Director II Experience Design, Platforms

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Chicago, IL
Senior level
AdTech • eCommerce • Food • Marketing Tech • Retail
We provide cutting-edge, seamless omnichannel experiences for customers—no matter when, where or how they choose to shop
The Role
The Director II - Experience Design is responsible for leading the UX strategy and execution to enhance digital customer experiences and eCommerce penetration. This position involves developing a UX vision and strategy, prioritizing product roadmaps, and mentoring a cross-functional team to deliver innovative design solutions while collaborating with various stakeholders.
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Address: USA-IL-Chicago-300 South Riverside Plaza
Store Code: User Interface/User Experience (5157598)
Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.
Primary Purpose
The Director II - Experience Design will be responsible for the end-to-end experience strategy and execution focused on eCommerce penetration, personalization, and delivering an above-standard digital customer experience. This role requires a visionary leader with a deep understanding of both customer-facing user experiences and the associated backend technologies. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in driving eCommerce growth, building and improving design systems, enhancing customer satisfaction, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver innovative and effective product solutions. Their leadership style inspires teams to do their best work.
Duties and Responsibilities• UX Strategy and Vision:
o Develop and articulate a clear UX vision and strategy that drives eCommerce penetration and enhances digital customer experiences.
o Identify market opportunities, customer needs, and competitive landscape to inform product direction.
o Define and prioritize product roadmaps and initiatives that align with business goals and objectives, ensuring alignment across the overall company strategy with clearly defined outcomes and OKRs.
o Infuse a multi-channel mindset that leads with mobile context first.
o Track product performance to inform future work.
o Champion human-centered design, driving best practice for problem framing and synthesis of customer and business insights.
o Influence organization level strategic roadmap discussions alongside Product and Engineering leadership
o Lead a team of creative and engineering professionals focused on fostering and improving our world-class design system, promoting standards and integrating feedback and changes into the design system and to web components as appropriate
o This role will have a heavy influence on the AI strategy across our digital platform
o Lead interactions with Engineering to ensure implemented designs align to design specifications
o Act as the owner approving readiness from a design perspective• Customer and Associate Experience Leadership:
o Lead the overall development of intuitive, user-friendly, and engaging customer-facing digital experiences.
o Remit ownership across core UX touchpoints that will set the standard across all our digital channels
o Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and other key functional leaders, to create seamless and delightful user journeys.
o Fluent in user experience design, research, and content strategy processes and practices - This role will partner closely with peer Directors in UX Research, Product Management, and Engineering.
o Communicates a compelling, convincing product story to a variety of audiences in a way that inspires excitement and support of the product, and influences buy-in from key stakeholders• Cross-Functional Leadership:
o Lead and mentor a team of experience designers, while also working with and mentoring product managers, developers, and other cross-functional team members.
o Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture that encourages creativity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
o Coordinate with partners across brand success, marketing, customer support, and other departments to ensure alignment and successful product launches.
o A strong storyteller
o Experience growing and leading high-performing design teams• Performance and Analytics:
o Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and impact on acquisition, retention, loyalty engagement, and monetization.
o Utilize data-driven insights to make informed product decisions and optimize the customer journey.
o Work closely with the Experimentation team to foster an environment of continuous learning and innovation• Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our Values.
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At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent. Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.
We offer an experience where our associates are valued; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are infused in our business and our employees are representative of the communities that we serve. We believe in total wellness, which encompasses a blend of physical, financial and emotional wellness.
We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.
Job Requisition: 409261_external_USA-IL-Chicago

Top Skills

Ecommerce
Ux Design
The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
10,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more. Our team includes some of the best and brightest talent from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from decades-long careers in retail to fresh perspectives from outside our industry. With a purpose-driven culture grounded in our values of courage, care, integrity, teamwork and humor, we are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued. Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable the brands we support to nourish their customers and communities. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.

As part of the largest grocery retail group on the East Coast, we understand our vital role in enabling healthier people and a healthier planet and have an ongoing commitment to driving sustainable change that leads to a thriving food system, nourishes local communities, and creates a better world.

Why Work With Us

We love fresh perspectives, not just fresh produce. We believe that a diverse workplace fosters creativity, accelerates innovation, and helps us create an even better product. At PDL, you’ll find coworkers who are caring and committed, and who focus on dreaming big and getting things done.

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