Human Centered Researcher-Temp

W3R Consulting; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

W3R Consulting in Chicago seeks an experienced UX researcher to conduct end-to-end research, from opportunity understanding to optimizing a product on the market. You will work with product and design teams to translate business problems into empathic design solutions and help evangelize research across the organization.

You will mentor junior researchers and support training of product managers in basic research techniques, balancing qualitative and quantitative methods to drive a data-centric

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years in UX research, or 11 years in UX research.
• Experience developing/maturing a holistic research practice with digital product teams.
• Ability to adapt and thrive in various environments.
• Portfolio demonstrating ability to infer underlying motivations of people, not just quotes.
• Experience collaborating with a design team.
• Experience with both quantitative and qualitative research.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end research from opportunity discovery to market-ready product.
• Partner with product and design teams to translate business problems into empathic design solutions.
• Evangelize research across the organization and mentor junior researchers.

Skills

Portfolio

Research methods

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Design collaboration

Data literacy

Mentoring

Cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in a relevant field

Tools

None specified

Job description

Description:

As the health care industry continues to rapidly transform, our IT team conceives, develops, and delivers impactful technology solutions to support access to quality, affordable health care for our members. We are driven by our collective company purpose: To do everything in our power to stand with our members in sickness and in health. Our IT team unleashes the power of this purpose through technology. We come to work every day to make a difference, and we deliver the highest quality and best solutions to our members.

Job Purpose:

This position is responsible for conducting end-to-end research from understanding opportunities through optimizing a product on the market; working with the product and design teams to understand business problems and help articulate design solutions based on a deep, empathic understanding of our end users; helping evangelize research throughout the organization; mentoring junior researchers as well as helping train product managers and others in basic research techniques; working to drive data-centric culture whether it's big data, wide data, or a combination.

Required Job Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and 7 years experience in user experience research OR 11 years in user experience research OR Masters degree and 4 years experience in user experience research
• Experience developing and/or maturing a holistic research practice with digital product teams
• Ability to adapt and thrive in various situations/environments
• Portfolio demonstrating an ability to infer / extract underlying motivations of people rather than just reporting out quotes or observations
• Experience collaborating with a design team
• Quantitative or qualitative research (see preferred qualifications) but should be conversant with both types of research

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in design, HCI, the social sciences or other job-related degree
• Experience in healthcare

Quantitative Focus:

• Past experience providing data literacy education to a design team
• Expertise serving as a conduit between design and the health analytics team to craft data-driven experiences with a humane focus
• Experience crafting advanced models of interactivity
• Experience crafting a program of a/b tests and multivariate tests including evaluating future concepts through 404 testing

Qualitative Focus:

• Record of creating new research methods or combine multiple methods in creative ways to uncover deeper, more realistic truths about people
• Experience leading discovery portion of a significant segment of customers / end users
• Ability to synthesize disparate literature into a robust secondary research around an opportunity space
• Using rich qualitative data, craft themes through a rigorous process of synthesis
• Ability to work within both inductive and deductive research frameworks