Senior Business Designer
$100,000–$120,000 year
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Frame complex business problems and translate insights into viable growth opportunities for clients. Generate new ideas, business models, and go-to-market strategies while conducting market, competitive, and financial analysis to build conviction for new ventures. Synthesize research and data into clear narratives that guide decision-making and align stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams. Lead experiments and pilots to create innovation roadmaps, facilitating workshops that drive alignment and strategic momentum. Shape end-to-end innovation from early insight to market activation in breakthrough products across health, financial services, and technology industries.
Required Qualifications
- A minimum of 4 years of full-time working experience
- Strong business acumen
- Experience in business design, strategy, product management, venture building, or innovation roles
- Ability to creatively problem-solve in a business context
- Comfort working in ambiguous situations with limited direction
- Ability to interpret and communicate complex business ideas to different audiences
- Experience working across stakeholders and influencing decisions in complex organization
- Track record in making ideas real and tangible, from concept to execution roadmap, as an entrepreneur and/or intrapreneur
- Strength in synthesizing qualitative and quantitative data into clear insights, recommendations and narratives
- Strong storytelling and strategic narrative-building skills
Desired Qualifications
- MBA beneficial but not required
- Direct experience applying human-centered design approaches
- Leadership in bringing a new product or venture to market (0→1)
- Familiarity with tools (including AI) to accelerate thinking and workflow
- Client centricity
- Experience with venture building, incubation, innovation labs or product/service development
- Experience in relevant industries (financial services, healthcare, technology, manufacturing), with an understanding of complex environments such as regulation, risk, and product innovation
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