User Researcher
Kainos
In this Senior Associate User Researcher role, you will deliver actionable insights to shape service experiences aligned with user needs. You join a growing Experience Design capability that prioritizes user-centered design to create quality digital services. You’ll advocate for user needs, apply design thinking, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive measurable impact. This position offers the chance to influence projects at scale and contribute to a people-first culture that values growth and collaboration.
Responsibilities- Translate user needs into research-driven recommendations that guide service experiences
- Champion user-centered design and design thinking within projects
- Design and write comprehensive research plans, coordinating with recruitment or client insight teams as appropriate
- Align research and testing plans with wider project strategy
- Conduct interviews with empathetic approach and synthesize findings into actionable insights
- Produce reports, present findings, and make data-driven recommendations to stakeholders
- Maintain sound commercial awareness and demonstrate the value of User Research within the project team
- Collaborate with the wider project team to embed user research value in delivery
- Distinguish between requirements and user needs to choose suitable research methods
- Excellent knowledge of qualitative research methods
- Strong knowledge of quantitative research methods
- Ability to design and write research plans with recruitment coordination
- Research and testing plans aligned with overall project strategy
- Ability to conduct interviews with empathy
- Comfortable producing reports, presenting findings, and making recommendations
- Sound commercial awareness
- Experience working with the wider project team to establish the value of User Research
- Empathy
- Clear communication
- Collaborative mindset
- Qualitative research methods
- Quantitative research methods
- Research planning and coordination
Reference: WJ-747_30137950