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; Description: This position is responsible for working on the core project teams. This individual must be proficient with collaboratively lead the design of product initiatives, making sense of user needs and delivering designs and features that address unmet client needs and elevate their experience. We are looking for an innovator who excels in engaging clients and internal partners, mapping patterns, and busting complexity in partnership with product and business models in the pursuit of breakthrough solutions that may invent or disrupt the industry.
; ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ; Key responsibilities of this role: Understands HCD and Lean/Agile methodologies and performs key activities using these methodologies and respective tools.Collaborates and communicates effectively using modern suite of available tools.Conducts research and analysis of complex problem spaces leveraging primary & secondary research, and turns research into user centered insights, problems and solutions.Actively participates (and may lead) in user interviews and other activities with stakeholders, SMEs.Through user exploration and testing cycles, gather requirements, generate shared understanding, work through tradeoffs, produce ideas, and deliver optimal solutions.Ability to partner with various stakeholders and business partner groupsLeads discussions, working sessions, and workshops through active planning, collaboration, strong questioning, action items, and sharing knowledge.Embodies the mindset of an innovator e.g. curiosity, tenacity, collaboration, flexibility, creativity, comfort with ambiguity, problem solving.Leads in preparing and delivering effective and compelling presentations for governance board.Conducts market analysis, determines competitor landscape, and business creation.Builds trust through exemplifying embedded user-centered product design to the organizationContinuous learning through self-study, engagement with the innovation community, and professional development opportunities (e.g. books, workshops, conferences, certifications).Leads communication on metrics to team, management, and any impacted stakeholders.Develops best practices by scouting and standardizing market research methods for novel ideas and insights; strategic innovation; promoting open innovation; and introducing group tools and processes that encourage creative thinking.Maintains relationships internally and externally that help facilitate rapid, scrappy experimentation by borrowing smarts, resources, or permission from othersLeads or participate in other projects or duties.General understanding of Clients organization, business lines, and competitive environment is a plusOccasional travel required.
; KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to think outside the boxTeam playerAbility to work with external partners, cross functional teams and customers as neededBusiness finance fundamentals is preferredStrategic thinker with the ability to build and execute innovative digital products, combined with tactical ability to execute simultaneously against multiple competing prioritiesStrong communication, active listening, critical thinking, and presentation skillsPassionate about the corporate innovation, Client business lines, industry trends, eventsAbility to work and manage projects independently. Ability to work without supervisionExperience working with teams comprised of a variety of skills (customer development, experience design, software development, marketing, project management, education, ops)Can apply HCD and Lean/Agile methodologies of solving user problems, designing for ideal experience, ideating expansively, prioritization based on validation and learnings cycles, collaborating and iterating and testing early, nimbly, and oftenCan demonstrate comfort with ambiguity and change, and introduce strong thinking, planning, and activities to identify the best solutionsWork autonomously, anticipate issues & challenges, propose solutions prior to being promptedCan confidently plan and follow well-established approaches to solve problemsCan demonstrate knowledge and application of one or more design competencies e.g. market research, business case creation, competitor landscape, technology assessment, user research, content strategy, information architecture, interaction design, user interface design, visual design, usability testing, etc.Proficiency in any one of the following common design tools or platforms (Invision, Figma, Marvel, XD, Studio, Sketch) is a plusLiterate with front-end technologies and standards (e.g. HTML 5, CSS 3, WCAG compliance), how these inform your work, and how to effectively communicate with developers and architects in their own language is a plusLiterate in specifically in machine learning tools and libraries is a major plus ;
; EDUCATION, TRAINING: Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Innovation Management or equivalentFour (4) years plus experience working in an innovation or product management/development environment required at an innovation consulting firm, a design firm and/or within a corporate innovation teamPrior experience working in Startup/Incubator environment, Product Teams, Digital Agencies (Design Think/Agile), Corporate Innovation, and/or Strategy Consulting preferredOr equivalent combination of education and/or experience ; Education: Bachelors Degree
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