Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in product research in an applied research setting, or similar.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with research design utilizing various methods (e.g., usability studies, contextual inquiry, surveys, etc.).
• Experience in partnering with User Experience Design (UXD) and cross-functional to amplify research and improve the user experience.
• Experience with User Experience Researcher (UXR) to influence strategic decision making, communicate strategic concepts, facilitate understanding and shape product strategy.
• Knowledge of user trust, privacy or digital marketing/Ads.
• Ability tp lead, collaborate and influence in a highly matrixed, and ambiguous space
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate positions, and respectfully challenge partners and stakeholders with new product design thinking.

• Scope, conduct, and analyze research to understand user needs, behaviors, and goals through rigorous mixed method research approaches (both qualitative and large-scale quantitative surveys) to generate deep and actionable user insights in complex spaces.
• Build relationships with cross-functional and User Experience (UX) partners to identify and address knowledge gaps and synthesize related insights to bring visibility to key user needs and perceptions.
• Work with design and UX content design to ensure that research insights translate into validated design concepts and cohesive product and experience strategies.
• Develop research that feeds into the broader team’s measurement strategies, in order to assess the impact of the work.
• Design the UXR practice not only as a means to drive human-centric solutions, but as a way of understanding and driving strategic conversations in a complex problem space.
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