Icf
SeniorServiceDesigner
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“Senior Service Designer at Icf. Skills: Service design, Human-centered design, Customer experience strategy. Conduct research. Analyze policy”
What You'll Achieve.
Modernize services; Improve customer experience; Transform systems; Design end-to-end improvements; Ensure human-centered design; Ensure feasibility; Ensure measurability at scale; Support iterative improvements; Ensure solutions are feasible; Ensure solutions are scalable; Build alignment; Support decision-making; Support rollout planning; Support change management; Contribute to strategies
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Systems thinking
US Citizenship, Public Trust clearance, Reside in United States, Work in United States
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7+ years experience, Bachelor’s degree, US Citizenship required, Obtain Public Trust clearance
Nice to Have
10+ years experience, Experience federal government, Deep expertise blueprinting, Deep expertise journey mapping, Deep expertise systems thinking, Deep expertise facilitation, Translate complex requirements, Familiarity digital modernization, Familiarity legacy system transitions, Familiarity call center operations
What You'll Do.
Develop service blueprints
Identify friction points
Design holistic services
Develop future-state concepts
Develop experience principles
Develop operational recommendations
Develop implementation roadmaps
Prototype service changes
Ensure designs meet standards
Test concepts with users
Support iterative improvements
Ensure solutions are feasible
Ensure solutions are scalable
Lead co-creation workshops
Lead working sessions
Support decision-making
Support rollout planning
Support change management
Contribute to briefings
Contribute to playbooks
Contribute to strategies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Customer collaboration; Program office collaboration; IT team collaboration; Researcher collaboration; Operational staff collaboration; Policy expert collaboration; Stakeholder alignment
Communication Scope
Executive presentations; Clear visuals; Actionable documentation; Storytelling
Process & Methodology
Roadmap development, Rollout planning, Sequencing, Change management
Full Job Description
ICF is seeking an experienced Service Designer to support federal clients in modernizing services, improving customer experience, and transforming complex, mission-critical systems. In this role, you will work across design, research, policy, operations, and technology to design and implement end‑to‑end service improvements that are human‑centered, feasible within federal constraints, and measurable at scale. **Job Location:** This position requires that the job be performed in the United States. If you accept this position, you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses and also prohibits personal VPN connections. **Key Responsibilities:** * Collaborate with UX/CX researchers to conduct qualitative and quantitative research with federal customers, frontline staff, and program leaders. * Analyze policy, operational workflows, and legacy systems to understand the full service ecosystem end-to-end. * Develop detailed current-state and future-state service blueprints and journey maps that show how people, processes, data, and technology interact. * Identify friction points and root causes across operations, contact centers, digital interfaces, and backend systems. * Communicate complex systems through clear, actionable visuals and documentation. * Design holistic services that align user needs, agency priorities, compliance requirements, and operational feasibility. * Develop future-state concepts, experience principles, operational recommendations, and implementation of roadmaps. * Prototype service changes including workflows, scripts, task flows, process updates, and policy concepts. * Ensure designs meet federal accessibility (Section 508), equity, privacy, and security standards. * Collaborate with researchers to test concepts with users, validate assumptions, and support iterative improvements. * Partner with product, engineering, and operational teams to ensure solutions are feasible and sc
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