Manager Innovation Design

Riyadh Air; Riyadh Region; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Riyadh Air is seeking a leader for the Future Experience Design agenda. You will explore how technology, culture, guest behaviours, and industry shifts will shape travel. You will transform research and insights into compelling concepts and a strategic long-term roadmap.

You will run workshops and co-creation sprints with stakeholders to develop future scenarios and investment decisions. You will build stories, visuals, prototypes, and journey maps, testing concepts with guests, startups, and

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 in innovation design, service design, product design, UX/UI, design strategy, or a similar field.
• Expertise in design thinking, service design, ethnographic research, horizon scanning, trend analysis, systems thinking, or strategic foresight.
• Portfolio demonstrating solving complex challenges and influencing business strategy or product direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead Riyadh Air's Future Experience Design agenda and shape the long-term roadmap.
• Transform research, trends, and insights into concepts, future visions and strategic recommendations.
• Run creative workshops, ideation sessions, and co-creation sprints with stakeholders.
• Build stories, visuals, prototypes, journey maps, simulations and concept films to bring ideas to life.
• Test and refine concepts with guests, partners, startups, researchers, and technology providers.
• Present ideas and scenarios to senior leaders to guide strategic investments.

Skills

Design thinking

Service design

Ethnographic research

Horizon scanning

Trend analysis

Systems thinking

Strategic foresight

Innovation design

UX/UI

Design strategy

Education

Degree in related field

Job description

About the Company

Riyadh Air (RX), headquartered in the Saudi Capital, is the new national airline that’s shaping the future of flying. It seeks to lead the aviation industry by transforming Saudi Arabia into a global aviation and trade hub – a digitally native airline that will connect the kingdom to more than 100 destinations.

About the Role

What if your ideas could shape the future of travel?

You'll lead Riyadh Air's Future Experience Design agenda, exploring how technology, culture, guest behaviours, and industry shifts will influence travel in the years ahead.

Working closely with teams across the business, you'll transform research, trends, customer insights, and innovation opportunities into compelling concepts, future experience visions, and strategic recommendations that shape our long-term roadmap.

Importantly, you will work onconcepts, scenarios, and innovation strategies by leading creative workshops, ideation sessions, and co-creation sprints with stakeholders accross the organization.

Central to the success of this role, you'll build compelling stories, visual concepts, prototypes, journey maps, simulations, and concept films that bring future ideas to life. Additionally, test and refine concepts with guests, stakeholders, startups, research partners, and technology providers.

Working closely with stakeholders , you will present ideas and future scenarios to senior leaders, helping guide strategic investment decisions. Build strong partnerships across the innovation ecosystem and stay connected to emerging technologies and research.

Most importantly, you'll have the freedom to think bigger, push boundaries, and help define what the future of travel looks like for millions of guests around the world.

About You

Degree qualified, you will demonstrate a minimum of 7 in innovation design, service design, product design, UX/UI, design strategy, or a similar field.

You will be expected to have expertise in areas such as design thinking, service design, ethnographic research, horizon scanning, trend analysis, systems thinking, or strategic foresight.

We'd love to hear from you even more if you have a portfolio that demonstrates how you've solved complex challenges, developed future-focused concepts, and influenced business strategy or product direction.

This is your opportunity to shape the future of air travel. Bring your best and show us why you can own this position within Riyadh Air.