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Quantitative User Research Lead
Apple Inc. 4.8
User experience researcher job in Sunnyvale, CA
Austin Metro Area, Texas, United States Support and Service
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.The people here at Apple don't just craft products - they build the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.The AppleCare Digital UserResearch team is seeking an experienced quantitative userresearch expert to lead impactful research studies and drive success of AppleCare Digital customer support experiences. The team conducts comprehensive studies across diverse topics globally, directly shaping how millions of Apple customers receive best-in-class support.AppleCare has a tremendous reach across Apple's customers, and we are seeking to better understand their evolving needs, expectations, and preferences. Example support experience areas including the support app, digital tools, chat, website, search, text-based, video, and multimedia content as well as generative AI features. In this critical role, you'll collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholder teams, including product managers, designers, producers, market managers, writers, and content strategists.
Description
The ideal candidate will lead research projects and oversee all aspects of project execution in-house as well as with research vendors, which include but are not limited to surveys, data analyses, report development and insights communication plans and strategies.A critical part of the position is the ability to conduct high quality mixed-method research, integrate findings with previous research and other data sources, and effectively communicate and engage business teams with user insights. You will also build strong relationships with colleagues and business stakeholders.The ideal candidate must demonstrate a proven ability to readily flex hands-on research expertise (e.g., survey development, programming, analyses, and reporting) with strategic thinking and readily move between minute detail and big ideas.
Responsibilities
Survey Design & Implementation: Independently create methodologically sound surveys across complexity levels-from rapid pulse checks to sophisticated research designs including conjoint analysis, market segmentation, and advanced statistical modeling
Data Integration & Synthesis: Proactively identify opportunities to triangulate survey findings with complementary data sources (behavioral analytics, qualitative UX research, historical studies) to develop richer customer insights and uncover behavioral patterns
Strategic Insights & Innovation: Recognize emerging trends and research gaps to establish novel perspectives on user behavior, while continuously developing new methodological capabilities and research frameworks
Project Leadership: Successfully manage concurrent research initiatives while maintaining quality standards, effectively prioritizing deliverables and seamlessly transitioning between diverse project requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors with a concentration in Market Research, Psychology, Anthropology, Statistics for Behavioral Sciences or similarly relevant field focused on userexperiences and analytics, with 8+ years of applicable professional experience
Demonstrated experience leading mixed-method research supporting digital product innovation and optimization
Deep hands-on expertise in mixed-method research methodologies, experimental design, and advanced data analyses for survey and market research
Fluent in advanced research methods like segmentation, conjoint, MaxDiff, perceptual mapping, structural equation modeling, etc.
Demonstrated experience in integrating data from different sources - surveys, click-through behavioral data, UX interviews
Ability to mine and analyze behavioral analytics data (e.g., click-through metrics, digital engagement, conversion paths) and connect key insights to research data
Comfortable operating in uncharted territory, pushing methodological innovation, and setting a higher standard for customer empathy
Effective verbal and written communication skills, distilling complex mixed-method research reports into understandable, compelling, and actionable insights
Fluent in using analytics tools (like R, SQL, SPSS, SAS, etc.) to analyze research and behavioral data
Preferred Qualifications
M.A. or M.S. in Market Research, Psychology, Anthropology, Statistics for Behavioral Sciences or similarly relevant field focused on userexperiences and analytics is strongly preferred
Experience with client and vendor side is preferred
Working knowledge of UX industry methodologies
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .
Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.
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User experience researcher job in Mountain View, CA
A leading tech company in Mountain View seeks a Quantitative UserExperienceResearcher to evaluate user behaviors and improve customer engagement. The role requires strong skills in programming and statistical methods, alongside a Bachelor's degree and several years of researchexperience. Successful candidates will influence product strategies based on empirical research and collaborate across functions. The position offers a competitive salary range of $129,000 to $185,000 plus bonuses and equity.
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$129k-185k yearly 4d ago
Online Research Participant - Earn Cash for Sharing Your Views
Opinion Bureau
User experience researcher job in Vallejo, CA
Take quick online surveys and earn rewards for sharing your thoughts. Join today - it's free and easy!
