Etihad Airways

Aviation

DesignExperienceManager

AED 350–550k ~AI est. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
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The Brief

“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.

Aviation
Problems you'll solve

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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