Principal Service Designer

Key Responsibilities

• Service Strategy & Vision: Define and drive service design strategy across enterprise initiatives, connecting member needs to operational capabilities.
• Systems Thinking: Create service blueprints, journey maps, and ecosystem models that bridge frontstage and backstage experiences, end-to-end.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Facilitate alignment across teams and business partners to deliver coherent, multi-touchpoint services.
• Practice Development: Mentor designers, evolve service design methods, and contribute to the growth of Humana’s design culture.
• Measurement & Impact: Define success metrics and lead post-launch evaluations to ensure services deliver measurable value.
• Operational Integration: Collaborate with process and operational teams to ensure services are deliverable, scalable, and grounded in real-world constraints.
• Storytelling & Influence: Use compelling narratives and visual frameworks to build empathy, drive decisions, and influence senior stakeholders.

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in service design or systems-oriented experience design
• Deep fluency in service design methods: blueprinting, journey mapping, prototyping, facilitation, and storytelling
• Experience designing services that span digital tools and offline delivery (e.g., human interactions, physical spaces)
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and drive clarity in complex systems
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills across business functions
• Experience with Agile product teams and cross-functional delivery
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Design, HCD, or a related field
• Portfolio demonstrating strategic service design leadership and measurable impact