Integrated Design Strategist

EPAM Continuum is seeking an Integrated Design Strategist to join our growing this client-facing strategy-forward role you will dig into complex business and consumer challenges lead research programs uncover meaningful insights and translate them into compelling ideas and actionable solutions. You will collaborate across a multidisciplinary team including experience designers engineers and data scientists to develop offerings that are consumer-driven financially viable and technically feasible.

We are looking for a strategic advisor who moves fluidly from insight to implementation owning the desired experience intent and orchestrating delivery in partnership with developers solution architects and designers. A portfolio demonstrating your work is required.

Req.#

• Lead or serve as a key contributor across all phases of strategy projects from client alignment and context-setting through insight development opportunity identification and go-to-market support
• Drive research workstreams end-to-end including crafting research plans conducting qualitative and quantitative consumer/user research and synthesizing findings into meaningful non-obvious insights
• Develop visual frameworks opportunity maps and strategic narratives to clearly articulate pain points whitespace and ideas to both internal teams and client stakeholders
• Generate and validate ideas for new products services and experiences using quantitative and qualitative approaches that balance consumer desirability business viability and technical feasibility
• Act as a strategic advisor during implementation owning the intended experience vision and collaborating with developers solution architects and designers to ensure strategic intent is delivered
• Run client workshops contribute meaningfully in client meetings and create compelling polished presentations tailored to executive and cross-functional audiences
• Work cross-functionally within a multidisciplinary team balancing independent ownership of workstreams with close collaboration across design engineering data and business strategy disciplines
• Actively engage with and apply AI tools and emerging technologies to enhance research ideation and strategy development processes

• Demonstrated experience leading user research programs and translating findings into actionable insights
• Strong command of design thinking methods ideation and brainstorming techniques sketching prototyping and concept visualization
• BA/BS or post-graduate degree in a design or creative field (e.g. design art) a behavioral field (e.g. anthropology psychology) or an analytical field (e.g. engineering business economics)
• Excellent client-facing communication and presentation skills; comfortable presenting to and facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders
• Openness and enthusiasm toward AI tools and experimentation; prior experience using AI in a research strategy or content context is a plus
• Willingness to travel approximately once per month primarily domestic US (occasional international travel may be required)