Difrent is a Digital and IT Practice focused on supplying individuals and teams to help our clients address Digital and Technology challenges. We have an ambitious 5-year growth plan that will see us delivering cutting edge digital services to our Healthcare, Government and Blue Chip clients. Our culture is founded on passion, creativity and straight talking. We empower our team to be bold in their thinking and in delivering transformative solutions; we are only limited by the limits of what we can imagine.

The role

• The User Researcher candidate will be a passionate advocate of user needs based design, design thinking and service design.
• You will conduct research and generate new and useful insight to shape the development of new digital services while maintaining the focus on user needs. Working as part of a wider research team on different project deliveries, you will distill and share your insights to inform the work of your colleagues.

Essential:

• Proven record in Digital Research
• Proven experience of creating research strategies/approaches
• Full understanding and demonstrable experience of research methodologies. Qualitative: RITE, usability testing, facilitating workshops and contextual enquiry. Quantitative: usability metrics.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to quickly develop recommendations based on quantitative and qualitative evidence
• Confident in explaining user needs and acting as a persuasive advocate for those needs both within the team and the department at large

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Cognitive Computing Director is required by and one of the world leaders in Data and Information Management Company to head up their Cognitive Analytics practice and to lead the design, architecture and delivery of cognitive computing and artificial intelligence solutions on some of the most complex and innovative Advanced Analytics initiatives in the UK.

Required experience and skills:

·         experience in leading architecture and delivery of large scale Advanced Analytics based, technology innovation initiatives

·         extensive experience in implementing Cognitive Computing solutions in commercial environment

·         full life cycle experience including strategy, design and implementation

·         experience in Natural Language Processing and Advanced Semantic Design

·         excellent client facing skills

·         experience in building and leading teams

·         definition of go-to-market strategy experience.

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