Since 1939, Philips has been a pioneer in personal care. We invented the rotary shaver, created the IPL-at-home market, and brought the unique OneBlade category to a new generation in innovative ways. Today, Philips Grooming and Beauty enters a new era with a mission to improve lives with innovative grooming and beauty solutions with a focus on people, creating meaningful experiences that delight and help them define their most authentic self from the inside out. As integral function to the business G&B Experience Design plays a crucial role in driving this transformation. We believe that good design is about creating solutions that satisfy people's needs, empower them to take care of themselves without harming the world in which we live. Our network of global design studios are the home to our craft and our people: our key differentiators. **As an** **Experience Design Director** **Shaving** **Solutions, you have the opportunity to** Lead a winning cross-competence Design team that is well integrated and recognized in the Philips Personal Health Grooming and Beauty (G&B) business. The Experience Design Director role is considered key in the development of Shaving products and solutions. In this role you will: + Drive solution creation a cross-competence project team, thinking holistically in eco-systems and end-to-end experiences covering product, digital solutions, packaging and communication from direction setting to engineering and feasibility checks and 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 Design Language System and Brand guidelines. + Drive operational excellence and efficiency, delivering appropriate design quality within budget and project parameters. + Be partnering and co creating with internal and external stakeholders, with clear and impactful communication and articulation of design decision-making. + Challenge the status quo to inspire innovation and a step-up in value towards the user. **You are responsible for** Providing creative and team leadership in all development phases like value proposition creation, advanced development, platform creation and product development. As leader of a category Design team, you can also find yourself contributing to holistic business Design Strategies, Portfolio frameworks and Business specific Design Language Systems. In this context Experience Director responsibilities include: **Strategy.** Synthesise relevant people, business and market insights for the category program, in line with overall business design program objectives. Translating business goals into design goals in consultation with Business Design Leader. **Creation.** Lead the creative output of a multi-disciplinary business category team, orchestrating solutions and experiences across touchpoints (product, digital, packaging, in-store) and working with business peers to define the creative vision for a category within overall set G&B business design platforms and quality standards. **Process/delivery.** Drive operational excellence and efficiency of the category design team in context of the E2E process, taking responsibility for the design quality of the delivery, reporting output to the Design Leader and respective business category teams. **Inspiration.** Call out the voice of the consumer. Inspire change towards internal and external stakeholders, with clear and impactful communication and articulation of category experience strategy and design direction. **People and team management.** Lead and people manage a small size team, foster effective teamwork to deliver on business and quality objectives, giving guidance to team members, being respectful and inclusive in driving performance and quality. **Quality.** Adhere to (cross) business Design quality standards. Champion harmonized experiences through platforms to ensure the most consistent and quality consumer experience along with most effective development and implementation of design elements. **To succeed in this role** You need a consumer first attitude, end-to-end experience mindset and meet the following criteria: + You have a Bachelor or Master Degree level in product or product-interaction design. + You have 10+ years’ of relevant experience in one or more relevant business domains and in one or more markets and cultures. + You are a ‘T-shaped’ Design leader with proven track record in orchestrating end-to-end experiences (cross 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 lead multidisciplinary teams and partnered with functional leaders in product, digital and communication design in order to develop fully integrated new propositions from start to end. + Preferably experience with design for Lean / Agile development Coach and motivate a team + You have experience in leading product and solution design processes from idea all the way to the technical realization. + You have in-depth knowledge of designing small or stand-alone electronic devices including product and service combinations. + You are able to create effective 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 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 are able to cooperate and influence business stakeholders **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 the lives of others. * Learn more about our business. * Discover our rich and exciting history. * Learn more about our purpose. If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.