Principal XM Scientist

At Qualtrics we create software the worlds best brands use to deliver exceptional frontline experiences build high-performing teams and design products people love. But we are more than a platformwe are the creators and stewards of the Experience Management category serving over 18K clients globally. Building a category takes grit determination and a disdain for conventionbut most of all it requires close-knit high-functioning teams with an unwavering dedication to serving our customers.

When you join one of our teams youll be part of a nimble group thats empowered to set aggressive goals and move fast to achieve them. Strategic risks are encouraged and complex problems are solved together by passing the mic and iterating until the best solution comes to light. You wont have to look to find growth opportunitiesready or not theyll find you. From retail to government to healthcare were on a mission to bring humanity connection and empathy back to business. Join over 5000 people across the globe who think thats work worth doing.

Principal XM Scientist

Why We Have This Role

This role is crucial in delivering program consulting services to Qualtrics customers across various industries empowering them to develop and execute world-class CX Programs. Youll lead with creation of a strategic roadmap collaborating closely with clients to align on program vision design journeys and measurement strategies. By leveraging your expertise youll guide clients through organisational change driving continuous insights and helping them realise tangible business outcomes.

This person is responsible for delivery of program consulting services to Qualtrics customers across a variety of industries to help them design and run a world-class CX Program focused on transforming our clients frontline care interactions. This person will lead with a strategic roadmap to define the program direction work with clients to drive strategic executive alignment and design programs journeys and measurement strategy (surveys embedded data unstructured data dashboards closed-loop flows) to help achieve desired outcomes (such as driving operational efficiencies and cost reduction increasing revenue and customer loyalty). This individual will help clients drive organisational change and address the common CX challenge of realising value by creating a systematic approach to driving continuous insights that will help to prioritise where to focus as well as track and measure the effectiveness and associated value of actions taken.

In this role deep experience in Contact Centre Operations and/or Transformation and with design/analysis of unstructured data from call centre chat social media and review sites is crucial. This requires:

• Experience working in a Contact Centre as an agent manager or support function;
• Expertise in analysing or managing unstructured data to build strong Customer Experience programs;
• Proven experience in driving value from integrated approaches to contact centre operations (including Agent Effectiveness QAQM and digital integrations);
• Experience leading CC transformation with strong change management skills including building adoption roadmaps and aligning new processes whilst delivering business value and achieving strategic business objectives
• Experience with a range of common enterprise contact centre software solutions (e.g. Dialpad Nextiva JustCall RingCentral Avaya CloudTalk Genesys Five9).

You will engage with some of the worlds most recognizable brands to deliver services to augment their ability to execute a CX program including program design maturity assessments program reviews customer journey mapping listening post designs etc.

This highly-visible role will interface with client stakeholders at different levels of an organization to gain a deep understanding of their business needs and shape their CX Programs. This requires hands-on work in socializing influencing and implementing CX best-practices from strategic methodological and operational points of view.

You will understand industry trends shifts taking place in the experience management industry and be able to design forward-thinking impactful solutions for our clients.

How Youll Find Success

• Strategic Leadership: Lead engagements from program vision to ongoing value realization driving transformational change and continuous improvement.
• Customer Experience Expertise: Utilize your extensive CX design and delivery experience to serve as a trusted advisor translating customer needs into actionable business requirements.
• Collaborative Engagement: Foster collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and program leaders enabling successful program deployment and ongoing success.
• Analytical Proficiency: Apply strong analytical skills to derive compelling insights and recommendations tailored for executives management and front-line teams.
• Influential Communication: Effectively communicate strategic concepts and best practices through written analytical and verbal channels evangelizing key concepts and driving alignment.

How Youll Grow

• Professional Development: Opportunity to further develop expertise in CX design delivery and consulting through hands-on client engagements and thought leadership contributions.
• Leadership Development: Lead strategic sessions present to senior leadership teams and create strategic deliverables enhancing leadership and problem-solving skills.
• Industry Recognition: Contribute to consulting thought leadership and academic articles elevating visibility and recognition in the CX domain.

Things Youll Do

• Strategic Guidance: Provide post-sale consulting support to guide clients in standing up best-in-class Customer Experience Programs from program design to ongoing maturity advancement.
• Program Management: Manage engagements from program vision to organizational change continuously driving value realization and program improvement.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Foster collaborative relationships with key business stakeholders and program leaders to ensure successful program deployment and ongoing success.
• Insightful Analysis: Guide the analysis of operational customer and financial data to create compelling insights and recommendations tailored for different organizational levels.
• Strategic Content Development: Develop strategic content for consulting thought leadership and academic articles contributing to industry knowledge and best practices.

What Were Looking For On Your Resume

• CX Expertise: 10 years of CX design and delivery experience in major industry verticals.
• Educational Background: Advanced degree in a research or business-centric field preferred. Bachelors Degree required.
• Methodological Knowledge: Strong understanding of research methodology survey design and data analysis.
• Program Design: Understanding of program governance change management organizational design principles.
• Experience: Text Analytics AI-led Design Principles Contact Centers or Locations based businesses
• Communication Skills: Exceptional written analytical and verbal communication skills with experience presenting to senior leadership teams.

What You Should Know About This Team

• Collaborative Environment: We foster a collaborative culture where team members work together to drive transformative outcomes for our clients.
• Industry Impact: Joining our team means engaging with some of the worlds most recognizable brands and making a tangible difference in their CX programs.
• Growth Opportunities: Youll have ample opportunities for professional growth and development with support for further education certifications and industry recognition.
• Travel Flexibility: Willingness and ability to travel up to 25-30% as needed.

Our Teams Favourite Perks and Benefits

• Qualtrics Experience Program - A bonus each year for an experience of your choosing
• Worldwide and diverse community that enjoys helping each other
• At Qualtrics we are constantly working to create an environment where everyone feels safe and comfortable coming to work and can as a result of our culture make their best possible contribution to our team

The Qualtrics Hybrid Work Model: Our hybrid work model is elegantly simple: we all gather in the office three days a week; Mondays and Thursdays plus one day selected by your organizational leader. These purposeful in-person days in thoughtfully designed offices help us do our best work and harness the power of collaboration and innovation. For the rest of the week work where you want owning the integration of work and life.

Qualtrics is an equal opportunity employer meaning that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any other protected characteristic.

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Qualtrics is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment Qualtrics will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please let your Qualtrics contact/recruiter know.

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