Karim Hijazi

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Head of Design at Glade Mobility | ex-Teva

Glade Mobility
Muscat, Oman · GST (UTC+4)
14+ years experience
American University of Beirut
English, Arabic
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Overview

Currently at Glade Mobility, where I lead user research with a team of 10. Built a component library 28 engineers ship with every day. Before that: Teva and First Abu Dhabi Bank. I speak at conferences a couple of times a year.

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Skills
usability testingjobs to be donecomponent librariesinterviewssynthesis
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Hiring a senior product designer for the research team - Muscat or remote

Role
Senior product designer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Compensation
$142k-$179k + equity
Team
Research, 14 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
A portfolio of shipped product work Comfort working directly with engineers Comfort with ambiguity
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp AED 33k-66k a month. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Muscat, Oman · remote OKusability testingsynthesisjobs to be done
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Experience

  1. Head of Design
    Jun 2023 - Present
    Glade Mobility · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
    • Ran 98 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.
    • Brought the research flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.
    • Cut support tickets about research by 38% with clearer copy and states.
  2. Product Designer
    Jan 2020 - Jun 2023
    Teva · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
    • Shipped the research redesign that lifted task completion 19%.
  3. Product Designer
    Aug 2018 - Jan 2020
    First Abu Dhabi Bank · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
    • Shipped the research redesign that lifted task completion 36%.
    • Cut support tickets about research by 35% with clearer copy and states.
  4. UX Researcher
    Dec 2014 - Jul 2018
    Google · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
    • Ran 47 usability sessions and turned them into a research repository.
  5. Product Designer
    Oct 2012 - Dec 2014
    Mashreq · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Muscat, Oman
    • Built a component library 76 engineers ship with every day.
    • Brought the research flows to WCAG 2.2 AA.

Projects

Side project: a budgeting app
2026

Built with jobs to be done and synthesis. 3462 people used it last year.

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Education

  1. American University of Beirut
    BE, Psychology
    2008 - 2012

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