Senior Design Strategist
Senior Design Strategist
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Job Description
Welcome to Normative
At Normative we are committed to solving valuable problems through human-centered design consulting. Our team operates at the intersection of strategy product design and technology helping organizations navigate complexity and drive meaningful innovation.
We believe that exceptional design comes from true partnerships where collaboration is built on transparency trust and shared ownership. Our expertise in specialized problem-solving enables us to tackle hard challenges leveraging deep domain knowledge and a user-first mindset.
If you thrive in ambiguous and complex environments seek to design for real impact and believe in the power of collaboration and innovation Normative is the right place for you.
About This Role
Were seeking a Senior Design Strategist to join our growing team. You will lead and contribute to strategy engagements across multiple client projects helping organizations uncover opportunities define approaches and translate ideas into actionable pathways forward.
Youll collaborate closely with designers researchers and technologists to bring insight foresight and strategic thinking into every phase of work. You are adept at making sense of complexity facilitating alignment and developing compelling strategies that guide implementation.
Experience working in agency or consultancy settings is required.
Experience in health or pharmaceutical sectors is a strong asset.
Work Eligibility & Location
Normative is a fully remote team and culture. This role requires candidates to be located and eligible to work in Canada with the ability to travel for work within North America and the EU (up to 25 % of the time). As a remote team who values flexibility our core working hours are 10:00 am - 4:00pm EST.
What youll do
- Design and lead strategic activities including stakeholder research industry trend analysis service and business model exploration and hypothesis-driven validation.
- Collaborate with clients to uncover challenges align goals and shape product service and business model strategies.
- Design and facilitate co-design workshops and collaborative sessions with clients and stakeholders.
- Translate insights and ambiguity into structured opportunities clearly defined paths forward and compelling deliverables.
- Work across disciplines to integrate strategy into service design UX product development and implementation.
- Develop visual and written strategic artifacts including frameworks narratives roadmaps and models that inform decisions and guide teams.
- Contribute to the development and evolution of Normatives strategic methods approaches and points of view.
What youll bring
- 47 years of experience in strategy innovation service design or adjacent domains including experience delivering this work in agency or consultancy environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in framing challenges leading research and synthesis and designing clear strategic pathways.
- Comfort operating in ambiguous complex or highly regulated domains.
- Experience facilitating strategic sessions and communicating direction to executive audiences.
- Familiarity with business model design service blueprints and systems mapping.
- Strong visual and written communication skills including experience creating presentations and strategic artifacts.
- Experience in health pharma or other regulated industries.
- Ability to work autonomously while contributing to collaborative teams.
Working at Normative:
At Normative we offer a place where curious driven people can do the best work of their careers in an environment built for autonomy mastery and impact. We are a fully remote highly collaborative team designed to support independent thinkers who thrive in complexity ambiguity and high-accountability environments.
We take on hard problems that matter spanning strategy UX service design and technology. You wont just execute - youll shape solutions drive impact and push boundaries.
We operate with high trust and high accountability. You own your work manage your time and contribute at a high level - without micromanagement. We stay connected through deliberate collaboration a well-defined organizational cadence and shared rituals.
We expect ownership directness and bravery but we also value introspection creativity and a positive mindset.
We push for excellence while fostering continuous learning and growth.
We invest in our team with fair clearly defined salary ranges. The expected base salary range for a new hire in this role is listed above. The annual base salary offered is determined by each candidates relevant knowledge skills education training and experience. It is aligned to ensure both internal and external competitiveness using market data for the geographic location and industry.
We offer meaningful career growth opportunities and a commitment to well-being. We support professional development sustainable ways of working and long-term success - for both our people and our company.
At Normative we aim to foster an environment where everyone feels included and valued. This is demonstrated in our values how we treat one another and our hiring practices. Diversity inclusion and belonging are core to our daily work. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples racialized people people with disabilities gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. If you require any type of accommodation throughout the recruitment process please indicate this on your application and well work to meet your needs. For further questions on accessibility reach out to us at .
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
