AI-First Product Design Lead

Salt; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 220,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is seeking a Product Design Lead to guide a small team of designers in delivering complex digital services for highly regulated environments. You’ll translate user needs, business goals, and system requirements into clear, usable experiences while growing the design function and embedding an AI-first approach.

You’ll coach three designers, map journeys, test prototypes, and collaborate with product, technology, government, and business stakeholders to turn ambiguity into concrete outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6–8+ years in product or UX design.
• Experience leading designers and cross-functional teams.
• Strong stakeholder management in complex organizations.
• Excellent problem solving for UX and user flows.
• Systems thinking to connect services end to end.
• Experience with user research and usability testing.
• Clear communication and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and support a small design team.
• Turn complex problems into clear user experiences.
• Map journeys, flows, and system interactions.
• Work with product, technology, business, and government stakeholders.
• Use AI tools and prompting to prototype with the design system.
• Plan and run usability testing and apply findings.
• Help teams become autonomous and outcomes-focused.

Skills

Product/UX design

Leadership

Stakeholder management

UX problem solving

Systems thinking

User research

Usability testing

Communication/ storytelling

Arabic and English fluency

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Salt is seeking a Product Design Lead to guide a small team of designers in delivering complex digital services for highly regulated environments. You’ll translate user needs, business goals, and system requirements into clear, usable experiences while growing the design function and embedding an AI-first approach.

You’ll coach three designers, map journeys, test prototypes, and collaborate with product, technology, government, and business stakeholders to turn ambiguity into concrete outcomes.