User Researcher

Accenture; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm is seeking a User Researcher to drive user-centered design initiatives for diverse digital projects. You will conduct user research sessions, collaborate with designers and stakeholders, and advocate for user needs within Agile teams. This position offers a competitive salary, 25 vacation days, and benefits like private medical insurance and additional leave for charitable work. The role requires flexibility to work on-site with partners as necessary.

Benefits

25 days of vacation

Annual performance bonus

Private medical insurance

Additional leave for charitable work

Qualifications

• Relevant experience as a User Researcher.
• Worked as part of an Agile Scrum team.
• Strong communication skills advocating for users.

Responsibilities

• Lead user research sessions for digital client projects.
• Collaborate with teams to devise research strategies.
• Translate user data into actionable design requirements.

Skills

User-Centred Design

Agile methodologies

User Testing

Prototyping

Data Analysis

Job description

As a User Researcher you will work with a team of creative and passionate UX Design specialists who are responsible for creating user-centred designs for digital products and services. This is a great opportunity to work across multiple different clients in a range of industries. As a member of our close-knit UX and Design team, you will champion the value of User-Centred Design across all products and services as part of delivery best practice. As a User Researcher, you will:

• Lead on planning, recruiting and conducting user research sessions to support the design and development of digital client services and projects
• Lead the research process from developing user recruitment briefs through to conducting sessions remotely or face-to-face, session analysis, report writing and playback to your team and stakeholders.
• Aligning user research activities to influence and support decision making
• Collaborate with product owners and service managers to devise appropriate research strategies that will generate focused insights.
• Convert concepts and emerging findings into high quality stimulus material.
• Work closely with designers and developers to turn user data and insights into actionable requirements that feed into prototype development, and influence product direction.
• Work as a part of Agile delivery teams and possess the hard and soft skills required to participate in design and delivery and be able to identify and progress client issues, whilst advocating for users.
• Work closely with our UX & Design Team, to share knowledge, learn new skills, and design transformational services., Have a portfolio where you can show examples of User Journeys, Personas, User Research, Prototyping, User Testing and User Interface Design.
• Relevant experience as a User Researcher
• You have worked as part of an Agile Scrum team
• You are always comfortable advocating for your users, and helping your team and stakeholders navigate a user-centred design process
• Some experience working with GDS standards would be beneficial
• At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days' vacation per year, annual performance bonus scheme (Career Level dependent), private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
• Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there may be requirements to spend time onsite with our partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for. About Accenture: We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries - powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. With 740,000people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and build lasting value across their enterprises.