User Experience Researcher

IFG - International Financial Group; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Usability Researcher to work remotely, focusing on qualitative and quantitative research to refine product designs. With a preference for PST hours, this contract role varies between 3 to 18 months, targeting candidates with a PhD and strong communication abilities across diverse technical contexts.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience conducting UX research in technical domains.
• Ability to analyze research data and present findings to influence product design.

Responsibilities

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to inform product design.
• Collaborate with UX research teams and stakeholders for project insights.

Skills

Communication

UX Research

Education

PhD degree

Job description

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Job Title: Usability Researcher

Location: Remote: Preferred PST hours

Duration: 3 to 18 months

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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.

Responsibilities

□ 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.

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

1. Minimum 3+ years experience with Data Domain/ Data science

2. Minimum 3+ years experience with Research skills

3. Minimum 3+ years experience with Clear Communication (able to convey clear detail verbal/written communication)

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.

→ 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.

→ Verbal and written communication skills, negotiation skills, customer service, and interpersonal skills.

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 clients' customer privacy policies and tools.

• Experience working with data governance or data catalog products is a plus.

□ Poor communication skills, both verbal and written.

□ Candidates with a lot of job hopping on their resume

□not having a PC

□ For Visa candidates, If they do not have their visa in hand, which leads to delays

• Performance Indicators: Performance will be assessed based on deadlines and quality of work

Hard Skills Assessments

• Expected Dates that Hard Skills Assessments will be scheduled: ASAP

• Hard Skills Assessment Process: The assessment process will include 1round

• Required Candidate Preparation: Candidates will be asked standard behavioral questions during the assessment.

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 methods of marketing and distribution.

• Measure the effectiveness of marketing, advertising, and communications programs and strategies.

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.

Please let me know if this is something you would love to do, and help me with your updated resume. Feel free to reach out at [e-mail]. if you have any questions.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Research and Analyst

• Industries

  Market Research, Research Services, and Data Infrastructure and Analytics

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