bridging complexity fast

Roman Schoeneboom has over 12 years of
research and design experience working within leading global organizations.

His core competencies include Leadership, Operations, Craft, and Mentoring.

He places great importance on Research, Facilitation, and Visual Thinking
as key skills and enablers for his work.

Current position

Design Ops Specialist, Smart Buildings at Siemens Schweiz AG, Zug (CH).

  • Enabling the healthy growth of the UX team by supporting recruitment activities and setting new team members up for success

  • Developing and maintaining the UX team's communication and website with strategic content to raise the team's visibility

  • Leading the UX quality assurance program planning and facilitating the events, documenting and tracking outcomes

  • Being a driver of the user-centered culture change at Siemens by creating teaching resources, learning events, and raising awareness

Experience

13 years of professional working experience.

From January 2019 (CH)

  • Leading automation, building infrastructure, and energy systems provider (Current)

  • Largest furniture retailer in the world

  • Largest consulting and services network in the world

  • 2nd-largest Swiss bank

Up to December 2018 (UK)

  • Largest UK retail bank

  • The 3rd-largest retailer in the world

  • Largest UK Ministry

  • Two leading design agencies

Education

Life-long learning advocate.

  • MA Service Design

  • MBA Diploma Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Design

  • BA Media Design

  • Certified LEGO Serious Play Facilitator

  • IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Co-Creator

  • SDN Accredited Service Design Master Trainer

  • Scribera Academy Diploma Visual Thinker, Certified Professional Development (CPD)

  • Certified SAFe® 6 Agile Product Manager

Design ops work preview

UXR cost calculator

This UX research cost calculator helped our User Research Lead estimate travel expenses for planned studies. He was able to choose from 30 pre-populated studies and specify the country, enter the number of researchers involved, and indicate the number of days for the study.

Behind the scenes, the calculator uses individual sheets to source costs of flights, transport, accommodation, and food specific to each country, and provides a cost breakdown per study and an overall research budget.

This tool empowers the User Research Lead to quickly assess research costs in different locations to find the best fit for budget limitations, and present a clear and detailed cost estimate when requesting project sign-off.

Case studies preview

Writing

In his writing, Roman explores leadership, change management, and human behavior through diverse perspectives and insights. Currently, he publishes content across four Medium publications:

  • #Conversations-with-Leaders Dialogues that delve into the complexities of #leadership, #management, and #personal growth, offering rich viewpoints and valuable reflections.

  • #changechronicles A growing collection on #projectwork, #storiesofimpact, #sessioninsights, and #changemanagement, providing practical insights into the change process.

  • #Investigating-Human-Behaviour This series examines the science of #habits, #socialinfluence, #emotionalintelligence, and #cognitivebiases, showing how these factors shape decisions, relationships, and leadership.

  • #Leadership-re[framed] Expands traditional leadership thinking by exploring unconventional insights beyond the norm, ideal for emerging leaders.

Each publication offers actionable knowledge and inspiring perspectives for readers seeking deeper understanding and growth.