Senior Staff UX Quantitative Researcher, Search Ads

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 236,000 - 329,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Quantitative User Experience Researcher to join a multi-disciplinary team working closely with Engineering and Product Management to create industry-leading products.

You will drive impact by investigating user behavior through empirical methods like logs analysis, surveys, and regression, applying diverse educational backgrounds from Computer Science to Psychology, and combining behavioral research with programming skills to uncover actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
• Experience in programming languages used for data manipulation and computational statistics (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, or Go).
• Experience with survey data (e.g., attitudes and perceptions) and behavioral data (e.g., usage data and interactions).
• Experience with experimental design.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive an ambitious research agenda on how users experience and interact with our products. Draw on your own and the team's expertise across a variety of areas (e.g., survey science, behavioral science, logs analysis, AI, vision science, qualitative research).
• Work closely with PM, Design, and Engineering leadership to prioritize the right research, mapped against product and business objectives.
• Advocate for UXR and contribute to a more evidence-based culture in UX.
• Demonstrate excellent scientific and statistical judgement, producing rigorous insights in a changing environment, and setting a high technical standard for the broader community of UXRs.
• Leverage a mix of methods and data sources, such as live-traffic experiments, logs analysis, in-product surveys, and interactive prototype experiments.

Skills

Applied research experience

Programming languages for data science

Survey data analysis

Behavioral data analysis

Experimental design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in related field

Tools

Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, Go

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
• Experience in programming languages used for data manipulation and computational statistics (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, or Go).
• Experience with survey data (e.g., attitudes and perceptions) and behavioral data (e.g., usage data and interactions).
• Experience with experimental design.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field.
• 10 years of experience conducting UX research on products and working with executive leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
• 7 years of experience managing projects, and working in a large, matrixed organization.
• 5 years of experience presenting to executive leaders and managing executive stakeholders expectations.
• Experience leveraging AI tools in UXR workflows (e.g., development of LLM-based autoraters; LLM-based analysis of unstructured data at scale), with a focus on carefully validated applications.

About the job

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a Quantitative User Experience Researcher (Quant UXR), you make this possible. You will join a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating closely with Engineering and Product Management to create industry-leading, innovative products.

You will drive impact at all stages of development by investigating user behavior through empirical methods like logs analysis, survey research, and regression. We value diverse educational experiences—from Computer Science to Psychology—and require a blend of behavioral research design, statistical proficiency, and programming skills to uncover actionable insights. Beyond the work, you will grow within a supportive Quant UXR community offering mentorship, regular meetups, and exclusive internal tools to help you thrive.

SAGE (Search Ads and Ads on Google Experiences) is responsible for creating delightful commercial experiences that drive value for users, advertisers, and Google. Our portfolio includes some of the most visible commercial experiences on Search. Our UXR team is deeply multidisciplinary, drawing on survey science, behavioral science, vision science, and in-depth qualitative research.

In this role, you will set and drive an ambitious research agenda, guiding highly-visible launches and new strategic areas of investment. You will help your team make better decisions based on solid science, and identify new product opportunities that drive billions in business and large gains in user happiness. You will partner closely with talented team across UX, PM, Data Science, and Engineering. As a senior research leader, you will influence UXR across the full Search Ads portfolio, while supporting innovation and best practices in research process, methodology, and infrastructure.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $236000 - $329000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive an ambitious research agenda on how users experience and interact with our products. Draw on your own and the team's expertise across a variety of areas (e.g., survey science, behavioral science, logs analysis, AI, vision science, qualitative research).
• Work closely with PM, Design, and Engineering leadership to prioritize the right research, mapped against product and business objectives.
• Advocate for UXR and contribute to a more evidence-based culture in UX.
• Demonstrate excellent scientific and statistical judgement, producing rigorous insights in a changing environment, and setting a high technical standard for the broader community of UXRs.
• Leverage a mix of methods and data sources, such as live-traffic experiments, logs analysis, in-product surveys, and interactive prototype experiments.

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