Manager Digital Product Design - The Emirates Group

Job Purpose: About the role: The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and managing the delivery of endtoend user experience design including research ideation conception detailed design prototypes and validation across multiple products and areas. Work with a number of product teams to guide design and collaborate with counterparts in the digital product team and within CCMB and ensure the delivery of the highest quality product design solutions. What you will do: Manage and develop a team of designers (both in and outsourcing models) setting clear goals managing project loads and allocating designers accordingly ensuring deadlines are met and setting up team members for overall success. Governance of visual and interaction design standards including overall responsibility for the department design system. Constantly review and makes improvements to guidelines and workflows. Leads the design teams approach to information architecture multistep and crossplatform flows considering the holistic user experience. Ensure effective prototyping and user testing techniques. Use design thinking process to educate designers product owners and the wider CCMB team on how to best approach problems. Collaborate with backlog objectives and key results (OKR) definition. Oversee roadmap development and goals ensure solutions achieve measurable and impactful goals. Ensure qualitiative and quantitave data and OKRs inform all work and that roadmaps are usercentered and datainformed. Coach designers on presentation and communication abilities. Provide an empathic leadership approach but also project assertiveness. Take a leadership role in crossdiscipline initiatives: responsible for overall endtoend product design process including all channels devices and dependencies. Work with Manager Digital Product and Manager Production to ensure that overall digital product delivery is of high standards. Foster a digital product operating model that supports effective collaboration mutual respect and efficiency across the product development value chain.
Qualifications & Experience: The job might be for you if you have: Degree or Honours (123 or equivalent) in a relevant discipline 8 years experience experience of designing digital products for mobile & web in travel service marketing airline or a related industry Ability to articulate a comprehensive product design vision for Emirates Group businesses align teams on common standards as well understand granularity to ensure the highest quality solutions. Minimum 3 years of experience leading and inspiring design teams. Familiarity with user research programs and testing methodologies. Youll have an edge if you have: Experience overseeing an IxD in an international service organization tasked with delivering product design for a wide range user groups and for different lines of business (international contexts multilanguage localization accessibility for people with disabilities etc.) Expert knowledge of user experience /interface design patterns process and standard UCD methodologies Datadriven design skills knowledge production value and attention to detail Ability to communicate clearly concisely and persuasively both verbally and in writing Ability to create wireframes as well as interactive prototypes Demonstrated expertise in web standards and accessibility standards. Active interest in supporting ongoing growth and development of IxD at Emirates Extensive knowledge of DesignOps What Emirates can offer you A competitive salary paid taxfree and reviewed annually 45 calendar days annual leave plus public holidays Full relocation package including flights shipping and optional hotel accommodation on arrival Annual leave travel return tickets home each year Private medical insurance Discounts on airline tickets for EK and partner networks Travel benefits and discounts for friends & family Education Support Allowance for childrens education in Dubai or abroad Recruitment Process and Timeline Emirates is an international organisation with employees from over 160 nationalities we encourage applications from across the globe. Your application journey begins by applying via the Emirates Careers website. Please ensure your CV is up to date for our talent acquisition team to review your profile. If you meet the criteria of the role you will then be invited to complete a HireVue video interview to share more about your product experience and your career aspirations. If you are shortlisted you will then be invited to interview with our hiring managers. If you are successful your recruiter will reach out to you with an offer and then our Onboarding team will ensure a smooth transition to your new role at Emirates.
Salary & Benefits: Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive taxfree salary. On top of our generous travel benefits including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package. Thats on top of transport benefits life insurance and more.