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UX Strategist

Schibsted

Schibsted Marketplaces is a word leading online classified business with over 2000 staff across 22 countries around the world. With product and tech hubs in Barcelona and Paris, our philosophy is built on keeping an open mind, challenging ourselves and the status quo. The goal is to craft the future of our industry. In order to achieve this, we recruit attitude in addition to technical skills. If you are driven, ambitious, not afraid of challenges and flourish with finding new solutions, we want to hear from you. The overall mission of Schibsted is to develop the common global product platforms and technology infrastructure necessary to build data and identity-based ecosystems; empowering local entrepreneurs, delighting users, and driving Schibsted’s future growth and helping achieve our vision of creating perfect matches on the world's most trusted marketplaces.

We are now in the process of looking for a UX Strategist to join our Global UX community team within our Marketplaces division in Barcelona.

Role Description

    • You are part of the Global UX Team, consulting the different marketplaces
    • As a UX Strategist you will translate the strategic into the practical, supporting the implementation of strategic initiatives across the organisation
    • You will be liaising with our UX, product, data & tech teams to ensure that we are delivering product strategies across the Marketplace businesses
    • Strategically enable local leads to enable UX as a business partner function

Required Skills

    • Previous consultancy experience with strong analytical skills
    • Great communication skills from an intercultural background
    • Great understanding of how UX functions as a business partner
    • Smart, curious mind with a desire to collect and connect information, data, trends and people
    • You are used to checking the facts and work in a data-oriented and fact-based manner
    • Strong understanding of the UX practice and able to show the impact of UX upon the business
    • Genuine interest in the marketplaces world

What is expected from you?

    • Work upon a diverse set of strategic projects
    • Connect insights from product, UX, Tech to work upon cross-functional projects across the matrix
    • Strategic communication & stakeholder management
    • Help develop strategic inter-departmental connections.
    • Agile mindset & expertise that enables you to drive business opportunities forward in a lean way
    • Lead key strategic UX initiatives across various levels of the organisation

What can we offer?

    • The chance to be part of shaping the future of the UX community at Schibsted
    • We offer you the opportunity to work with our amazing UX management & product teams, impacting how they develop in Schibsted
    • Opportunity to learn from highly skilled people in different parts of our organisation
    • The chance to grow your Schibsted network and improve your understanding of our business worldwide
    • Fun, tough challenges, travel and joy
Schibsted is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. If any of the above ticks your boxes, then why not Apply Now to find out more
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