Vice President of Design

Do you want to love what you do at work? Do you want to make a difference, an impact, transform people's lives? Do you want to work with a team that believes in disrupting the normal, boring, and average?

If yes, then this is the job you're looking for. The company is Saudi's number one event ticketing and experience booking platform in terms of technology, features, agility, and revenue, serving some of the largest mega events in the Kingdom surpassing over 2 billion sales.

Position overview

The Vice President of Design is a key executive leadership role responsible for defining and executing the company's global design vision and strategy. This position reports directly to the Chief Product Officer/CEO and serves on the executive leadership team. The VP of Design will build and lead a world-class design organization, drive design innovation, and ensure design excellence becomes a key competitive advantage for the company.

Strategic leadership & vision

Define and champion the company's global design strategy, vision, and principles

Drive design innovation that creates measurable business impact and market differentiation

Participate in executive-level strategic planning and decision-making

Lead organizational design and scaling of the design function

Own design budget and resource allocation ($5M+ annually)

Develop and execute design's contribution to the company's long-term strategic roadmap

Organizational leadership

Build, mentor, and scale high-performing design teams across multiple disciplines

Create organizational structures that enable efficient design operations at scale

Establish career development frameworks and growth paths for design talent

Drive design culture and practices across the organization

Develop and maintain relationships with key external partners, vendors, and design community

Lead acquisition and retention strategies for top design talent

Business impact & operations

Own design KPIs and metrics that demonstrate business value and ROI

Drive design maturity across the organization through processes, tools, and standards

Establish governance frameworks for design systems and brand consistency

Partner with finance to develop and manage design organization budget

Present to board members and key stakeholders on design strategy and impact

Cross-functional leadership

Partner with C-suite executives to align design strategy with company objectives

Collaborate with product, engineering, marketing, and sales leadership

Drive design thinking and user-centered approaches across all departments

Lead design's involvement in major corporate initiatives and transformations

Requirements

15+ years of professional design experience

7+ years in senior design leadership roles

Track record of scaling design organizations (25+ people)

Experience managing multiple design disciplines (product, brand, research)