Principal UX Researcher

PeepalDesign; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PeepalDesign is seeking a Senior UX Researcher to lead end-to-end research efforts, including planning, executing, and delivering insights that shape product experiences. You will collaborate with product teams and designers, mentor junior researchers and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in UX research, ethnography, and qualitative methods, with excellent communication and the ability to guide client engagements across projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years in UX research or related fields.
• Experience with lab-based user testing and ethnography.
• Strong communication and client-facing skills.
• Ability to lead projects and mentor junior researchers.
• Willingness to travel up to 40%.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and execute design research projects end-to-end.
• Recommend methodologies best suited to the problem statement.
• Create screener and discussion guides; moderate sessions and analyze data.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to provide actionable insights.
• Present findings clearly and mentor the team to deliver high-quality work.

Skills

UX Research

Ethnography

Market Research

Qualitative Research

Team Leadership

Job description

Who We Are We are the preferred UX partner for customer obsessed companies.

We enable our clients to craft great user experiences by opening a window into the lives of their customers & users. We partner with our clients in UX research and design by uncovering user needs, conceptualizing solutions and supporting product evolution. We love UX and are passionate about creating best-in-class user experiences.

#WeThePeepal:

What Does It Take To Be One? At PeepalDesign, we are passionate about everything we do (yes, we are saying it again)! A love for UX is non-negotiable. We expect each and every one of our employees to be curious and always pause to understand why. Researching and designing UX is about evoking emotions, which makes story telling a core ingredient of what we do. UX research and design is all about team work and we expect our people to embody the true meaning of being team players, which is learning from each other, sharing our learning with each other and helping the team deliver outstanding work every single time. Through this process, we develop and grow every day.

Let’s hope that you have, what it takes!

Key Responsibilities

A Senior UX Researcher has four key result areas: creating proposals, conducting research, managing projects, clients, partners and mentoring junior folks.

The individual must be able to manage ambiguity, work autonomously and manage time effectively in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment. Multi-tasking and prioritizing will be key to meeting ambitious deadlines and delivering high-quality work on schedule.

Research

• Plan, manage and execute all types of design research projects end-to-end thoroughly
• Planning and recommending methodologies or mix of methodologies that is best suited to solve the problem statement
• Quickly turn around high-quality study plans
• Creating a screener document to identify the right participants
• Creating discussion guides and questionnaires to facilitate research sessions
• Moderating the research sessions and analyzing data to identify patterns to create insightful and actionable findings
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to understand their requirements and be able to give recommendations accordingly
• Make impactful presentations - both verbal and written
• Mentor UX Researchers including monitoring deliverables and giving ongoing feedback
• Mentor and coach UX researchers to collaborate with each other and work together with the client to deliver high performance
• Foster an inclusive and engaging team environment

Client Management

• Ongoing client communication
• Building client relationship to understand their needs and requirements and being able to cater to it
• Keeping them up to date on the progress of the project
• Handling escalations - know when to escape and when to resolve themselves

Partner Management

• Work closely with our Global UX Partners to ensure successful multi-country Global projects

Project Management

• Create and track project plans
• Ensure projects are completed in time and quality
• Handle all external vendors like recruiters, translators, transcription agencies

Qualified candidates will demonstrate:

• Meticulous attention to detail across all tasks and precision in every output
• Exceptional responsiveness and ability to take proactive measures to ensure project success
• Knowledge of when and how to elevate issues or risks to the project
• Professionalism and respect in all interactions
• Ability to take and implement feedback and provide feedback to others
• Strong team leadership skills – demonstrating good behaviors, motivating the team, and knowing when to do, collaborate, or delegate
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to travel up to 40% based on project requirements

Must Have Skills and Experience

• 8+ years of experience as a UX Researcher/Ethnographer/Market Researcher
• Hands-on experience with: lab-based user testing, iterative prototype testing, concept testing, ethnography research, diary studies, home visits, focus group discussions
• Experience in delivering end-to-end projects
• Hands on experience following the best practices for qualitative research in tech space (NOT FMCG and non-tech related fields)
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills; the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively to clients
• Exceptional behavioral data-collection and analysis skills, e.g., designing, conducting, and analyzing all kinds of user data