$65k-129k yearly est. 1d ago
Principal UX Designer - Devices Experience Leadership
Amazon 4.7
User experience researcher job in San Francisco, CA
A leading technology company in San Francisco is seeking a Principal UX Designer. This role involves driving design strategy for Amazon's device offerings and mentoring senior designers. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of design experience and a strong online portfolio. Responsibilities include influencing design frameworks and collaborating with leadership to ensure alignment with business goals. This position offers a competitive salary range of $180,300 to $244,000 annually.
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$180.3k-244k yearly 2d ago
User Study Researcher
OSI Engineering 4.6
User experience researcher job in San Diego, CA
A globally leading consumer device company headquartered in Cupertino, CA is looking for an experiencedUser Study Researcher to join their team!
Job Responsibilities:
• Plan, execute and track large scale data collections and user studies for algorithm development
• Track and report on progress, blockers and key deliverables to Data Operations Team
• Collaborate with hardware, software, infrastructure and Operations teams on requirements for data collections
• Create and maintain documentation for HW/SW platform setup and protocol for vendor training and deployment
• Support Data Operations team with equipment set up and inventory tracking
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or similar
• 3+ years of industry experience in one or more of the following fields/roles: Operations (i.e. data, product, lab, R&D, etc.), Test/Quality/Support Engineering or Technical Program Management
• Sound technical troubleshooting and triage methodology
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication, and communicates with technical and non-technical individuals with ease
Type: Contract
Duration: 6 months with extension
Work Location: Sunnyvale, CA or San Diego, CA (100% on site)
Pay range: $ 47.00 - $ 62.00 (DOE)
$47-62 hourly 1d ago
Research Stream Lead
Metr
User experience researcher job in Berkeley, CA
Referral Bonus
We are offering a $21k referral bonus for this role. You can refer people through our form, and it lists the terms of this bonus.
We are a nonprofit research organization that develops scientific methods to assess AI capabilities, risks and mitigations, with a specific focus on threats related to autonomy, AI R&D automation, and alignment.
We believe it is robustly good for civilization to have a clearer understanding of what dangers AI systems pose, and we are extremely excited to find ambitious, excellent people to join our team and tackle one of the most important challenges of our time.
We evaluate candidates primarily through (paid) work tests. We usually do an in-person trial as well but can be flexible about this.
Role Mission: Lead a team and own one of the key areas needed to understand the level of risk from future models
Example research areas:
How can we tell models aren't undermining our evaluations by sandbagging or alignment faking?
How much cognition can models do without revealing it in their reasoning traces?
How close are models to being able to sabotage research at AI companies or at METR?
How reliable are safety claims made by AI developers based on new techniques, e.g. activation steering?
What egregiously misaligned behaviors do models display? How good are monitors at picking up on this, or do they tend to collude with (or get exploited by) the agents?
Build model organisms or red-teaming approaches to test the robustness of METR's or external evaluations and safety measures
What the job involves
Collaborate with other research streams to identify the questions that need to be answered for METR to be able to accurately assess catastrophic risk from models in the near and longer-term future.
Lead research to answer these questions as cheaply and effectively as possible, trading off between being scrappy and careful in the right places.
Significantly improve METR's risk reports based on the research your team has done.
Publish 'fundamental' research that's similarly impactful to the time horizon methodology. Your team's work makes foundational progress, improves collective understanding of the relevant phenomena, and becomes the standard way to think and talk about it, for METR and our target audience (highly informed and engaged people but who may be skeptical of AI risk or of METR).
Maintain METR's high-integrity culture - communicate research accurately and don't overhype - even critics or skeptics generally praise the work's quality.
Build a strong team, identify talent needs and be an effective hiring manager, maintain high standards of performance on your team, grow and empower top performers.
Lead team effectively, get people excited about and bought into goals, maintain motivation and momentum.
Maintain high research velocity: we're generally learning meaningful new things every week or two (unless we're explicitly investing in a large high-payoff project we've derisked).
The ideal candidate has experience leading high-performing research teams working with frontier ML systems, such as alignment, post-training, interpretability, or frontier evaluations. Other promising candidate profiles
Experience as a research manager in an ML related area (or a technical non-ML field like quantitative trading while also keeping up with relevant ML / AI safety literature)
Experience as a technical engineering manager, including with some experience with fast-moving/scrappy research workflows
Track record of high-quality ML research, with clear evidence of multiple impactful research outputs (such as papers, blog-posts, etc.) where you are a key contributor. These works feature well-designed methodology or experiments, are well-written, and clearly and carefully communicated without overstating results.
