Manager, Client Experience Design Strategist (Contract)
Job Summary
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
The CX & Digital Design team at RBC Insurance is looking for a CX Design Strategist (Manager) to join us! You will re-imagine client journeys and create design strategies to drive adoption of new experiences for RBC insurance. In this role, you will report into the Senior Design Strategist, and you will be responsible for supporting and assisting the team in building out a robust client experience design practice in a highly agile, fast-paced and innovative environment.
What will you do?
Uncover valuable client and employee insights and translate them into a clear set of needs and opportunities for innovation
Help develop and execute different approaches to achieve research outcomes: from high-level strategic visioning, to client needs exploration, to journey mapping, prototyping and experimentation
Contribute to designing solutions with cross-functional teams that can be executed as strategies or developed as products
Inspire and lead the cross-functional teams through HCD processes, providing strategy, insights and process design, to facilitate effective, creative problem solving team direction and decisions
Provide recommendations that inform user experience design and influence product design
Support the evolution and development of techniques, processes and frameworks as best practice tools and processes to apply to customer experience design challenges
What do you need to succeed?
Must have
An undergraduate Degree with a preference for a degree in Sociology, Psychology, Strategic Design, HCD, innovation or a related field
A minimum of 5 years of experience in consumer research, design, design strategy, multi-stakeholder projects/engagements, workshops to drive prioritization and comfort in leading an end to end design thinking process
Proven experience in developing customer experience journey maps, personas, monitoring concept to execution in a large complex organization and excellent ability to build strategic narratives and bring them to life as well as monitoring trends and innovation opportunities
Multi-disciplinary experience or experience in a combination of a minimum of three of the following: Consumer Experience, Digital User Experience, Strategic Design, Product Design, innovation Strategy
Strong consultative skills, work experience and a demonstrated ability to provide advice and expertise on multiple complex, high impact, and mission critical initiatives simultaneously
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Well-developed impact and influence skills
Nice to have
Experience working in a large matrix organization or corporate environment
Experience working in financial services or adjacent industries
Background in Digital Design or Product Design
Special Conditions
Please note this is a 12 month contract position.
Whats in it for you?
A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
A dedicated manager who will support, coach, and work with you to develop an individual career growth plan
The ability to drive transformation and shape the future of the business
A healthy work/life balance with non-negotiable value for your time
Being part of an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team
Job Skills
Additional Job Details
Address:
180 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO
City:
TORONTO
Country:
Canada
Work hours/week:
- 5
Employment Type:
Full time
Platform:
INSURANCE
Job Type:
Contract (Fixed Term)
Pay Type:
Salaried
Posted Date:
2025-01-09
Application Deadline:
2025-01-16
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment
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We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.
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