Human-centered AI product manager · Shanghai

Grace Yang

PM
User Experience
Storytelling

Based in Shanghai, I’m a UCLA-educated Product Manager dedicated to creating digital experiences that are as functional as they are meaningful. Guided by deep curiosity and a customer-obsessed mindset, I thrive on turning insightful research into products that deliver measurable results.

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Product thinking grounded in curiosity.

Work

Nov 2024–Present
Product Manager
The Walt Disney Company, Shanghai
Lead 0→1 AI-enabled workflow and operational products, translating user and business needs into prioritized requirements, model-evaluation criteria, and cross-functional delivery.
- 0→1 strategy
- Agentic workflows
- AI evaluation
- Requirements
- Cross-functional delivery
Apr–Nov 2024
Digital Product User Researcher
The Walt Disney Company, Shanghai
Led research across core digital products and built an AI-powered research repository that turned behavioral evidence into more actionable product decisions.
- Research strategy
- Behavioral synthesis
- Research operations
- AI prototyping
- Stakeholder alignment
Apr–Jul 2023
UX Researcher
Extreme Value
Led end-to-end research for a nano-course platform, evaluating 15+ continuing-education providers to identify market gaps and inform product opportunities.
- Competitive analysis
- Market research
- Insight synthesis
- Opportunity framing
Sep 2020–May 2023
Academic Tutor
American Education Elites LLC
Designed inclusive, individualized learning programs, using listening and questioning to diagnose student needs and partnering with educators to monitor progress.
- Learner discovery
- Personalized learning design
- Accessibility
- Progress tracking
- Educator collaboration
Aug 2022–Mar 2023
UX Research Intern
Kardder
Improved onboarding for a live social-connection product by combining usability testing and heatmap analysis to uncover friction, reducing drop-off by 40%.
- Usability testing
- Behavioral analytics
- Onboarding
- Research synthesis
- Figma
2012–2020
Professional foundation
Professional Athlete
USA Table Tennis National Team
Represented Team USA at 50+ international tournaments, building the cross-cultural fluency, resilience, and calm execution I bring to high-pressure product work.
- Cross-cultural collaboration
- Leadership
- Competitive strategy
- High-pressure execution

Projects

Four product stories spanning research operations, AI-assisted learning, social connection, and academic planning.

Shanghai Disney UX Research Library

Professional internal product · 0→1

An internal research repository that turns fragmented studies into contextual evidence so teams can make better product decisions, champion user needs, and maximize the strategic impact of UX research.

0→1 product
UX research
PRD
AI prototyping with Codex + Cursor
Task evaluation

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Tailor Talk

Functional AI product prototype · Education

An AI-assisted English-learning platform that lets students shape teacher-reviewed lessons, then uses bounded AI rehearsal to prepare them for real conversations.

0→1 product strategy
Teacher workflow design
UX design
Functional prototyping
Responsible AI

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Kardder

Live product redesign · Consumer social

A research-led redesign for a live, location-based social app that combines profile context, real-time intent, and proximity to make starting a conversation feel more natural.

UX research
30-person survey
Research synthesis
Figma
Adobe Creative Suite

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MyUCLA planner with degree requirement search

MyUCLA Class Planner

Academic concept · High-fidelity prototype

An academic-planner redesign that brings degree requirements, course-evaluation signals, and backup schedules into one flow so UCLA students can make enrollment decisions with more confidence.