Lead Experience Designer at thoughtworksreferralthoughtworksreferral · Riyadh, KSA

Workplace: Hybrid, On-site

Posted: 2026-11-10

Skills: Accessibility, FigmaJoin Thoughtworks at the beginning of our next chapter in the Middle East. KSA and the UAE are strategic growth markets for us, fueled by ambitious national agendas around AI, digital government, data, and economic transformation, such as Vision 2030. We are looking for an experienced Lead Experience Designer to join our fast-growing local team in Riyadh. As a Lead Experience Designer, you will be the creative force driving the definition and delivery of AI-powered products and experiences. Operating within small, fast-paced, multidisciplinary pods - collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with Product Managers, Data/AI Specialists, and forward deployed engineers - you will lead end-to-end design from initial concept through to shipped products. This role combines hands-on interaction design, strategic client advisory, and foundational practice-building. You will shape how agentic AI systems behave, look, and feel while helping establish and scale local design capabilities and client relationships. Job responsibilities End-to-End Design Ownership: Lead experience design across all engagement phases. Facilitate discovery workshops, map complex user journeys, create mid-to-high fidelity concept visualisations, and build interactive prototypes. Design in parallel with engineering, testing with working prototypes rather than static handoffs. AI-Native & Agentic UX: Shape conversational, multi-modal, and autonomous agent flows. Apply core principles of trust, transparency, and user control - surfacing AI reasoning appropriately, managing uncertainty, and setting responsible AI guardrails. AI-Accelerated Practice: Leverage AI tools and platforms (such as Figma, UX Pilot, Bolt, Murai, Maze, and LLM research tools) to collapse ideation cycles and accelerate research without compromising craft or usability. Lean User Research & Testing: Conduct lightweight generative and evaluative research that matches rapid sprint cycles. Champion accessibility, inclusive design, and continuous…Sign in to see the original postingBrowse more developer jobs on RoleBurst