Design Team Lead - 12 Months Contract - On-Site - UAE - Octopus by RTG
Role purpose:
Lead the enterprise Design Studio as a scalable design function, combining people leadership,
DesignOps, Figma and DLS governance, production-grade AI design, and strong executive stakeholder influence.
Key Responsibilities
1. Team Leadership
• Lead and develop a large multidisciplinary team across UX, UI, Product Design, Design Systems and DesignOps.
• Assess current team skills, seniority and capacity; maintain a skills matrix and close gaps through hiring and
upskilling.
• Allocate designers by project need, complexity and capacity, and build the next layer of design leadership.
2. DesignOps & Scaled Design Process
• Define a scalable design lifecycle from intake to UX, UI, Design QA, developer handover and release.
• Set clear gates, Definition of Done and SLAs for projects, BAU requests, audits and change requests.
• Manage demand, capacity and priorities, and track KPIs such as turnaround, rework, DLS adoption and stakeholder
satisfaction.
3. Figma Enterprise & DLS Governance
• Own the structure and governance of a complex Figma Enterprise environment: teams, projects, libraries, access
and file lifecycle.
• Ensure approved designs are clearly separated from working, experimental and archived files.