Service Innovation & Product Development Executive Jobs – Uganda Airlines
Job Title: Service Innovation & Product Development Executive
Organisation: Uganda Airlines
Duty Station: Entebbe International Airport, Uganda
About US:
Uganda Airlines is the National Carrier of the Republic of Uganda based at Entebbe International Airport. It is headquartered in Entebbe, Wakiso District, Uganda, and operates from its hub in Entebbe International Airport.
Job Summary: The Service Innovation & Product Development Executive will mainly develop, review and improve the customer experience across various stages of travel. This person will be part of the team that acts as the customer advocate to drive user-centric mindsets and behaviors in the organization. He/she must be passionate about creating a positive customer experience and is a strong believer that positive customer experience is critical to a business’s success. The Product Development Executive will undertake the evaluation, development, and implementation of new products and product enhancements for greater customer satisfaction.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Strategic thinking around the Customer, Data collection and analysis, Product & Service Design, ability to measure and receive feedback and creating a customer-centric culture across the entire organization
- Assist all aspects of product development from concept to product commercialization
- Work with multiple business units and stakeholders to lead and execute cross-department customer experience projects/initiatives.
- Investigate and perform ethnographic research and contextual design investigations to understand customer behaviors, pain points, needs, and aspirations.
- Bring customer research and insights to life through personas, customer journeys, insight-opportunity frameworks, system maps, and scenarios.
- Visualize and communicate design ideas using techniques such as service models, customer journeys, system maps and/or infographics.
- Plan and facilitate brainstorming and ideation workshops with business users and other relevant stakeholders using the insights/research for co-creation of ideas.
- Converge innovative ideas to a set of tangible offerings in partnership with product/business owners, developers and IT.
- Responsible for day to day work, priorities and outputs.
- Responsible for prioritizing initiatives and design features to meet customer and business needs.
- Align objectives with Uganda Airlines stakeholders on a timely basis.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Uganda Airlines Service Innovation & Product Development Executive job placement must hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience; Business Development and MBA preferred.
- Experience in developing/managing customer experience or journey frameworks is preferred.
- Has to experience in service design and customer experience discipline and proficient with design tools.
- Possess strong creative thinking, problem-solving and design thinking skills.
- Achievement, Drive & Initiative, Passion for Uganda Airlines,
- Industry and Market Knowledge a MUST / Collaborating as a Team a MUST
How to Apply:
All candidates who wish to join Uganda Airlines should send their application letters, Curriculum Vitae giving two (2) referees, and copies of academic and professional certificates with one passport size photograph (one full size photograph for Cabin Crew applicants) should be submitted online, Click Hereor by post quoting the Job Reference number accordingly.
Applications should be addressed to:
The Manager Human Resources.
Uganda National Airlines Company Ltd.
P.O. Box 431, Entebbe, Uganda.
Deadline: 15th August 2019
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