High quality output that's highly relevant to METR's work. You have public research, writing, code or some other artifact that demonstrates your careful thinking, deep understanding of and ability to make progress on METR's research directions.
Evidence of outstanding achievement. You have some other impressive achievement that demonstrates you have the relevant skills or can learn very quickly, such as founding a successful startup, having widely-used open-source projects, or having made scientific contributions outside your area of expertise. These are not exhaustive and we'd be excited to hear about other evidence of outstanding achievements!
Salary range: $250,000 - $450,000 a year (base)
Benefits
The office: Catered lunch and dinner daily; in-office gym and shower
Relocation support: Stipend for moving to the Bay Area
Time-off and leave: Unlimited PTO and 21-week parental leave for new parents
Commuter benefit: Monthly transit/parking stipend and an annual Uber budget
Professional development benefit: for training, courses, conferences, and AI safety education
Mental health benefit: for therapy, medication, and other mental health expenses
Wellness benefit: for gym memberships and other wellness expenses
Work equipment benefit: for home office and workstation equipment expenses
Our Culture
METR is a mission-driven organization. We believe our work can meaningfully shape humanity's future for the better, and we want to be the best people in the world doing this work. We have a tight-knit, collaborative research culture rooted in truth-seeking and integrity. We're fiercely committed to producing high-quality, trustworthy science. We're honest and transparent about our results, especially when they may go against the grain. We've earned trust as reliable partners who handle confidential information with care. We maintain a low-ego, drama-free environment focused on what matters.
Hybrid Requirements
Our technical team members are in our office in Berkeley 3-5 days/week. Please let us know in your application if this is a constraint. If you lack US work authorization and would like to work in-person (strongly preferred), we can likely sponsor a cap-exempt H-1B visa for this role.
We encourage you to apply even if your background may not seem like the perfect fit! We would rather review a larger pool of applications than risk missing out on a promising candidate for the position.
We are committed to diversity and equal opportunity in all aspects of our hiring process. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We welcome and encourage all qualified candidates to apply for our open positions.
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$99k-179k yearly est. 4d ago
User Experience Researcher
Mindlance 4.6
User experience researcher job in San Diego, CA
Plan, execute and track large scale data collections and user studies for algorithm development
Track and report on progress, blockers and key deliverables to Data Operations Team
Collaborate with hardware, software, infrastructure and Operations teams on requirements for data collections
Create and maintain documentation for HW/SW platform setup and protocol for vendor training and deployment
Support Data Operations team with equipment set up and inventory tracking
Skills:
3+ years of industry experience in one or more of the following fields/roles: Operations (i.e. data, product, lab, R&D, etc.), Test/Quality/Support Engineering or Technical Program Management
Sound technical troubleshooting and triage methodology
Clear and concise written and verbal communication, and communicates with technical and non-technical individuals with ease
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or similar
“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”
$89k-122k yearly est. 1d ago
Researcher Growth & Culture Lead
The Auditorium
User experience researcher job in San Francisco, CA
A prominent educational institution is seeking a Researcher Advancement and Culture Manager to support training for researchers and promote an inclusive research culture. Responsibilities include managing budgets and delivering workshops, while qualifications require a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology and strong project management skills. The ideal candidate will have a background in postdoctoral research and entrepreneurial experience in educational program development. This position is pivotal in fostering professional development in a dynamic research environment.
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$99k-180k yearly est. 1d ago
AI Research Lead - Real-Time 3D Diffusion & World Models
Jack & Jill/External ATS
User experience researcher job in San Francisco, CA
A frontier AI startup in San Francisco is seeking an AI Research Lead to drive the development of diffusion models and 3D systems. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in training these models, strong software engineering skills, and experience with frameworks like Unity or Unreal Engine. This role offers the unique opportunity to work at the cutting edge of AI technology with exceptional resources and a supportive work environment.
