Lead Designer

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (in-region).
Reports to: Co-founder / CTO. Partners closely with the Head of Product (once hired).
Type: Full-time.
Languages: Arabic and English fluent.

About the Role:
The company is the digital-asset custody and infrastructure platform for the GCC, providing safe institutional crypto management, cross-chain transaction settlement, and a developer API alongside a regulated-grade console. This role exists to oversee design across three crucial areas:

• Brand: Establish the Saudi-market trust signal through fluent Arabic typography and regulator-friendly visual communication.
• Product UI: Design the institutional console, including transaction approval workflows and dashboards for permissions and audits.
• Developer Experience: Focus on documentation UX, code snippets, sandbox consoles, and the integration journey.
  Candidates must demonstrate comfort across all three design surfaces or be strong in two while showing a considerable interest in the third. Cultural fluency in the MENA region's brand voice is essential.

Responsibilities:
You will own design end-to-end, including:

• Brand Stewardship: Develop visual identity, ensure consistent voice application across web interfaces, consoles, sales materials, regulatory decks, and conference presence.
• Product Design: Lead the design process for the institutional console by partnering with Product and Engineering on all user-facing design decisions.
• Developer Experience: Direct the design of the developer's journey, encompassing the documentation site, sandbox console, API reference, integration tutorials, and code-snippet patterns.
• Design Operations: Maintain high design standards, build a team (1 to 2 product designers and a brand-focused designer within 18 months), and foster a culture of design critique and quality assurance.
• Hiring: Recruit, vet, and onboard design talent to build a Riyadh-based design team.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate as a member of the leadership team with Engineering, Product, and Compliance.

Must-Haves:

• 6+ years of design experience, with at least 2 years in a lead or managerial role for a shipped product surface that impacts customers.
• B2B SaaS or fintech background; experience designing a daily-use dashboard or console for paying customers.
• Fluency in Arabic and English; capable of selecting type, language, and tone in Arabic without translation from English.
• Portfolio demonstrating depth in at least two of the following: brand identity, B2B product UI, and developer experience surfaces.
• Experience managing at least one designer directly; performance review experience is a plus but not mandatory.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers; must have navigated constructive pushback on design implementation.
• Strong written communication skills in Arabic and English; capable of producing concise documents comprehensible within five minutes.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Background in a Saudi B2B SaaS, fintech, or regulator-adjacent organization.
• Familiarity with Figma component libraries and design-system tooling at production scale.
• Past experience designing elements for SAMA-regulated, CBUAE-regulated, or other financial regulator-facing surfaces.
• Public speaking or writing experience in design forums such as Athar Festival, Creative Summit Riyadh, IxDA, or regional design conferences.
• Relevant work alongside Developer Relations on documentation sites and experience shipping a brand identity through customer-facing rebranding or expansion initiatives.
• Familiarity with the crypto or digital-asset domains.

Location:

• Riyadh: In-office 60% to 80% of the week; hybrid arrangements are acceptable.
• Other KSA cities (Jeddah, Dammam, Al Khobar): Considered with weekly travel to Riyadh.

Working Hours:

• Sunday to Thursday during standard Saudi business hours.