A&CD - UX Researcher- Contract

Alstom Transportation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Alstom Transportation in Bangalore is seeking an ACD - UX Researcher on a 6- to 12-month contract to uncover user insights that drive product outcomes. The role focuses on balancing qualitative and quantitative methods.

You will plan and conduct research, facilitate interviews, perform usability testing, and synthesize findings into personas and journey maps. Strong storytelling and collaboration are essential in an enterprise/transport context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Psychology, HCI, Design Research or related field.
• 26 years of UX Research experience.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills.
• Experience conducting usability testing and interviews.
• Strong analytical thinking and storytelling ability.
• Experience communicating research findings to cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct qualitative and quantitative research activities.
• Facilitate user interviews, contextual inquiries, and field studies.
• Understand workflows, pain points, behaviors, and user needs.
• Support customer and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Design and execute usability studies.
• Evaluate prototypes and existing products.
• Identify usability challenges and opportunities.
• Provide actionable recommendations to product teams.
• Synthesize research findings into concise reports.
• Develop personas, journey maps, and experience maps.
• Communicate insights through storytelling and presentations.
• Support evidence-based product and design decisions.
• Establish user experience metrics.
• Conduct benchmarking and satisfaction studies.
• Measure usability and adoption improvements.
• Contribute to continuous product improvement initiatives.

Skills

UX Research

Usability Testing

Qualitative & Quantitative Methods

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Psychology, HCI, or Design Research

Job description

Location: Bangalore

Company: Alstom

Job Summary

Could you be the ACD - UX Researcher- Contract were looking for

This role is ideal for someone who is curious, analytical, and passionate about uncovering user insights that drive meaningful product outcomes.

Responsibilities

• User Research
  • Plan and conduct qualitative and quantitative research activities.
  • Facilitate user interviews, contextual inquiries, and field studies.
  • Understand workflows, pain points, behaviors, and user needs.
  • Support customer and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Usability Testing
  • Design and execute usability studies.
  • Evaluate prototypes and existing products.
  • Identify usability challenges and opportunities.
  • Provide actionable recommendations to product teams.
• Analysis Insights
  • Synthesize research findings into concise reports.
  • Develop personas, journey maps, and experience maps.
  • Communicate insights through storytelling and presentations.
  • Support evidence-based product and design decisions.
• Experience Measurement
  • Establish user experience metrics.
  • Conduct benchmarking and satisfaction studies.
  • Measure usability and adoption improvements.
  • Contribute to continuous product improvement initiatives.

Preferred

• Enterprise software research experience.
• Transportation, mobility, manufacturing, or industrial domain exposure.
• Familiarity with analytics and behavioral data.
• Experience working in Agile product environments.

Eligibility

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Psychology, HCI, Human Factors, Design Research, Sociology, Anthropology, or equivalent.
• 26 years of UX Research experience.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills.
• Experience conducting usability testing and interviews.
• Strong analytical thinking and storytelling ability.
• Experience communicating research findings to cross-functional teams.

Prospect

• Explore new avenues of rail mobility by developing proposals on User Experience / Passenger Experience Design on different Alstom platforms.
• Collaborate with Senior Mentor Team members to brainstorm and create innovative design solutions to ensuretimelyand efficient delivery.
• Involve in Mobility design / CMF Design / trend research and provide insights for future physital solutions in larger ecosystem of Mass Mobility.
• Engage in creating design presentations, visual content for UI / UX Assignments, design communication materials.
• Contribute to an engaging, collaborative and a thriving studio culture.

Note: Contractual Role (06-12 Months) - With greater possibility for long-term extension, based on performance evaluation.

You dont need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, youll be proud. If youre up for the challenge, wed love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, were an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. Were committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.