Vice President of Design

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# Vice President of Design > · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-11 **Workplace:** on_site **Department:** Product & Design ## 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 ,[](http://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) ## Apply [Apply at ](https://apply.workable.com/webook/j/17D056D932/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)