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Senior Business Designer
San Francisco, CA · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$100k-$120kDetected 91 days ago
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About the role
- Creatively problem-solve by generating new ideas, viable business models, value propositions and go-to-market strategies for new products, services, and ventures, exploring unconventional or hidden solutions in a business context
- Synthesize research, data, and insights into clear narratives that guide decision-making and align stakeholders
- At IDEO, we help clients move forward when the path isn't clear - whether driven by ambition, responding to disruption, or breaking out of entrenched ways of working.
Responsibilities
- IDEO San Francisco is in search of a Senior Business Designer who will frame complex business problems, translate insights into viable growth opportunities, and drive ideas toward real-world activation.
- Build an understanding of IDEO's client organizations, and partner with clients to drive change and innovation within their teams and organizations
- Conduct market, competitive, and financial analysis to identify new and emerging opportunities, inform decisions, shape business cases, and build conviction for new ideas
- Collaborate in multidisciplinary teams with designers across all creative and technical disciplines (design research, interaction design, data science, communication design, etc.)
- Facilitate client workshops and conversations that drive alignment, momentum, and strategic decisions
- Continuously grow with, as well as upskill, the Business Design craft through knowledge sharing and bringing unique perspectives to the greater IDEO community
- Experience in business design, strategy, product management, venture building, or innovation roles
- Our purpose of having disproportionate, world-changing impact through design is directly connected to our ability to bring many different perspectives to the table.
- Direct experience applying human-centered design approaches, or signals of this skillset
- Lead with curiosity and optimism
Requirements
- i.e., broad knowledge or exposure to strategy, marketing, finance, operations, product development, organizational design, etc - MBA beneficial but not required
- Ability to creatively problem-solve in a business context, i.e. generate multiple alternative ways to address feasibility, viability, and desirability, including ways that are not obvious
- Track record in making ideas real and tangible, from concept to execution roadmap, as an entrepreneur and/or intrapreneur, and bringing others along with you
- Experience with venture building, incubation, innovation labs or product/service development
Skills
- Qualified candidates for this role will have:
- Comfort working in ambiguous situations with limited direction, independently shaping problem definitions and approaches
- Ability to interpret and communicate complex business ideas to different audiences, through text, visual, and verbal communications
- Experience working across stakeholders and influencing decisions in complex organization
- Strong storytelling and strategic narrative-building skills
- Standout candidates for this role will bring:
- Leadership in bringing a new product or venture to market (0→1)
Compensation
- The salary range for this role is $100,000-120,000 USD.
Benefits
- Vision, Dental, Healthcare
- Parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Assistance, Transgender Medical Assistance, Breastmilk shipment, Back-up/Dependent Care, Pet Insurance
- Flexible Work, Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays, Annual Education Stipend, Home Office Stipend
- At IDEO, we are committed to the work of advancing diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization and in the world.
- Experience in relevant industries (financial services, healthcare, technology, manufacturing), with an understanding of complex environments such as regulation, risk, and product innovation
- Work on breakthrough products, ventures (0→1) and strategies across industries like health, financial services, and technology
- Contribute to a portfolio deeply rooted in real-world, applied innovation with Midwestern makers, healthcare leaders, financial institutions, and digital product organizations
Company info
- The role: At IDEO, we help clients move forward when the path isn't clear - whether driven by ambition, responding to disruption, or breaking out of entrenched ways of working.
- This applies to our candidates, the people we hire, the clients and customers we serve, and the communities we learn from in our research.
This listing is sourced directly from IDEO's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.