UX service Designer

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world's leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people-Kyndryls-that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.

The Role

Responsible for conducting research, analysing data to derive insights to improve citizen service journey experience and inform overall product strategy, development and design decisions.

User and Citizen Insights:

• Conduct in-depth qualitative quantitative research to uncover Citizen/Business/Public officer needs, behaviours, motivations, and pain points.
• Be adept in generative and evaluative research to understand problem spaces and identify the right problem to tackle.
• Develop and execute comprehensive research plans, including user interviews, surveys, usability testing, and A/B testing.

• Analyse qualitative and quantitative research data to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights.
• Create research reports and presentations to share findings with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

• Facilitate workshops and ideation sessions prioritising user needs.
• Apply design thinking principles to creatively solve problems and envision innovative solutions.

• Create customer journey maps and other artefacts to communicate research findings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop a vision, strategy and plan to address key pain points and problems in the customer journey.
• Apply research insights to design seamless and engaging customer experiences.
• Collaborate with designers and developers to ensure usability and accessibility of service concepts and products.

• Define and track key performance indicators or relevant metrics to evaluate product and service effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.

• Keep abreast of the latest research methodologies, tools, and industry trends in both UX research and service design.
• Ensure methodological rigour in all research and service design activities.

• Advanced degree, training, or certification in service design, UX design, HCI, or related design fields
• Comfortable working with Product, Tech, Data, and Business partners to deliver services and experiences
• Strong knowledge in product design processes and emerging technologies
• Demonstrates systems thinking, teamwork, leadership, planning and successfully implemented projects in a dynamic and agile environment.
• Familiarity with design and prototyping tools, such as: Figma, and/or Adobe Creative Suite
• Self-directed, organised, efficient; a deep and insightful thinker who likes the challenge of a complex problem, and is an effective communicator, presenter, and negotiator.
• Direct experience in both traditional and modern approaches to recruitment, diverse research methods, and reporting.
• Knowledge of user research principles, methodologies, and deliverables
• Strong ability to identify key research objectives in partnership with product, design, brand, and engineering teams to address research needs for various brands and projects throughout the product life cycle.
• Strong knowledge of various research methods and the experience to select the right research to do at the right time and synthesise insights into coherent, digestible deliverables that visually reflect those results, including service design blueprints, journey maps, and process flows.