Junior-Level Usability Researcher - 153440-1

Lucid Consulting Group; United States; Remote; USD 97,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm seeks a Junior-Level Usability Researcher to join their remote team. In this role, you will work on UX research, analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data to shape product design. The ideal candidate holds a PhD and has 2-4 years of relevant experience, particularly in technical domains. This position offers opportunities to influence key decisions across product teams and engage with diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in usability research.
• Proven ability to influence product design.
• Experience in technical UX research domains.

Responsibilities

• Forecast trends and analyze data for marketing strategies.
• Conduct consumer research and collaborate with marketing professionals.
• Design methods for data collection, including surveys and polls.

Skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Negotiation skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Education

PhD degree

Job description

Junior-Level Usability Researcher - 153440-1

Junior-Level Usability Researcher - 153440-1

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About The Job Junior-Level Usability Researcher - 153440-1

Job Title: Junior-Level Usability Researcher - 153440-1

Location: REMOTE (anywhere in the West Coast/ PST preferred)

Schedule: M-F, 40 HR

Duration/Start Date: 6/23/2025

Salary: $46.98 /hour

Candidates with previous experience working at Microsoft Corporation, either as a full-time employee (FTE) or contractor, are strongly preferred.

Summary

The main function of a usability researcher is to research market conditions in local, regional, or national areas to determine potential sales of a product or service. A typical marketing analyst is responsible for gathering information on competitors and methods of marketing and distribution.

As a UX Researcher 2 in the Data Cloud Studio you will work closely with senior members on the team and become an expert in the motivations, workflows, and habits of data professionals and bring that expertise to the strategy, design, and growth of the many products and services in the cloud data suite.

The UX Research team takes a multi-methods approach, combining expertise and creativity with both quantitative and qualitative methods combined with big data analysis to identify emerging patterns and usage and uncover user insights, unarticulated needs, and new product/service opportunities and priorities.

Job Responsibilities

• Forecast and track marketing and sales trends, analyzing collected data.
• Conduct research on consumer opinions and marketing strategies, collaborating with marketing professionals, statisticians, pollsters, and other professionals.
• Devise and evaluate methods and procedures for collecting data, such as surveys, opinion polls, or questionnaires, or arrange to obtain existing data.
• Gather data on competitors and analyze their prices, sales, and method of marketing and distribution.
• Measure the effectiveness of marketing, advertising, and communications programs and strategies.
• Collaborate with a high-performing UX Research team with expertise in all types of research including qualitative, survey, usability, metrics, plus partnering with big data experts for analyses of behavioral data.
• Foster relationships with PM and design teams throughout the Data Organization so you stay close to our stakeholders and their challenges.
• Conduct a mixture of qualitative and quantitative research activities to inform product design, including but not limited to ethnographic explorations, usability studies, heuristic evaluations, interviews, contextual inquiry, surveys, user journey maps, benchmarks or any method that answers the most important research questions.
• Snap to organization-wide priorities and success criteria to design and execute on a research program that meets the organization's needs.
  
  

Candidate Requirements

Years of Experience Required: 2-4 overall years of experience in the field.

Education/Experience

PHD degree is required for this role. (Have the experience of creating new knowledge in a scientific peer-reviewed environment. Some disciplines, but even political science PhDs make excellent quant researchers.

Best Vs. Average

• 3+ years of experience conducting UX research in technical domains.
• Ability to quickly and effectively analyze research data and present rich findings simply and clearly to influence product design and direction.
• Passion for learning new technologies and understanding the needs of users across a wide range of technical abilities.
• Great communication on project management
• Verbal and written communication skills, negotiation skills, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
  
  

Disqualifiers

• Poor communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Candidates with a lot of job hopping on their resumes
• Not have a PC
• For Visa candidates, If they do not have their visa in hand, which leads to delays
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to impact and influence business decisions across boundaries, often in ambiguous situations.
• Proven storytelling and communication skills across leadership, engineering teams, designers, customers, and partners.
• Strong leadership skills to deliver projects and customer insights within and across product teams that resulted in robust product impact.
• Ability to plan research against business needs. Experience conducting research globally and working with global stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Microsofts customer privacy policies and tools.
• Experience working with data governance or data catalog products is a plus.
  
  

Skills

• Verbal and written communication skills, negotiation skills, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Basic ability to work independently and manage one's time.
• Basic knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services.
• Basic knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods.
  
  

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

• Minimum 3+ years of experience with Data Domain/ Data science
• Minimum 3+ years of experience with Research skills
• Minimum 3+ years' experience with Clear Communication (able to convey clear, detailed verbal/written communication)
  
  

Hard Skills Assessments

• Expected Dates that Hard Skills Assessments will be scheduled: ASAP
• Hard Skills Assessment Process: The assessment process will include 1 round
• Required Candidate Preparation: Candidates will be asked standard behavioral questions during the assessment.
• Portfolio preferred, not required**

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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