Job responsibilities
- Demonstrate thought leadership and drive strategic UX research projects by identifying opportunities and gaps across different product areas
- Plan UX research tasks to align with our product timelines
- Allocate resources for UX research projects from multiple channels within the firm
- Advocate for user needs while understanding their connections to our business goals and outcomes
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of researchers, product and content designers, product managers, marketing, customer success, subject matter experts, engineers, and legal
- Partner closely with design and product stakeholders to understand and deliver against their research needs and priorities
- Synthesize research findings and create relevant, revealing, and inspiring research artifacts to share the insights with stakeholders
- Organize and document research processes, operations, and outputs to share with other teams
- Share knowledge, educate, and influence stakeholders about UX research processes and best practices to optimize our operations and elevate our organization
- Guide, mentor, and share knowledge with other UX researchers on the team
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Interaction Design, User Experience (UX) Design, Service Design, Visual Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or related fields
- 5+ years of work experience in UX research field
- Samples of work demonstrating relevant experience (an online research portfolio or work sample links in résumé), especially on strategic UX research projects
- Experience in planning and conducting different types of research including foundational, generative, and evaluative research
- Deep understanding of the Design Thinking methodology, both as a practitioner and educator
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate and document research findings through artifacts, documentations, and presentations
- Familiarity with UX research tools (UserTesting, Dscout, etc.)
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience in planning and facilitating Design Thinking workshops
- Familiarity with financial terminologies and products
- Familiarity with UX design tools such as Figma and Adobe suites
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