Innovation & UX Lead

Primary Details

Time Type:
Full time

Worker Type:
Employee

Location:

Madison, Wisconsin;
Atlanta, Georgia;
New York City, New York

Work Arrangement:
This role is hybrid, where you will be expected to be in the office 2-3 days per week.

Salary Range: $ - $

The purpose of this role is to design user-focused digital experiences, interfaces, and interactions in alignment with the Global QBE Digital Experience Language. Working closely with stakeholders, the role aims to deliver digital solutions that meet the needs of business stakeholders and contribute to achieving business outcomes.

• Establish and scale the Human Centred Design (HCD) / User Experience practice, including defining standards, tools, governance, and ways of working.
• Promote design thinking and share knowledge, skills, and tools, including building and maintaining scalable HCD/UX toolkits and playbooks to enable consistent and self-service application across delivery teams.
• Recruit, develop, and manage human‑centred designers to enable the delivery of HCD capability.
• Oversee HCD application across programs of work, including operational management, reporting, and practice‑level performance measures (e.g., adoption, reuse, outcomes).
• Develop and implement customer‑led strategies in large programs, focusing on customer design thinking and translating strategy into implementation.
• Lead a portfolio of Human Centred Design (HCD) projects, collaborating across the business to design customer experience solutions.
• Engage and manage stakeholders up to the executive level to understand strategic priorities and commercial context.
• Apply a Human Centred Design lens to business ecosystems to identify, describe, and prioritise customer needs.
• Design and execute research to understand customer, partner, and employee needs, analysing qualitative and quantitative data to derive insights.
• Understand customer trends, best practices in HCD, and competitive influences on the QBE group to provide thought leadership.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory and legislative obligations, incorporating QBE procedures into the day‑to‑day work environment.

• A Tertiary Degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Experience in User Interface and User Experience Design.
• Experience delivering UI and UX within an agile environment.
• Experience with A/B and multivariate testing.
• Experience interpreting analytics and testing results, preferably with Google Analytics.
• Familiarity with commercial insurance products and processes, such as underwriting, policy lifecycle (new business, renewals, endorsements), and broker/agent distribution models.
• Experience in the Financial Services industry, particularly insurance, would be beneficial.

The salary range for this role is $ - $. This is the national range for the listed locations. Beyond the base salary, eligible employees will also be part of QBE’s annual discretionary bonus plan based on business and individual performance.

• Hybrid working – mix of working from home and in the office.
• 22 weeks of paid leave for family growth, with 12 weeks available to all parents on a gender-equal basis.
• Competitive 401(k) program with company match up to 8%.
• Well‑being program including holistic wellbeing coaching, gym membership, confidential counselling, and financial and legal advice.
• Tuition reimbursement for professional certifications and continuing education.
• Employee Network and Community – support for six Employee Networks and opportunities to give back to community.

QBE provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious practices and observances, national origin, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Agile Methodology, Communication, Critical Thinking, Design Thinking, Experience Design, Google Analytics, Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Presenting with Impact, Research Analysis, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Leadership, User Experience (UX) Design