Senior Strategic Desier ‏ in Berlin bei Henkel

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 50,000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

Dare to make an impact?

YOUR ROLE

• Steer the corporate venture building from the desirability perspective in the early phase of the innovation funnel
• Coordinate and ensure the desirability stream in business building until the end of the prototyping phase and align with the viability and feasibility streams of the venture team
• Manage external market researchers and recruitment agencies to enable the user & expert interviews as well as quantitative surveys
• Conduct user & expert research via (remote) interviews and other qualitative and quantitative methods, synthesize the results to strategically frame actions for the venture
• Develop and iterate the method-portfolio of our design-team and communicate to internal stakeholders and business partners
• Coach and upskill counterparts from Strategic Business Units concerning user centricity, e.g. user research methodology and prototyping
• Iteratively design, test and refine disruptive services and apply the art of storytelling via user journeys, service blueprints, personas / archetypes etc.
• Contribute to conceptualization and refining implications/specifications, business modelling & strategic foresight in the venture team

YOUR SKILLS

• Completed education (Master degree) and 8 years of work experience in the field of Strategic Design, Innovation Management, Strategic Management, UX-Design, UI-Design, UX-Research, Psychology or another relevant program
• Experience in customer insights management and qualitative & quantitative research methodology
• Solid experience in visual storytelling through the use of tools, e.g. Figma, Adobe etc.
• A passion for human-centered design as a means to problem-solving
• Intrapreneurial mindset and resilience in a corporate venture context
• Strong creative, communicative and facilitation skills
• Fluent English (spoken and written), German is advantageous
• Extensive interpersonal and teaming skills, empathy and willingness to work in interdisciplinary teams in a corporate environment
• Availability as of October 2023 in the Berlin office of Henkel

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to gender, origin, culture, mindset, generation, disability, religion and sexual orientation.