Hays Technology is working with a client who is looking to add a Senior Service Designer to their team. This role will be an initial 3-month contract with a highly likely extension. It will be up to £600 inside IR35 hybrid in Birmingham.To be successful in this role you will need knowledge of:
- Deep understanding of service design principles, practices and methods
- Understanding of product development methodology, frameworks and principles
- Influencing, persuasion, communication
- Data and evidence-driven decision-making
- Knowledge of modern technology, including cloud technology, architecture, agile delivery methods and software practices
- Understanding of user research principles and benefits
- Understanding of the history of service design
Essential skills:
- Ability to guide design decisions in complex service areas, helping stakeholders see opportunities and leading process change and plotting a path forward
- The ability to understand technical complexity and risks, run collaborative design activities, and influence senior leaders and others.
- Ability to help services build and deliver on transformation vision
- Ability to manage risk, and explain the trade-off between complex risk factors to find simple ways forward
- The ability to facilitate and guide services, make decisions, and plot the path forward.
- Ability to prototype in different ways: on paper, in static code or in conversation
- Ability to build clear visualisations of service and user journeys to help teams plan and prioritise work
- Able to build great relationships with a wide range of disciplines
- Relentless user focus, with the ability to contribute to user research and the translation of user feedback into design decisions
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