Senior Strategic Designer

What you’ll do

• Work on early design concepts for strategically relevant product and innovation projects, independently or in collaboration with product design teams.
• Conduct discovery studies to explore the art of possibilities for design and product directions.
• Set up product and design experiments to validate concepts and product hypothesis with end-users.
• Drive strategic initiatives that touch on multiple products of SAP Signavio portfolio to create and unlock synergy between product capabilities.
• Run usability evaluations and identify opportunities for improvement in portfolio products, conduct competitive analyses and stakeholders’ input reviews to provide big picture context and drive vision.
• Partner with UX researchers to facilitate larger-scale strategic research projects that contribute to fundamental understanding of key personas, user needs, context of work, and beyond. 
• Facilitate design sprints and workshops with small and large groups – from planning activities, engaging participants, to drawing out and documenting insights.
• Participate in SAP Signavio innovation efforts and contribute both with user experience design and de-risking and testing activities.

 
 
 
What you bring

• Strong (interaction) design skills and the ability to translate research findings into compelling and scalable product concepts.
• Previous experience within agile product / venture development, or innovation teams.
• Familiarity with popular software tools for user experience / design: Figma, Material Design standards, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch and Abstract.
• Thorough knowledge of UX methodologies and artefacts (wireframes, personas, flows).
• Knowledge of different UX research approaches and validation methods.
• In-depth analytical skills, structured and data-driven working approach and good interpersonal skills.
• Strong system thinking and the ability to structure and navigate areas of high complexity
• A proactive self-starting attitude, comfortable with aligning with all types of stakeholders.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including an ability to manage and negotiate expectations for timelines and scope.
• Relevant experience in B2B / Enterprise tool design / research would be a plus.
• Fluent communication in English