Design Research Manager en Madrid

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in a design or equivalent position
• Experience of launched services that have been implemented in the real world
• Deep expertise in design thinking/human-centered design
• In-depth knowledge and experience within a relevant service design discipline
• Ability to work within a self-directed culture and navigate ambiguity
• Ability to work in a global and virtual environment 

Skills:

• Experience crafting a project vision, execution strategy and client relationship
• Experience with concepting, ideation, and iterative prototyping
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues, clients, and key stakeholders
• Strong people developer/teacher/coach
• Ability to moderate business discussion and to facilitate workshops in English language.

• Curious, data fan with a strong research drive
• Solution oriented: Pragmatic approach to research problems
• Entrepreneurial attitude. Creative and independent approach to research problems
• Business-oriented communications skills and good interpersonal skills in one-to-one and team settings

Please upload your résumé, cover letter, and relevant work samples. In your cover letter, please describe an example of service design that is inspirational to you, represents the future direction for service, leverages mobile and digital technology in non-traditional ways, opens up new types of incentives and business models, and serves customers and businesses in new and better ways.
What do we offer as an employer?
Challenges. Team. Training. Recognition. Career Development. Motivation. Joining Accenture translates into continual opportunities to expand on what you can do. Challenge yourself with interesting work focused on delivering innovation and proven solutions. If this is what you are looking for, Accenture is your place.
 
COMPANY DESCRIPTION

ACCENTURE
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With more than 411,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives.

ACCENTURE RESEARCH
Accenture Research uncovers trends and shape data-driven insights through Thought Leadership and Research for Accenture and its clients. Accenture Research combines deep understanding of Accenture clients’ industries with leading-edge research techniques to discover the most pressing issues facing organizations today.

Our growing team of 250 researchers and analysts develops thought-provoking research, supported by proprietary data and partnerships with leading organizations that guides our innovations and allows us to transform theories and fresh ideas into real-world solutions for our clients. Most specialize in an industry or business line (such as Retail or Automotive); some bring a particular research skill (such as data science, survey research or financial analysis) and many combine two or more areas of expertise. On any given project we will bring together researchers with the best combination of industry, geographic and technical skills to provide the relevant expertise for the particular task.

Accenture Research uses innovative business research techniques such as economic value modeling, analytics, crowdsourcing, expert networks, surveys, data visualization, and open research with Tier 1 academic and business partners. We power hundreds of points of views published by Accenture every year, answers thousands of thought provoking questions from clients around the world, drives the insights that guides Accenture’s business strategy and handles Accenture’s exclusive network of data and sources covering all industries, countries, market trends and digital technologies. Accenture Research is part of Accenture’s Strategy Office.

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