Head of Design – AI Products

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Head of Design to build and lead a world‑class design function for a portfolio of AI‑native products at oryxsearch.io. This senior role will shape how users interact with next‑generation AI systems, delivering intuitive, trustworthy and impactful experiences at scale.

Key responsibilities

• Define and communicate the overall design vision and quality standards across multiple AI products.
• Recruit, mentor and lead a multidisciplinary design team, including product designers, UX researchers and content designers.
• Develop and scale a unified design system to ensure consistency and efficiency across the product suite.
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to influence strategy, roadmap and feature decisions.
• Champion design excellence and embed user‑centred thinking throughout the organisation.
• Design intuitive AI‑powered experiences such as conversational interfaces, intelligent workflows and agentic systems, prioritising trust and transparency.
• Leverage AI tools throughout the design lifecycle from research and ideation to prototyping and testing.
• Establish a robust user‑research practice and integrate qualitative insights and product analytics into continuous improvement.
• Define design operations, collaboration workflows and hand‑off processes to engineering.

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience in product or digital design, with a strong portfolio of AI‑focused solutions.
• Proven track record of building and scaling high‑performing design teams.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments and shaping design from the ground up.
• Strong collaboration skills with product and engineering stakeholders.

Required skills

• AI tools
• Design systems
• Conversational AI
• Product Design
• Recommendation systems
• Digital Design
• User Research
• UX
• Automation