Senior Strategic Designer: Data-Driven Innovation Leader

Bain & Company; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Bain & Company in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Strategic Designer to lead human-centered innovation from research to prototyping. You will work on data-driven strategies within the AI, Insights & Solutions team, collaborating with case teams and clients to deliver impactful experiences.

The role requires 3–5 years of product/service design experience, fluency in English, strong design thinking, and comfort with GenAI tools.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands‑on experience in digital product, service, or venture design.
• Proven ability to navigate strategic ambiguity and co‑create direction in complex contexts.
• Strong grasp of design thinking, human‑centered design, and agile ways of working.
• Fluency with tools such as Figma, Miro, and Adobe Creative Suite, as well as working comfort with GenAI tools that support design research, ideation, prototyping, and storytelling.
• Intellectual curiosity and a consulting mindset, with an interest in understanding case context, contributing to business strategy, and delivering design with clear intent and rationale.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end strategic design process, from framing and research to experimentation and delivery.
• Conduct qualitative research and synthesize insights into artifacts such as personas, journeys, and opportunity maps.
• Co-lead ideation sessions and conceptualize new experiences and business models in collaboration with case teams.
• Build storytelling assets and prototypes to bring ideas to life in fast, iterative ways.
• Run light experiments to test desirability, feasibility, and viability of new solutions.
• Collaborate with case teams, GPs, and client stakeholders, demonstrating ownership and design leadership.
• Adapt design approaches based on project goals, balancing structured frameworks with practical flexibility.
• Model strong communication and tradeoff thinking, clearly articulating rationale behind design decisions.
• Contribute to the AIS community through coaching, recruiting, IP development, and cultural initiatives.

Skills

Digital product design

Human-centered design

Design thinking

Agile

English proficiency

Tools

Figma

Miro

Adobe Creative Suite

GenAI tools

Job description

Bain & Company in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Strategic Designer to lead human-centered innovation from research to prototyping. You will work on data-driven strategies within the AI, Insights & Solutions team, collaborating with case teams and clients to deliver impactful experiences.

The role requires 3–5 years of product/service design experience, fluency in English, strong design thinking, and comfort with GenAI tools.