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$99k-180k yearly est. 2d ago
AI Research Lead
Pantera Capital
User experience researcher job in San Francisco, CA
Employment Type
Full time
Department
AI
Perplexity is seeking an exceptional AI Research Tech Lead to drive our research strategy and lead the development of our in-house Online LLMs, the Sonar models. In this leadership role, you will set the macro research direction across different modalities, mentor a team of researchers, and take advantage of our rich query/answer dataset to continue scaling our Sonar model performance and deliver the SOTA Online LLM experience to our users.
ResponsibilitiesResearch Leadership & Strategy
Define and execute the macro research direction across multiple modalities, including post-training LLMs for agent trajectories and future mid-training initiatives
Lead strategic research planning and roadmap development to advance Sonar model capabilities
Drive innovation in supervised and reinforcement learning techniques for query answering
Collaborate with leadership to align research priorities with product and business objectives
Team Development & Mentorship
Coach and mentor a team of AI research scientists and engineers, fostering their technical and professional growth
Establish the long-term macro research direction across the team, including our direction across different modalities
Lead hiring and onboarding of new research talent
Create a collaborative environment that encourages knowledge sharing and innovation
Technical Excellence
Post-train SOTA LLMs on query answering using cutting-edge supervised and reinforcement learning techniques
Own and optimize the full stack data, training, and evaluation pipelines required for LLM post-training
Deliver Sonar models that provide SOTA query answering performance
Drive research into agent trajectories and multi-modal capabilities
Lead the technical roadmap for eventual mid-training investments
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with engineering teams to integrate Sonar models into our product
Partner with product teams to understand user needs and translate them into research priorities
Collaborate with data teams to leverage our unique query/answer dataset effectively
Communicate research progress and findings to stakeholders across the organization
QualificationsRequired
Minimum of 5 years of experience working on relevant AI/ML projects with 3**+ years in a technical leadership role
Proven track record of leading and mentoring technical and research teams
A Computer Science graduate degree at a premier academic intitution
Deep expertise with large-scale LLMs and Deep Learning systems
Strong programming skills with versatility across multiple languages and frameworks
Demonstrated ability to set technical vision and drive execution
Experience with pre-training and post-training techniques (self-supervised learning along with SFT/DPO/GRPO/PPO)
Self-starter with exceptional ownership mentality and ability to work in ambiguous environments
Passion for solving challenging problems and pushing the boundaries of AI research
Nice-to-have
PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related areas
Experience with agent-based AI systems and multi-modal model development
Background in mid-training or pre-training of large language models
Publications in top-tier AI/ML conferences
Experience in fast-paced startup environments
Track record of translating research into production systems
Compensation & Benefits
Our cash compensation range for this role is $370,000 - $460,000.
Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.
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$99k-180k yearly est. 23h ago
Lead Researcher, Research & Insights
Salesforce, Inc. 4.8
User experience researcher job in San Francisco, CA
* Execute rapid research in collaboration with cross-functional teams* Translate fuzzy, qualitative insights into quantifiable, trackable metrics that teams can align around by solving the challenge of measuring what matters.* Ability to design, distribute, and analyze surveys using advanced survey methodologies and tools or advise vendors to execute* Apply statistical techniques to interpret survey data, ensuring reliability and validity of findings.* Use data visualization tools to present research findings in a clear and actionable format.* Scope and drive research projects that inform product strategy, design, and development, in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.* Conduct generative and evaluative research using a mixture of research methods (surveys, unmoderated testing, interviews, moderated concept testing, etc.)* Synthesize research findings into actionable insights, creating narratives to frame problems and highlight the business value of recommended solutions* Manage research timelines, budgets, and deliverables while maintaining data integrity and ethical research standards.* Partner with UX researchers, data scientists, product managers, and marketing teams to align research activities with business goals.* Socialize insights with cross-functional stakeholders to influence their decision-making* Partner fully with product owners, designers, engineers, and other researchers to provide the best possible experience for our users and customers.* 7+ years of experience conducting hands-on research in userexperience, product design, or technology contexts; at least 2 years of experience working in a large matrixed organization* Ability to plan, design, and execute foundational, generative, and evaluative research engagements* Strong understanding of research methods (qualitative and quantitative) and best practices, and familiarity with a broad range of established and emerging userresearch tools* Experience working in cross-functional teams (e.g. design, product management, engineering)* Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills* Excellent project management, communication, and presentation skills* Ability to work with a globally dispersed team (including some management and stakeholders based in India)* University degree in a research- or business-focused discipline or in a field emphasizing human behavior (e.g., Psychology, Anthropology, HCI, Business, Research Methodology, Experimental Design, Design Research)* Prior experience in Research Community development and management* Comfort building data libraries and dashboards* Previous researchexperience in enterprise SaaS and/or technology, bonus for familiarity with Marketing personas/use cases* Ability to structure and lead internal and external workshops or design studios and analyze the outcomes to provide insight for stakeholders* Comfort with basic and advanced statistical methods and concepts, and experience working with behavioral signals data. Comfort translating qualitative learnings into quantifiable metrics, automate collection, and track them across millions of users to influence product strategy at scale.When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and *be your best*, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can *do your best*. Together, we'll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future - but to redefine what's possible - for yourself, for AI, and the world.Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications - without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.
