Careem Hiring for Senior Product Designer at Dubai Full Time

Job Description

Careem is growing the design team!!

Are you passionate about creating exceptional experiences that revolutionize how people live their lives? Are you a visionary who can lead a team to new heights in user-centered design? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you as a senior design manager within the product design team

We have a few values at Careem, three of which we truly hold dear in the design team; To the Moon, Committed to developing each other and Every Experience Matters, if you embody these then youre in the right place!

About the role: As a Senior Product Designer and part of the design team at Careem, you will be at the forefront of innovation, working with a team of talented product designers to deliver world-class experiences.

Your strategic vision and leadership skills will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our organization, guiding work for a significant product area, and handling complex projects with overlapping organizational lines, driving the user experience strategy and championing design excellence.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into intuitive, engaging, and visually stunning experiences. Your work will have a direct impact on millions of users, captains and partners transforming their interactions and enhancing their lives on a daily basis.

What you’ll do: Execute the UX design strategy, aligning it with business goals, industry best practices, and emerging trends.
Advocate for user-centered design principles, championing the importance of empathy, research, and iterative design methodologies throughout the organization.
Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of user experience design into the product development process.
Conduct user research, usability testing, and gather insights to inform the design strategy and optimize the user journey.
Create & oversee the creation of wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs, ensuring they adhere to best practices in interaction design, accessibility, and visual aesthetics.
Support in maintaining design systems, style guides, and UI components to ensure consistency, efficiency, and scalability across products and platforms.
Stay up to date with the latest trends, technologies, and design innovations, sharing knowledge and inspiring the team to push boundaries and explore new possibilities.
Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align design initiatives with the overall business strategy, presenting compelling design concepts and advocating for user needs.
Drive continuous improvement in design processes, tools, and methodologies, optimizing efficiency and quality throughout the design lifecycle.
Help deliver and refine clear storytelling around product needs and opportunities
Design and ship high quality product improvements
Support the evolution of the design processes within the broader org to optimize for efficiency
Nurture and champion the design culture at Careem

We’d love to hear from you if: You love tackling complex and ambiguous problems and shaping them into clear goals
You strive to find answers to difficult questions, garnering insights from research & data to close the gaps in knowledge
You leverage prototyping skills to articulate your designs, especially in cases where interactions may be particularly nuanced
You value high quality well crafted visual & interaction design, and care about the details
You are comfortable leading large initiatives
You advocate for user needs, leveraging insights to create better designs while making sure everything built is scalable and follows our guidelines, best practices and standards
You love coaching and mentoring team members shaping the next generation of designers

What youll need: 6 years of extensive product design experience with a strong focus on excellent craft and a proven track record of managing projects with demonstrated impact on the organization success
Understanding in-depth Growth domains and data-informed design approach
Strategic and critical thinking, paired with flexibility and being open minded
Ability to measure and clearly articulate the value of design within the organization
Ability to effectively lead end-to-end design process within your team