Experience Design Director - Beauty

As Experience Design Director - Beauty, you have the opportunity to lead a winning end-to-end experience design team that is well integrated and recognized in our Personal Health Grooming and Beauty (G&B) business.

Your role:

• Drive solution creation, thinking holistically in eco-systems and end-to-end experiences covering product, digital solutions, packaging and communication from direction setting to feasibility checks in implementation.
• Create user-focused strategies, innovations, and experiences leveraging user testing and validation, considering usability, sustainability, and appropriate visual and verbal articulation in line with Brand guidelines.
• Drive operational excellence and efficiency, delivering appropriate design quality within budget and project parameters.
• Partner and co-create with internal and external stakeholders, with clear and impactful communication.
• Challenge the status quo to inspire innovation and a step-up in value towards the user.

You're the right fit if:

• You’ve acquired 10+ years of relevant experience in one or more business domains and in one or more markets and cultures.
• Your skills include:
  • You are a ‘T-shaped’ Design leader with a proven track record in orchestrating end-to-end experiences (across Product, UX, user interaction, and service design).
  • You have excellent analytical & conceptual skills to increase domain knowledge, create relevant insights leading to meaningful and innovative solutions that appropriately address user needs.
  • You have successfully led multidisciplinary teams and partnered with functional leaders in product, digital, and communication design.
  • You have experience leading product and solution design processes from idea to technical realization.
  • You have in-depth knowledge of designing small or stand-alone electronic devices including product and service combinations.
  • You can create impactful visual languages and understand the meaning and effect of these on the brand, audience, market, and culture.
  • You are continuously aware of current trends through fashion, art, design, and digital-related products through market research.
• You have a Bachelor or Master’s Degree in product or product-interaction design or similar.
• You have a professional, ambitious, and collaborative mindset. You have a strong narrative ability in visual, verbal, and written communication. You communicate fluently in English; Chinese (Mandarin) is a plus, and you are able to cooperate with and influence business stakeholders.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.