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$139k-207k yearly est. 4d ago
Design Researcher
Motion Recruitment 4.5
User experience researcher job in Burbank, CA
Our Client, multinational mass media and entertainment company, is looking for someone to join their team as an Senior Design Researcher!
**This is a hybrid one year contract that takes place in Burbank, CA**
Required Skills &Experience
Proven experience with User Interviews
8+ years of experience; Ability to elicit pain points and requirements from usersExperience with Quantitative Measurement
8+ years of experience;
Expertise in capturing and developing data around user behaviors that can be used to inform system design.
Ability to mentor and coach team members, 5+ years of experience;
Ability to train and coach colleagues in adopting a more user-centric mindset.
Responsibilities
Strategy & Leadership: This role is responsible for shaping a clear research vision for products and prioritizing research opportunities that align with business goals. It will champion a research-driven culture by fostering a department-wide understanding of user needs and promoting best practices in research. Additionally, the role will mentor and coach team members, providing guidance and support to strengthen capabilities and drive impact.
Research Planning & Execution: The Sr. Design Researcher will plan and conduct interviews, workshops, and usability testing with the end user community to identify explicit and latent pain points and opportunities. They will facilitate these sessions in conjunction with UI/UX Designers, Technical Product Owners and Business Analysts.
Analysis & Communication: They will help the team synthesize findings into actionable insights and create impactful artifacts such as visualized research outputs in formats like user journey maps, personas/archetypes. They will deliver clear, compelling presentations of findings to diverse audiences and collaborate closely with the design team to translate complex business rules, licensing data, and forecasting logic into intuitive, user-friendly designs.
Facilitation, Collaboration & Advocacy: This role will coach the team into advocating for the end user throughout the iterative design and development processes. They will collaborate with the Functional Team (UX Team, Technical Product Owners, Business Analysts) and Technical Delivery Team (Scrum Master, Engineers) to ensure insights are incorporated into the design, user stories, and the end product.
You will receive the following benefits:
Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
Vision Benefits
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
Hospital Indemnity Insurance
401(k)
Paid Sick Time Leave
Legal and Identity Protection Plans
Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
529 College Saver Plan
Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.
Background
Avasant is a Los Angeles, California-based top management consulting, advisory and analyst firm providing strategic sourcing, IT and business transformation, and global strategy services to the global Fortune 1000. Since 2006, we have negotiated over $250B in deals and operate in over 50 countries. The firm has been recognized as "World's Best Outsourcing Advisor" by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) for fourteen consecutive years. In 2020, we were also recognized as one of the top five industry analyst firms by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR). Learn more at ********************
Avasant Research is an industry-leading voice and regularly publishes syndicated research reports and market points of view to help end‑user organizations, technology services providers, and product vendors understand the rapidly changing technology and business landscape and make data‑driven, informed decisions. Our industry analysts are regularly quoted in the media, including global publications. Our research is subscribed to and read by thousands of executives across end‑user organizations, PE/investment companies, consulting firms, service providers, and product vendors. To see our portfolio of published research and to know more, please visit here.
Role
As a Research Leader within Avasant Research, you will manage a multi‑themed technology data and research program while also developing into an industry‑acknowledged analyst.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Represent the firm and share point of view around digital technologies (blockchain, intelligent automation, artificial intelligence, internet of things, cloud, etc.) and their applications in various industries (healthcare, life sciences, education, manufacturing, etc.) in external conferences, boardroom presentations, industry events, media, and public videos.
