Design that connects business, product and engineering

Design Lead &
Product Specialist

Design Lead &
Product Specialist

Hey, I'm Levi! I help teams turn complex ideas into clear, deliverable products by bridging design, strategy and engineering. It's not just UX/UI, but aligning people, validating solutions and simplifying development.

15+ YEARS EXPERIENCE

DIGITAL PRODUCT EXPERT

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

Portrait of Levente Pelbát
Portrait of Levente Pelbát
Portrait of Levente Pelbát

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01 / The problem I help you solve

Most digital teams don’t struggle because they lack great UI, they struggle because ideas are not validated, departments pull in different directions and delivery gets stuck between business and development.

I step into that gap as a design lead who understands the full software lifecycle, helps you clarify the real problem and guides teams towards solutions that users, stakeholders and developers can stand behind.

systems thinking

Cross-Functional Bridge

Aligning senior business management, technical product owners, and lead engineers around business goals that ship.

DesignOps & Process Optimization

Design team workflows, business support, design-to-code alignment, system audits, and production-ready documentation.

Scalable Architecture

One source of truth Design Systems used globally by hundreds of designers and developers: tokenized, development focus, AI-ready.

Mentorship & Team Enablement

Workshops, tutorials, and capability uplifts that help design teams level up with confidence.

02 / What you get when you work with me

Product clarity: I translate business goals into concrete user journeys, testable hypotheses and a realistic feature set, so everyone knows what we’re building and why.

Cross‑team alignment: I mediate between business, product and engineering, turning workshops, discussions and documentation into one shared vision.

Faster, smoother delivery: With 15+ years in enterprise environments and hands‑on product, software and design system work for banks, telecoms, energy and logistics companies, I structure design so developers can move faster with fewer redesigns.

what is behind the sc(r)eens

Core disciplines

User Centric Design · Design Systems · DesignOps · Product Strategy · Research · Workshop Facilitation

Tools & stack

Figma · Framer · Tokenization · Generative AI · Miro · Jira · Azure DevOps · Maze · Conflulence · Slack

Delivery traits

Solution-oriented · Doer mentality · Fast onboarding · Transparent communicator · Helpful

03 / How the collaboration works

Discovery & audit: Review your product, workflows and current UX/UI together, identify misalignments and root issues, and agree on where design can have the biggest impact.

Focused design leadership: I join your initiative as a Lead designer or Design Systems partner, connecting stakeholders, shaping flows and building the structures your teams need.

Ongoing support: As the product evolves, I help refine journeys, scale the design system and keep cross‑functional teams aligned around the same product vision.

Project coordination

Principal domains

Run or build a complex digital product with multiple teams and stakeholder groups.

Quality design decisions

Already “do UX and UI”, but still face slow releases, rework or misalignment.

Natural problem solver

Need a designer who thinks in systems, understands business constraints and can talk comfortably with both C‑level stakeholders and lead developers.

04 / Enterprise products designed for real delivery.

A selection of design system, product and service design engagements across global environments.

FEATURED WORK from mostly fortune 500 enterprise projects

05 / Enterprise experience with precision and teamplay

Across bp, Verizon, Vodafone, e.ON, Deutsche Telekom, Accenture and BNP Paribas and many more partners, I’ve helped international teams turn fragmented practice into effective product delivery.
My background as a semi-pro athlete in competitive team sports adds winning mindset and care to every workflow.

PLAN - DESIGN - PROJECT MANAGEMENT - LEADERSHIP - WORKFLOWS - WINNING MENTALITY - SYSTEMS THINKING

06 / Ready to increase your design quality and delivery workflow?

If this sounds like the kind of support your product needs, let’s talk.

levente.pelbat@gmail.com · +36 30 385 6966 · Remote (from Balatonföldár, Hungary)