Principal - Product / Service Design & Innovation

Company: Infosys Consulting
Location: Anaheim
Posted on: June 20, 2022

Job Description:

Infosys Consulting, the management and technology consulting unit of Infosys Ltd, seeks Principal Consultants - Digital Product/ Service Design & Innovation.
Join us to be a part of a globally renowned management consulting firm on the front line of industry disruption in next-generation digital services and consulting.

Your team will be -The practice of people with curiosity, openness, and transparency. Guiding and helping each other constantly sharpen our craft and skills and create purposeful outcomes that we can identify and take pride in.
We collaborate and work on programs with other Infosys Consulting (Business Consulting) practices, Infosys Technology Solutions, and staff members from our internal Creative Design Agency, who bring in their subject matter expertise to create a truly multidisciplinary environment. We partner with our clients, combining strategy, technology, business, and thought leadership, leveraging methodologies including design thinking and service design to create breakthrough digital products and services that add value to people's lives.

You are -Strong in communication and storytelling and have a minimum of 7+ years working in Digital Products and Service Design with a restless creative, and innovative human-centric mindset and the ability to address business needs incorporate industry & market insights within your problem-solving approach.
Ideally, you will also have 2 to 3 years of experience in Digital Product Product Design/ Design realization. You would have created these solutions within at least one industry vertical: Financial Services, Insurance, Consumer Products & Goods, Retail, Life Sciences, Communications, Energy, and/ or Manufacturing with an excellent understanding of the business, technology, and operations needs endemic to each industry vertical.
Knowledgeable and have experience in at least one or more areas of UX, Information Architecture, Mobile Apps, Web - Responsive and Adaptive, Conversational, AR/VR/XR, and Metaverse Design.
And have additional experience in designing solutions for at least one or more specific platforms related to CRM, eCommerce, Mobile Apps, Conversational UI/UX, etc.

You will be responsible for -

• Using explorative, formative, summative, and evaluative research methods to extract insights on users' needs, prioritize, highlight key challenges and opportunities in the current state, apply suitable contextual ideation methods to extract innovative solutions creating competitive Digital Products and Services for future state offerings as a key part of our client's digital strategy and transformation.
• Work closely with client's business leadership, product, marketing, technology, and operations organizations to gather and map business needs, define research, design and product strategies, create the business case, experience/ journey maps, service blueprints, storyboards, user flows, concept prototypes, usability testing strategy and plans, design and plan design thinking workshops, ideation sessions, define service blueprints, digital product experience/ service architecture, roadmap and models to design, create and scale innovation
• Help our enterprise clients by igniting the future human-centric digital services and products which will vastly improve our clients' business and their customers' or employees' lives. You will create the "big ideas" and vision that will catapult both user experience and our client business to a new level.
• Create compelling experience stories, communicate Digital Product & Service Design ideas, and thought work as and when needed to senior clients and account leads to plan/facilitate alignments and provide an actionable strategy for the teams to scale these ideas and solutions.
• Facilitate Design Thinking Workshops both in-person and virtual using tools like MIRO/ MURAL etc.
• Design and develop client strategies for Digital Product/ Service Design & Innovation solutions
• Work closely and lead User Researchers, User Testers, and UX Designers while you partner with Business Designers, Technologists, and Strategists both at Client and other Infosys teams to design and create impactful solutions.
• Use Design Governance, SWOT Analysis, Feasibility Assessments, Gap Analysis, Business Cases, Capability and Capacity Assessments, etc., to communicate ideas and solutions.
• Adopt Lean, Agile, and SAFe Product Management to scale selected solutions.
• Lead and manage Product/ Service Design & Innovation engagements, artifacts creation, and delivery.
• Plan and own the quality, budget, and staffing on such engagements working closely with senior clients and/ or account managers.
• Guide, mentor, and coach teams continuously to enhance their craft and skills and share your knowledge across teams by creating thought leadership artifacts.
• Create a self-brand of an expert in the Digital Product/ Service Design & Innovation field and contribute to advancing Infosys Consulting's thought leadership in the industry.
• Contribute to business development and internal knowledge sharing initiatives
  
  We expect you to have -Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required.
  • Minimum 7 years of relevant experience with at least five years of experience at a top-tier consulting firm or large digital agency.
  • Strong background in leading teams comprising both IT and business specialists.
  • Excellent presentation and facilitation skills with the ability to build relationships with management and leadership for product and design at different levels.
  • Successful business development history, including exposure to various aspects of a typical sales cycle.
  • Must be willing and able to travel four days a week to multiple local, regional, national, and international client locations.
  • U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor work visas at this time.
    
    Preferred Qualifications
    • Master's degree in Product, Service, Interaction, or relevant Design academia.
    • Demonstratable in-depth knowledge and implementation experience to scale innovation and Digital Products using Lean, Agile, and SAFe methodologies.
    • Experience in leading programs where stakeholder engagement is a key requisite to achieving successful program/project delivery.
    • Proven ability to deliver under tight deadlines and challenging constraints.
    • Ability to collaborate within the firm and leverage existing resources.
      Demonstrate thought leadership, ability to conceptualize and drive new solution/service offerings and take them to market
      This job may entail an extensive amount of travel. The job also entails sitting and working at a computer for extended periods. Should be able to communicate by telephone, email, or face to face.
      Please note that this description does not cover or contain a comprehensive listing of the employee's activities, duties, or responsibilities required.
      About UsInfosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.
      EOE/Minority/Female/Veteran/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin

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