Engage with senior leadership teams and CXOs of Global 2000 enterprises, service providers, tech product and platform companies in the digital technologies space to advise them around future roadmaps and strategies.
Own the development and delivery of an annual research agenda comprising multiple research products (in‑depth market reports, white papers, point‑of‑view notes, webinars, custom reports, etc.). While this includes leading a rapidly growing industry analyst team, the role also includes significant writing to be done directly by the candidate.
Conduct in‑depth research by directly participating in briefings and in‑person discussions with practice and business leaders (including CXOs) at service providers, tech products, and platform companies.
Establish innovative research processes, methodologies, and frameworks for structuring and analyzing the data to develop impactful insights at a quality that is repeatable and continually improved.
Deliver exceptional project management while leading a lean and diversified team, contributing to the overall strategic direction of the research practice.
Engage with the industry ecosystem comprising technology buyers, service providers, technology firms, research consumers, and others directly.
Design surveys to provide data behind the firm's publications.
Critically review and provide feedback on reports written by other analysts and contributors.
Support the sales team by responding to inquiries from current and potential customers.
Represent the company in responding to press inquiries, for attribution.
Build relationships with subject matter experts to aid in the development of new research coverage.
Requirements
MBA or equivalent from Tier 1 institutes. 8-16 years of experience in research, strategy, or consulting domains.
Candidates with significant experience with Big 4 or other strategy consulting firms. Previous work with leading tech industry analyst firms will be an advantage.
Significant exposure and interest in emerging technologies, with an inherent curiosity to analyze how they will impact the world.
Familiarity with business IT topics such as enterprise software, application development, business intelligence, cloud computing, security, data management, or networking.
Strong aspiration to be known as an independent and respected industry voice in the technology space.
Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills - both written and verbal (English). Experience in writing to publication deadlines.
Experience in survey design and best practices for ensuring quality of response data.
Strong analytical and reasoning skills.
Strong sense of ownership and adherence to quality and timelines.
Exceptional quantitative and data interpretation skills.
What Avasant Offers
Entrepreneurial environment, with the ability to lead and drive new initiatives to further personal and organizational goals.
International exposure and a chance to work with global clients, including some of the largest multinationals.
Training and mentoring on the latest business and sector practices based on market requirements.
Opportunity to work with and learn from an international team of industry specialists.
Focused programs for career development, including funding of industry certifications and skill development programs.
Dynamic and multicultural work environment.
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$79k-111k yearly est. 1d ago
UX Designer (Part-Time, Web3/DeFi)san francisco
Agoric Systems Operating Company
User experience researcher job in San Francisco, CA
Join a Team of Experts
Our distributed workforce hails from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla, Time Warner Cable, Xerox PARC, the Free Software Foundation, Deluxe Financial Services, Uber, the IETF, and the World Wide Web Consortium, among other famed organizations - and beyond that, we work closely with some of the smartest brains in Web3, like the teams at Cosmos, Zcash, and MetaMask, just to name a few. Check out the Agoric Team page for more background.
Get from Web2 to Web3
Whether you're a blockchain diehard or looking to make the transition to a truly decentralized internet, Agoric is a great place to not just learn about Web3 but to help make it happen. Many of our employees have transitioned from Web2 roles in back end, front end, biz dev, marketing, operations, and other essential parts of our work.
Diversity Statement
We think a workplace that is diverse - intellectually, culturally, experientially - is the most likely to succeed. We hire the best and pay accordingly.
Matching 401(k)
We double the first 3% of your salary deferral.
About Agoric
Agoric is launching a new product (Ymax) that leverages our cutting-edge orchestration technology to deliver an intelligent DeFi command center that lets users create and manage positions across multiple pools, protocols, and networks with a single signature. We're also diving deep into LLM-powered AI to surface the best optimizations for users to achieve great returns.
Role Overview
We're seeking an experienced Product Designer with expertise in Web3 and DeFi products to collaborate closely with our product, engineering, and marketing teams. You'll bring strong user-centered design practices to shape the first versions of Ymax, run independent usability testing, and iteratively refine seamless DeFi userexperiences at Agoric.
