Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy.
As the Service Designer / Experience Designer, Customer Experience you will play a critical role in designing ongoing improvements to the Toast customer experience. Toast is a rapidly growing company and as more locations join the platform, we must look at how the experience of those customers can scale efficiently. This role will help shape the way in which we deliver a relevant, intuitive customer experience to meet our customers where they are, remove known sources of pain, and drive business outcomes through a differentiated customer experience.
In this role, you will apply a human-centered design approach to create impactful and reimagined journeys in an integrated way. You will work to ensure that we’re aligned to the highest value opportunities to not only improve our customer experience but to drive business outcomes as well. You will lead the full design process: research, synthesis, ideation, and design. Additionally, you will act as the advocate for the customer as you partner with other functions to define feasible solutions to address unmet customer needs.
This is a new role, reporting to the Senior Director, Customer Experience Strategy & Analytics, and is a high priority, high visibility position in the Customer Success organization. You will be part of a small team of high-impact individuals shaping the future customer experience and journey across all customer segments at Toast.
A day in the life (Responsibilities)
- Lead qualitative research and synthesize learnings into actionable insights and tangible artifacts (e.g. personas, customer journey maps, process maps)
- Plan and lead ideation workshops with cross-functional partners to define and shape feasible and coordinated solutions
- Envision and conceptualize new customer journeys and experiences and bring them to life through creative storytelling
- Stand up experiments and pilots to validate/evaluate new experiences
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional departments to guide project execution, reduce obstacles to completion, and ensure initiatives meet committed timelines.
What you'll need to thrive (Requirements)
- 5+ years of relevant experience in customer experience, digital experience, management consulting, strategic finance, or related strategy positions
- Experience with a range of experience design capabilities (e.g. qualitative and quantitative research, service design, human centered design, UX design, journey mapping, workshop facilitation)
- A passion for improving the customer experience, solving problems, and leading collaboration across teams
- Comfort with and passion for all parts of the design process, from early-stage insights gathering, to strategy definition, concepting, and prototyping
- Fluency in working with state of collaboration and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Miro)
- Excellent communication, presentation and collaboration skills
- A highly ambitious and entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
AI at Toast
At Toast, one of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn. We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality. We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them. The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it’s a core part of our culture.
Our Total Rewards Philosophy
We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry. Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs. Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.
The base salary range for this role is listed below. The starting salary will be determined based on skills and experience. In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions, if eligible), benefits, and equity (if eligible).
How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process
Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you. We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation. All hiring decisions are made by people.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success
At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse, and we embrace that diversity with authenticity, inclusivity, respect, and humility. By embedding these principles into our culture and design, we create equitable opportunities for all and raise the bar in delivering exceptional experiences.
We Thrive Together
We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs. Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the restaurant community. To learn more about how we work globally and regionally, check out: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast.
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Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process. As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process. If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected].
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Top Skills
Toast Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
Toast’s headquarters is located in the heart of the Seaport District. Toasters are surrounded by art, culture, and delicious cuisine in one of the most bustling neighborhoods in Boston.
Early Careers
Toast's Early Careers program is designed to launch students' careers by integrating them into the company's vibrant culture and impactful work. Interns and co-ops are treated as full-time Toasters from day one, given meaningful projects, and provided with mentorship from industry professionals. The program emphasizes hands-on learning, collaboration across teams, and the autonomy for students to develop and showcase their skills, supported by consistent feedback. Toast offers opportunities across various departments, including technical roles like Software Engineering and Data Science, as well as non-technical roles such as Human Resources and People Operations.
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