Rapid7 Lead Customer Researcher VOC 

United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Belfast 

347871109

About the Role

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Research Strategy & Execution: Working with key stakeholders to identify research opportunities, design and execute on a research plan, deliver research insights, and facilitate the implementation of action based on those insights. Your role will include everything from the design and facilitation of internal workshops, surveys and interviews with our end customers, data collection and analysis from internal tools, to facilitation of research with external partners.

• Measurement Program Development: Designing and implementing new measurement programs or evolving existing forms of measurement that aren’t reaching their full potential for impact. You have a strong perspective on the types of measurement that can drive the best understanding of your customers and help the business to activate based on the insights. Your role will require strategic thinking and ability to manage change across different areas of the business.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborating with geographically distributed teams across the business to unite stakeholders around our understanding of the customer, and ensuring experiences across our products, services, brand, and messaging are customer-centric.

• Increasing Research Reach & Influence: Sharing research across the organization to build buy-in and understanding of findings. Defining recommendations and partnering with stakeholders to take action on our insights in order to achieve results for our customers.

• Research Operations: Championing the effort to continuously advance the effectiveness of our customer research within our own team and across the organization through improved tooling and processes.

• Project Management: Operating independently as the organizer and owner of multiple cross-functional projects. You are comfortable operating through ambiguity and adaptable when shifts in the industry lead to change in the business.

The skills you’ll bring include:

• Education & Experience. You have 7+ years of relevant experience; this includes holding previous roles as a Market, Customer, or UX researcher, or equivalent experience. You are comfortable with qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, data and analysis. Experience with B2B technology preferred.

• A customer-first mentality. You understand the business realities and stakeholder priorities that drive the way teams work, but know how to maintain a focus on driving customer outcomes. Customer success and value is at the center of your work with every project and group of stakeholders.

• Strong and dynamic communication. You can tell a story and craft a narrative that compels your audience, drives alignment, prompts action, and makes the customer’s challenges clearly understood.

• A strong sense of accountability. You have excellent time management skills, and hold yourself accountable to commitments. You actively communicate progress and solicit feedback on deliverables.

• Energy, enthusiasm, and curiosity. You bring all of yourself to work every day and embrace the “never done” mindset.