Senior UX Researcher (UX Research and Design)

Ian Martin Group; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Raise is seeking a Senior UX Researcher to help a global energy client make business tools clearer and easier to use. The role allocations are approx. 70% qualitative user research and 30% hands-on design, with onsite work in Spring, TX.

You will conduct interviews, synthesize insights, and design workflows and prototypes that shape vendor and SaaS applications. You will collaborate with project teams, product managers, and business leaders to drive usability improvements and deliver impactful

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on UX research experience.
• Bachelor's degree in HCI, Human Factors, Psychology, Design, Information Science, or related field.
• Strong experience with qualitative research methods including user interviews and synthesis.
• Proven ability to plan and run usability tests.
• Excellent stakeholder management with cross-functional teams in Agile environments.
• Working proficiency with Figma and design systems (prototypes, workflows, journeys).
• A portfolio showing research process and impact.

Responsibilities

• Meet with project teams and stakeholders to understand needs and processes.
• Create research and UX plans guiding each project.
• Lead user interviews, contextual inquiries, and workshops with a focus on qualitative research.
• Conduct usability tests to validate designs before launch.
• Translate research into insights, personas, journeys, and workflows.
• Build prototypes in Figma aligned with design systems.
• Advise on configuration and upgrades of vendor/SaaS apps where custom development is limited.
• Present findings and recommendations to teams and leadership.
• Identify usability and accessibility issues and propose fixes.

Skills

Qualitative research

User interviews

Stakeholder management

Agile teams

Figma

Design systems

User journeys

Prototyping

Education

Bachelors in HCI/related field

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Senior UX Researcher (UX Research and Design)

• Pay Rate: $60 - $70/hour (on W2)
• Contract Length: 12 Months
• Location: Onsite | Spring, TX - 77389

Raise is currently hiring a contract team member on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader.

Job Overview

You help a global energy company make the business tools its teams use every day clearer and easier to use. About 70% of your time goes to user research, and the other 30% goes to hands‑on design. You talk with project teams and the people who use these tools, find out what they need, and turn what you learn into workflows, journeys, and prototypes. You succeed here when your research shapes how vendor and software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps are set up and upgraded, and when the people using them notice the difference.

Responsibilities

• Meet with project teams and business stakeholders to learn their needs, goals, and business processes.
• Write research plans and UX plans that set the direction for each project.
• Lead user interviews, contextual inquiries, and workshops, with a focus on qualitative research.
• Run usability tests to check designs and app setups before they go live.
• Turn your findings into clear insights, personas, user journeys, and workflows.
• Build prototypes in Figma that follow the team’s design systems.
• Guide how vendor and SaaS apps are configured and upgraded, since the team does little custom development.
• Present your findings and recommendations to project teams, product managers, and business leaders.
• Spot usability and accessibility problems in existing tools and recommend fixes.

Qualifications

Required

• 7+ years of hands‑on experience in UX research.
• A bachelor’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Factors, Psychology, Design, Information Science, or a related field.
• Deep experience with qualitative research, including user interviews, research plans, and synthesis.
• Proven skill planning and running usability tests.
• Strong stakeholder management with project teams, product managers, and business leaders, including work in Agile teams.
• Working skill in Figma and design systems, including prototypes, workflows, and user journeys.
• A portfolio that shows your research process and its impact.

Preferred

• Oil and gas industry knowledge.
• Experience with SAP or Power BI.
• Experience improving enterprise apps, vendor tools, or SaaS platforms.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design.
• Comfort learning new business processes quickly and delivering on tight deadlines.

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