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing to design end-to-end user flows.
Lead usability testing sessions and synthesize findings into actionable improvements.
Translate complex DeFi opportunities into clear, approachable interactions for end-users.
Design intuitive workflows for executing DeFi strategies involving multiple networks and protocols through a single signature, enabled by Agoric's orchestration technology.
Partner with the team to create AI-driven userexperiences that surface intelligent optimizations for users.
Work independently to propose and validate design solutions.
Requirements
5+ years of experience in UX design with 2+ years in crypto/Web3. DeFi-specific experience is a strong plus.
Strong understanding of crypto wallet flows, smart contracts, and decentralized protocols.
Experience independently planning and running usability testing.
Excellent collaboration skills across product, engineering, and marketing teams.
Available to work US-based hours (ET or PT) in a remote-first team environment.
Agoric is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Agoric does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law.
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$97k-143k yearly est. 3d ago
Strategic Brand Designer: Shape Global Brand Experiences
Ripple 4.4
User experience researcher job in San Francisco, CA
A leading cryptocurrency solutions company based in San Francisco is seeking a Strategic Brand Designer. In this role, you'll design brand experiences across various platforms, ensuring cohesion and clarity. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in brand design, excellent skills in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, and a portfolio demonstrating their design range. This position offers an annual salary range of $116,000 - $135,000, along with competitive benefits including healthcare and generous vacation policy.
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$116k-135k yearly 2d ago
Deputy Chief Research Officer: Lead SDSU's RSCA Growth
San Diego State University 4.5
User experience researcher job in San Diego, CA
A leading research university in San Diego seeks a Deputy Chief Research Officer to provide strategic leadership in enhancing its research initiatives. The role involves overseeing research operations, supporting faculty and student research, and collaborating with diverse stakeholders. An ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of research administration, and a track record of enhancing university research capabilities. The position offers a competitive salary package and comprehensive benefits.
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$70k-89k yearly est. 4d ago
Marketing Insights Researcher
Meta Platforms, Inc. 4.8
User experience researcher job in San Francisco, CA
The mission of the Marketing Insights team is to understand the needs, experiences, behaviors, and attitudes of our users and customers to maximize the value Meta can deliver across our platforms and services. Our team are experts in research technique and practice, but our differentiator is how we act as full-stack partners to help identify and actualize the marketing strategies that connect people and businesses to meaningful experiences.
Minimum Qualifications
* Research Expertise: 8+ years of researchexperience. Mastery of qualitative and quantitative methods, with the ability to apply them in a business context to inform decision-making
* Marketing Expertise: Proven expertise in shaping insights-driven marketing campaigns and product launches from definition to execution, with a focus on shaping strategy, driving alignment, and delivering business outcomes
* Strategic Leadership: Resolves ambiguity, drives cross-functional alignment. Experience convening stakeholders and drive decision making in ambiguous or evolving contexts. Track record of thriving in time-sensitive environments
Preferred Qualifications
* 12+ years of researchexperience
* Experience in the technology space
* Experience in developing AI features for Hardware/Device
* Experience in leading insights-focused product/feature launches from definition to execution, driving impact and influencing product and marketing decision-making
* Experience collaborating proactively and effectively with a broad variety of partners
* Experience thinking holistically/creatively in addition to technically/analytically
* Education: Bachelors degree required, MA or PhD preferred
Responsibilities
* Identify opportunities and develop the learning agendas (in collaboration with other functions such as UserExperienceResearch (UXR), Data Science, Creative) to support progress on business goals
* Responsible for framing strategy decisions, driving alignment, and unblocking progress - ensuring the right conversations are happening and marketing is set up to succeed
* Design and execute quantitative and qualitative research to support decision-making, strategic planning and shape marketing and brand strategies, campaign development, product development, retail and channel strategy
* Translate research findings into actionable insights with clear recommendations
* producing highly effective communication that motivates people to apply learnings in marketing and across the organization
About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
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$161k-213k yearly est. 9d ago
UX Researcher
Artech Information System 4.8
User experience researcher job in Pasadena, CA
Artech is the 10th Largest IT Staffing Company in the US, according to Staffing Industry Analysts' 2012 annual report. Artech provides technical expertise to fill gaps in clients' immediate skill-sets availability, deliver emerging technology skill-sets, refresh existing skill base, allow for flexibility in project planning and execution phases, and provide budgeting/financial flexibility by offering contingent labor as a variable cost.
