
Manager, Customer Experience Strategy
- Richmond, BC
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Lead and partner with insights to conduct research and analysis to assess CarMax's competitive brand position, uncover customer needs, and identify experience gaps
- Identify opportunities to enhance CarMax’s customer experience in alignment with brand goals
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to round out business cases for organizational prioritization
- Prepare presentations and materials to communicate experience opportunities to partners and stakeholders
- Assist in aligning teams around shared goals and objectives, guiding efforts with customer-centric frameworks and thinking
- Represent the voice of the customer and brand in cross-functional discussions, through visioning and initial planning/solutioning
- Track progress across multiple teams/departments and report on key milestones
- Support measurement and interpretation of customer experience impact
- Develop tools, reporting, and training materials to reinforce customer-centric practices for the organization
- Lead cross functional teams in the development of operational solutions to CX opportunities
- Mentor and support the development of a talented team of more junior insights analysts
- 4–6 years of relevant experience in customer experience strategy, brand strategy, consumer insights, or related fields
- Bachelor’s degree required; strong academic performance preferred
- Strategic thinker with ability to collaborate across teams and influence outcomes
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships across levels
- Self-starter with ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
- Understanding of customer experience principles and their role in brand strategy
- Familiarity with consumer research methodologies and ability to apply insights
- Strong communication skills (verbal, written, and listening) to support cross-functional collaboration
- Analytical mindset with solid math and reasoning skills
- Insight-oriented – has a passion and knack for observing trends and identifying drivers through interpreting quantitative and qualitative research and analysis
- Consultative – can enter problem spaces with a manner and mindset that builds rapport, quickly pushes the thinking and builds alignment around a strategy
- Entrepreneurial – has a drive to seek out opportunities, organize plans around them and work across teams to encourage progress
- Story-teller – can translate insights and plans into a clear, concise, compelling narrative with takeaways that lead to understanding and action