Senior Service Designer - Healthcare

Position: Senior Service Designer - Healthcare Sector
Location: Hampshire

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK Future Now, you'll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

You'll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you'll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you-supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You'll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We offer:

* Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme

* More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

We're looking for Service Designers to join us on our mission to design and deliver excellent services for our clients. We're seeking passion for understanding people and placing the human experience at the heart of all decision-making. You will help define the capabilities needed to realize services that meet the needs of users and employees in thoughtful and innovative ways.

Responsibilities

* Define and implement service design strategies and methodologies across multiple projects and initiatives.

* Collaborate with user research to demonstrate and communicate research insights to stakeholders, helping shape strategic initiatives and the wider roadmap.

* Design concept journeys, blueprints, and roadmaps that elevate the total user experience beyond immediate products or services.

* Facilitate collective understanding of the end-to-end, front-to-back experience by mapping the orchestration of events at the intersection of technology, business, and design.

* Mentor and guide junior designers, fostering a culture of continuous growth and improvement.

To stand out, experience with user research methods and tools, familiarity with service design frameworks, knowledge of UX design principles, and experience with visual design tools would be advantageous. Above all, a passion for service design and continuous improvement is essential.

Don't miss this opportunity to grow and excel in a supportive and inclusive work environment. Apply now and become a driving force behind our organization's success!

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

* Extensive experience in service design and methodologies.

* Exceptional analysis and communication skills.

* Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.

* Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and drive organizational change.

* Proven experience in leading service design initiatives and projects.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Preferred technical and professional experience

* Experience with user research methods and tools.

* Familiarity with service design frameworks (e.g., Double Diamond, Service Design Network).

* Knowledge of UX design principles and practices.

* Experience with visual design tools (e.g., Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD).

* Passion for service design and continuous improvement.

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