Job Role: UX Researcher
Job Location:
Pasadena, CA
Duration: 12+ months (might convert to FTE)
Job Description:
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Researches the user requirements and process flow of the websites.
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The UserExperienceResearcher will be primarily responsible for designing, conducting, analyzing, and reporting on user-centered design research and usability testing for the website, including identification of user needs and goals, task and workflow modeling, ethnography and persona development as well as rapid iterative usability testing, and more formal, in-depth testing.
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A successful UserExperienceResearcher must be able to work with minimal supervision on multiple concurrent projects.
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Conduct usability research both online and in the field and provide recommendations for improvement.
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Serve as a member of a team that acts as a 'repository' of research-based usability knowledge.
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Work with project business representatives and team members to test business requirements using heuristic/qualitative methods.
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Determine user needs by conducting task-focused analyses.
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Work with graphic designers to test proposed look & feel initiatives.
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Coordinate, conduct and moderate usability tests and prepare written analysis.
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Understand how ethnography and personas influence and form the basis of in-depth user requirements and iterative product creations and the evaluation of those design solutions.
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Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following research methods: in-field research, HCI (human-computer interaction), usability testing, participatory design, in-production a/b testing, expert evaluation, or web data analytics (conversion analysis)
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Familiarity with quantitatively driven testing practices and a/b testing tools such as Adobe Target, Adobe Analytics or Google Analytics.
Required Experience:
Minimum of 2-3 years leading and conducting userresearch studies
Preferred Experience:
4+ years leading and conducting userresearch studies in interactive/digital marketing, testing and influencing userexperience on consumer-facing, heavy transactional products within a large organization
Required Education:
Bachelors or advanced certification along with practical business experience in userresearch testing and data analysis
Top 3-5 Daily Responsibilities:
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Conduct usability research both in-lab, online and in the field and provide recommendations for improvement.
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Serve as a member of a team that acts as a 'repository' of research-based usability knowledge.
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Work with project business representatives and team members to test business requirements using heuristic/qualitative methods.
Top 3-5 Required Skills:
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Ability to combine quantitative metrics and qualitative feedback into actionable improvements
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Coordinate, conduct and moderate usability tests and prepare written analysis.
Additional Information
For more information, Please contact
Shubham Rastogi
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$106k-146k yearly est. Easy Apply 1d ago
Quantitative UX Researcher, Product Policy
Openai 4.2
User experience researcher job in San Francisco, CA
About the Team
The Product Policy team is responsible for the development, implementation, enforcement, and communication of the policies that govern the use of OpenAI's services, including ChatGPT, GPTs, the GPT Store, and the OpenAI API. The team is instrumental in developing policy frameworks and strategic priorities that enable both innovative and responsible use of AI so that our groundbreaking technologies truly benefit all people in pursuit of our mission.
About the Role
As a Quantitative UXR and early member of the Measurement team within Product Policy, you will help ensure a data-driven policy development culture at OpenAI. You will leverage data on user expectations and behavior to define short- and long-term policy priorities, analyze trade-offs, and define “north star” metrics that measure the success of our policies and enforcement efforts.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of three days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
In this role, you will:
Embed as a member of the Product Policy team, applying insights about users to the full lifecycle of policy development, implementation, and enforcement
Collaborate cross-functionally across the organization, including with Safety Systems, Intel & Investigations, and Global Affairs, to coordinate research and insights
Establish a user-centric policy development culture by driving the definition, tracking, and operationalization of policy-success metrics
Develop and socialize analyses and reports that enable the team and company to answer policy-related data questions
You might thrive in this role if you have:
7+ years of experience in a quantitative role navigating highly ambiguous environments, ideally as a founding userexperienceresearcher or research scientist
Strategic insights that extend beyond the paradigm of statistical significance testing
An interest in user behavior and identifying optimized approaches to hard problems
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage product managers, engineers, researchers, and executives alike
You could be an especially great fit if you have:
A background in social science, economics, psychology, developmental psychology, and/or cognitive neuroscience
Familiarity with major AI policy questions facing the company and the world
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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