Cognizant’s Jobs of the Future Report has identified a three-point common theme for work that is centred on the human touch — Coaching, Caring, and Connecting — which it predicts will stay relevant, no matter what new technologies emerge on the horizon.
Coaching
Coaches can reshape work by making it more engaging, humane and purposeful. Those who have a flair for mentoring and helping people to improve at things (managing their finances, managing their weight) should hone those skills.
Caring
Forward-thinking organisations will focus on making the best of people, and not just the best of technology. Workers with social intelligence and the ability to make sense of complex processes will be in high demand to improve people’s health and wellness.
Connecting
Workers with a collaborative mindset will be key to helping connect the dots in a technology-led workplace. New roles identified in the report require workers to be good at building bridges between man and machine, traditional and shadow IT, the physical and the virtual world, and commerce and ethics.
Coaches can reshape work by making it more engaging, humane and purposeful. Those who have a flair for mentoring and helping people to improve at things (managing their finances, managing their weight) should hone those skills.
Caring
Forward-thinking organisations will focus on making the best of people, and not just the best of technology. Workers with social intelligence and the ability to make sense of complex processes will be in high demand to improve people’s health and wellness.
Connecting
Workers with a collaborative mindset will be key to helping connect the dots in a technology-led workplace. New roles identified in the report require workers to be good at building bridges between man and machine, traditional and shadow IT, the physical and the virtual world, and commerce and ethics.
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| Source: Jobs of the Future Report. Graph listing the jobs of the future and mapping them to tech-centricity and likelihood of appearance over time. |
Cognizant has identified 21 new job roles, with a selection below:
Role
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Description
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Skills needed
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Business
Development Manager
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Define, develop and deploy
effective and targeted programmes to accelerate broad-based sales and
business development activities.
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Business development experience on top of
experience with AI/machine-learning software platforms.
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AI-Assisted Healthcare Technician
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Builds close, trusting relationships with
patients and makes optimal use of digital diagnosis tools and
remote doctors as available.
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At least three years’ experience in nursing
or a related field, and be comfortable and competent dealing with software and digital testing equipment.
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Cyber City Analyst
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Ensure
interoperable data flow to keep cities safe, secure and operational.
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Data engineering qualifications in agile, DevOps and
continuous integration, as well as circuitry skills, understanding of design
thinking, and startup methodologies.
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Quantum Machine Learning Analyst
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Create new technology functionalities at the
intersection of quantum information processing and machine learning.
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Well-versed with quantum
information processing devices, quantum data and machine learning techniques
to develop well-capitalised, revenue-generating industry-specific solutions
for the future.
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Augmented Reality (AR) Journey Builder
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Pioneers in the “experience economy”. Design, write, create, calibrate, gamify, build and personalise the next generation of classic stories and in-the-moment vignettes for viewers’ trips in AR.
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Experience in gaming; proficiency with the language of AR hackathons, game jams,
skins, surfaces, planes, escape rooms, software development kits, simultaneous localisation and
mapping (SLAM) and headmounted displays. Familiarity with development and design of 3D assets.
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Master of Edge Computing
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Define
the IoT roadmap, evaluating the
feasibility for establishing edge processing units.
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Experience in working on IoT hardware and software, on top of a Ph.D in computer science, electronics,
telecommunications, electrical engineering, or a related field.
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Man-Machine Teaming Manager
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Shapes the future of work and workplace
within the company. The manager will design flexible experiences that meet
workers’ expectations, while providing a simple and intuitive interaction
with machines.
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Passionate about advancing human-to-bot
cooperation strategies in a dynamic business environment. Qualifications
needed are graduate degrees in experimental psychology, human neuroscience
techniques, robotics, plus excellent leadership, communication and collaboration
skills.
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Chief Trust Officer
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Build trust by enforcing and encouraging
transparent and responsible financial trading of cryptocurrencies with all
organisational stakeholders.
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Experience in cryptocurrency
trading and speculation, Blockchain, traditional currency trading and
public relations or marketing.
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Personal Data Broker
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Administers personal data assets of
citizens and consumers. Ensures consumers receive revenue from their data.
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Professional qualifications needed to
trade on data exchanges. A high degree
of curiosity for discovering alternative forms of data commercialisation
through third-party APIs to other insight services, and a drive to determine
data value and submit and price offers into data exchanges for trade.
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Bring Your Own IT Facilitator
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Enables the workforce to work better and smarter at a known
level of acceptable risk by creating a system for uninterrupted visibility
into on-and-off-premise environments.
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A master’s degree in either IT, computer
science, natural science, engineering or business admin, as well as exposure
to IT demand management, business management, among others.
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Details:
Read the 21 Jobs of the Future Report (PDF).
View the video introducing the 21 Jobs of the Future.
