designers in ways that ensure they flourish: creating an environment full of trust, warmth, and candor, creating room for each team member to grow and supporting them taking greater agency and responsibility for what they're building.
Building and leading product design team today demands so much of someone: product expertise, a steady hand to navigate business volatility and uncertainty, and an unwavering ability to support a team to create their best work. Amira encompasses all that and so much more—she's her team's "true North," and I'm deeply grateful for my time working with her.”
Andy Birch
“ In my more than two years working with Amira, what routinely stood out most to me was the sheer amount of care and concern she extended not only to me and the rest of the design team, but also to each and every one of her colleagues. Regardless of what was going on, she remained dedicated to ensuring those around her had the resources and agency to flourish, especially in an ever-changing startup environment. This attitude was reflected in her ability to grow and cultivate a talented and thoughtful design team as well as encourage a safe, supportive design culture committed to continuous improvement…” read more
Tyler McLeod
About me
As Head of Product Design at Loyal Health , I lead a capable team of 14 designers that I built from the ground up. We work together to empower patients throughout their healthcare journey and partner with hospitals to unify their enterprise. Working at an early stage startup has given me the opportunity to create the fundamental building blocks of a design function from scratch. Since I started at Loyal we have grown from 30 employees to 200, and launched our platform with major hospitals across the US.
Before Loyal I spent 6 years at ThoughtWorks where I was a lead product design consultant. I created services, launch products, and implement new ways of working for corporations worldwide. One such project was Bahmni, an open source EMR, built in India and used in more than 50 countries.
Outside of work I dedicate my time to supporting global public health. I was chosen to be a member of the Global Health Corps. With them I worked in Ruli, Rwanda on a point of care digital health record with local nurses.
I have a master’s in Design and Technology from Parsons The New School, a bachelor's degree is in Science, Technology, and Culture from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and I received a Global Health Certificate from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Let’s talk
I enjoy grabbing coffee in person and virtually; if you’d like to talk message me here or on LinkedIn.