Vice President of Design

Location: Riyadh, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia

Department: Product & Design

Workplace: on_site

Employment Type: full

Description

Do you want to love what you do at work? Do you want to make a difference, an impact, transform peoples 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 ,webook.com is Saudi's #1 event ticketing and experience booking platforms in terms of technology, features, agility, 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)