Etihad Airways
Aviation
DesignExperienceManager
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“Design Experience Manager at Etihad Airways. Skills: Digital Experience Design, AI-enabled experiences, Data-driven experiences, Systems thinking. Define experience strategy. Execute experience strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
Define and deliver intelligent digital experiences; Drive revenue growth; Expand digital share; Increase customer engagement; Increase customer retention; Improve operational efficiency; Achieve commercially optimized digital journeys; Continuously evolve digital ecosystem; Achieve measurable impact; Validate experience outcomes; Optimize experience outcomes; Continuously monitor performance metrics; Continuously improve performance metrics; Elevate organization’s maturity
Industry & Context.
Problem framing; Data-driven decision making
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years’ experience in Digital Experience Design, Proven experience delivering complex digital journeys, Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership, Demonstrated experience designing data-driven or AI-enabled digital experiences, Commercial acumen, Experience working in Agile environments
Nice to Have
Experience within ecommerce, travel, loyalty, fintech, or high-conversion digital platforms, Recognized as a collaborator and communicator
What You'll Do.
Define experience strategy
Execute experience strategy
Execute design vision
Own experience lifecycle
Design digital journeys
Test digital experiences
Go-live digital experiences
Optimize live experiences
Translate business strategy
Translate commercial objectives
Design AI-enabled experiences
Design data-driven experiences
Lead usability testing
Monitor performance metrics
Improve performance metrics
Simplify complex processes
Create intuitive flows
Create frictionless flows
Partner with Product teams
Partner with Technology teams
Partner with Commercial teams
Partner with Loyalty teams
Partner with Marketing teams
Partner with Operations teams
Partner with Brand teams
Contribute to design systems
Evolve design systems
Contribute to governance standards
Evolve governance standards
Contribute to best practices
Evolve best practices
Advocate for accessibility
Advocate for usability
Advocate for security
Advocate for customer trust
Elevate AI-enabled design maturity
Elevate insight-led design maturity
Take ownership of digital experience domains
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional stakeholders; Product teams; Technology teams; Commercial teams; Loyalty teams; Marketing teams; Operations teams; Brand teams; Engineering teams
Communication Scope
Communicator
Process & Methodology
Agile environments
Full Job Description
The Design Experience Manager is responsible for defining and delivering intelligent, high-impact digital experiences across web and app, with AI embedded as a core capability across the customer lifecycle. This role drives revenue growth, digital share expansion, customer engagement, retention, and operational efficiency through human-centered design, experimentation, and data-driven experience innovation. The Experience Design Lead owns the end-to-end design strategy across assigned digital initiatives, translating business objectives, customer needs, and AI capabilities into seamless, intuitive, and commercially optimized digital journeys. The ideal candidate combines strong ecommerce and digital domain expertise with AI design literacy, experimentation mindset, and systems thinking — working cross-functionally to continuously evolve the digital ecosystem into an intelligent, adaptive, and high-performing platform. Accountabilities * Define and execute the experience strategy and design vision across web and app for assigned digital initiatives. * Own the end-to-end experience lifecycle - from discovery and problem framing through design, build collaboration, testing, go-live and optimization - remaining accountable for the performance and quality of the live experience. * Translate business strategy and commercial objectives into customer-centric digital journeys that drive measurable impact. * Design AI-enabled and data-driven experiences including personalization, predictive recommendations, conversational interfaces, and intelligent automation where applicable. * Lead discovery, research, journey mapping, usability testing, and experimentation to validate and optimize experience outcomes. * Continuously monitor and improve performance metrics including conversion, engagement, retention, revenue contribution, and customer satisfaction. * Simplify complex processes into intuitive and frictionless digital flows. * Partner closely with Product, Technology, Commer
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