IDEO

Senior Business Designer

Chicago, IL · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$100k-$120kDetected 65 days ago

Data ScienceProduct ManagementProduct StrategyFinancial AnalysisRecruitingResearchLeadershipCommunication

About 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.
The right person for this role has strong business acumen and strategic instincts, with experience in growth strategy, product management, go-to-market execution, or venture creation.
Why is this role important for IDEO's work?

IDEO Chicago 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
Translate complexity into action by developing and leading experiments or pilots that produce insights to help create innovation roadmaps to scale recommendations in real-world contexts
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
Lead with curiosity and optimism
Collaborate generously across disciplines
Our purpose of having disproportionate, world-changing impact through design is directly connected to our ability to bring many different perspectives to the table.

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
Familiarity with tools (including AI) to accelerate thinking and workflow

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)

Vision, Dental, Healthcare
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.
Family & Caregiving: Parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Assistance, Transgender Medical Assistance, Breastmilk shipment, Back-up/Dependent Care, Pet Insurance
IDEO offers a rich benefits package including the following:
Work on breakthrough products, ventures (0→1) and strategies across industries like health, financial services, and technology

This applies to our candidates, the people we hire, the clients and customers we serve, and the communities we learn from in our research.

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