Director of Customer Experience

Hy-Vee, Inc.•West Des Moines, IA

11d

About The Position

The Director of Customer Experience is accountable for defining, delivering, and continuously improving consistent, high-quality customer experience across all departments. This role serves as the enterprise owner of customer service strategy, service standards, and execution. This leader partners closely with managers to ensure customer interactions align with organizational values, regulatory requirements, and business goals while driving measurable improvements in customer satisfaction, loyalty, and retention.

Requirements

Commitment to the Midwest Heritage mission and willingness to promote the values of the organization.
Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
Proficient computer skills. Microsoft Office preferred (Outlook, Power Point, Excel and Word.)
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills; ability to relate to and interact with people in a friendly, professional manner.
Strong detail orientation including the ability to review forms for accuracy and completeness.
Bachelor’s degree preferred.
7+ years of progressive leadership experience in customer experience, retail banking, service operations, or a related field.
Demonstrated success leading service teams across multiple locations.
Strong understanding of retail banking operations and customer expectations.
Proven ability to influence without direct authority and partner cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

Establish and own the enterprise-wide branch customer experience strategy, including service standards, behavioral expectations, and service recovery protocols.
Define what “great service” looks like at every customer touchpoint, from greeting to problem resolution.
Ensure consistency of customer experience across all departments.
Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to all employees.
Partner with managers to reinforce service expectations, accountability, and performance improvement.
Identify service gaps and work with managers to hold employees accountable.
Partner with Human Resources to design and deploy customer service training, onboarding, and ongoing development programs.
Ensure teams have the tools, knowledge, and confidence to deliver a high-quality customer experience.
Reinforce service behaviors through coaching, observation, and feedback loops
Own customer feedback channels (surveys, complaints, compliments, trends).
Analyze customer experience data and translate insights into actionable improvements.
Establish and monitor key performance indicators (e.g., customer satisfaction, service recovery effectiveness, complaint trends).