Senior Product Designer

We are incubating a company focused on building AI products and unlocking cross-portfolio value through a centralized data platform and AI-powered solutions that drive efficiency, profitability, and innovation across our operating companies.

Aligned with the UAE’s bold vision for AI leadership, we are shaping the future of data-driven governance and building the next generation of AI products with regional and global impact.

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Product Designer with 8+ years of relevant experience.

The Senior Product Designer is a hands-on individual contributor who owns end-to-end product design for AI and data products across the ADQ portfolio. You will translate ambiguous business problems into intuitive, elegant experiences that work in real operational environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and design for new AI solutions from concept to shipped experience (research, flows, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, prototypes)
• Confident using AI design tools (e.g., Figma AI/Figma Make, Lovable, Replit, other generative UI tools) to accelerate wireframes, UI explorations, and prototypes
• Partner with Senior AI Product Managers and the AI Solutions team to shape problem statements, use cases, and success metrics
• Design multi-surface experiences (web, mobile, dashboards, conversational UIs) that fit into existing OpCo workflows
• Run user research and usability testing with business and technical stakeholders across OpCos and Contango
• Create and maintain design systems and components for the company's products to ensure consistency and speed
• Collaborate closely with engineering on implementation details and edge cases; support design QA
• Document design decisions and rationale to enable reuse across OpCos and products
• Mentor junior designers and contribute to design culture, rituals, and best practices

Candidate Requirements

• 8+ years in product/UX design for digital products, preferably B2B or enterprise SaaS
• Strong portfolio showing complex workflows, data-heavy interfaces, or AI-powered experiences
• Comfortable with basic vibe coding (simple HTML/CSS, basic JS or similar) to understand implementation constraints and collaborate effectively with engineers
• Uses AI tools for research synthesis, design documentation, and variant exploration, while owning final judgment and ensuring outputs are accurate, on-brand, and human-quality
• Comfortable with Figma (or similar), prototyping tools, and design systems
• Experience partnering with product, engineering, and customer stakeholders
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills
• Must know how to vibe code and can use AI to create prototypes

Disclaimer:

This job posting is not open to recruitment agencies. Any candidate profile submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered as being received directly from an applicant. Contango reserves the right to contact the candidate directly, without incurring any obligations or liabilities for payment of any fees to the recruitment agency.