Senior UX Quantitative Researcher - Lead Data-Driven UX

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 236,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target (25%)

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Quantitative User Experience Researcher to advance product discovery and user understanding. You will join a multi-disciplinary team, driving research across the Search Ads portfolio, guiding launches, and partnering with UX, Product Management, Data Science, and Engineering.

You will influence research processes and scale validated insights across the organization. We value deep methodological rigor, mentorship, and the use of AI tools to enhance UX research

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 Product Management, 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

Python

R

Statistics

UX Research

Survey Design

Experiment Design

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree in HCI/related field

PhD in related field

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Quantitative User Experience Researcher to advance product discovery and user understanding. You will join a multi-disciplinary team, driving research across the Search Ads portfolio, guiding launches, and partnering with UX, Product Management, Data Science, and Engineering.

You will influence research processes and scale validated insights across the organization. We value deep methodological rigor, mentorship, and the use of AI tools to enhance UX research