Service Designer Team Lead

🏢 Global Corporation
📍 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesFull-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: 1w ago🔄 Updated: 1w ago
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We are seeking an experienced Service Designer Team Lead to spearhead the design and transformation of customer experiences across physical, digital, and assisted-service channels. The role involves owning service experience design standards, leading the redesign of key services (fuel, EV charging, LPG, car wash, VIP services), and facilitating co-design workshops. A key aspect is establishing a persona-led journey design approach and identifying customer pain points for service improvement. The successful candidate will build, lead, and coach a service design team, ensuring design standards are translated into frontline processes and training. This role requires strong stakeholder management and collaboration with operations, IT, human capital, and customer service functions. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience in service design or CX transformation, with a strong understanding of service design methodologies and proven leadership capabilities.
Required Skills
Other
service design methodologiesjourney mappingexperience principles
Design, Content & Media
User Personas
Engineering, Construction & Trades
Blueprints
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
ResearchStakeholder ManagementCommunicationPresentation SkillsProblem Solving
Education & Training
Facilitation
Nice to have:
Other
service design
Requirements
Requires 7+ years of experience in service design, CX, or experience design, with proven experience leading transformation initiatives and designing end-to-end customer journeys across multiple channels. Must have demonstrated experience facilitating workshops, understanding service design methodologies, and previous team lead/managerial experience. Strong stakeholder management, communication, presentation, facilitation, and problem-solving skills are essential. Experience in large, complex, customer-facing organizations is highly preferred.
Description
Job description / Role Job Type Full Time Job Location Abu Dhabi, UAE Nationality Any Nationality Salary Not Specified Gender Not Specified Arabic Fluency Not Specified Job Function Customer Service Company Industry Oil & Gas / Energy We are looking for an experienced service designer – team lead to lead the design and transformation of customer experiences across physical, digital, and assisted-service channels. The successful candidate will own service experience design standards, lead the redesign of key customer-facing services, facilitate structured co-design workshops, and establish a persona-led journey design approach. The role will also involve building and leading a small service design team and working closely with operations, IT, human capital, quality & training, and customer service functions. Key responsibilities Own and establish service experience design standards across physical, digital, and assisted-service channels. Lead the redesign of key energy and mobility services, including:     Fuel     EV charging     LPG     Car wash     VIP/value-added customer services Plan and facilitate structured ideation and co-design workshops with individual service lines and key stakeholders. Establish a persona-anchored journey design methodology, ensuring design priorities are aligned with key customer segments. Identify customer pain points, opportunities, and service improvements across end-to-end customer journeys. Prioritize service design initiatives and recommend where design investment will deliver the greatest customer and business impact. Build, lead, coach, and develop a service design team, including a service design specialist and analyst. Represent service design in cross-functional delivery and governance reviews with operations, IT, human capital, and other relevant stakeholders. Partner with quality & training and call & service center teams to ensure service design standards are effectively translated into frontline processes, scripts, and training materials. Ensure consistency between the intended customer experience and the experience delivered across frontline and digital touchpoints. Develop service blueprints, customer journey maps, personas, experience principles, and other service design deliverables as required. Drive stakeholder alignment and ensure service design recommendations are translated into actionable implementation plans. Requirements 7+ years of experience in service design, customer experience (CX), experience design, or a closely related field. Proven experience leading service design or CX transformation initiatives across multiple customer touchpoints. Strong experience designing end-to-end customer journeys across physical, digital, and assisted-service channels. Demonstrated experience facilitating ideation, co-design, and stakeholder workshops. Strong understanding of service design methodologies, including journey mapping, personas, service blueprints, customer research, and experience principles. Previous experience in a team lead / managerial capacity, including coaching or managing service design professionals. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively across business, operations, technology, and customer-facing functions. Experience translating service design concepts into frontline processes, scripts, training, and operational standards. Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and problem-solving skills. Ability to work onsite in Abu Dhabi for the full 3-month contract. Experience working in large, complex, customer-facing organizations is highly preferred. Contract details Contract: 3 months Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE Work arrangement: Onsite Availability: Candidates must be available to work onsite in Abu Dhabi for the duration of the contract. Apply Now
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