• Job Description

  Req#: 25-04029
  JOB TITLE: UX Researcher III
  LOCATION: Menlo Park, CA (onsite)
  DURATION: 9 month contract
  PAY RANGE: $70 - $80/hr
  
  TOP 3 SKILLS:
  • UX Researcher with 5-7 years of experience with in qual research execution and delivery, able to partner closely with other researchers and XFNs.
  • Hands on qualitative research (focus groups, interviews, etc.)
  • Mixed method experience (both qualitative and quantitative (surveys)
  
  COMPANY:
  Our client is a Fortune 500 multi-national technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.
  
  Summary:
  As a UX researcher on NPE, you’ll have the opportunity to partner directly with a single, tightly integrated pod with significant freedom to operate with the time, people and space necessary for conceiving, building and launching brand new products. Research is paramount to this organization’s success - formative research is needed to identify the right latent needs or problems in the world to tackle with product solutions, iterative design research is needed to mold early product ideas into testable prototypes, and creative evaluative research is needed to improve and prepare those products for market.
  
  Job Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate closely with researchers, designers, PMs & engineers to identify, define and deliver meaningful products into the world
  • Collaboratively and independently develop and execute research roadmaps
  • Lead various research studies throughout all the phases of the product development cycle
  • Contribute to product strategy, execution and go-to-market plan
  • Manage research vendors to help augment the work of the research team
  
  Qualifications:
  • Hands on experience in designing, executing, analyzing and delivering qualitative research. Experience with research vendor management.
  • Strong collaboration and communications skills. Solid experience partnering with XFNs (PM, DS, PD) and delivering results to less research savvy audiences.
  • Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
  • Experience with data and utilizing numbers to define and support hypotheses
  • Experience with storytelling to get traction with various audience
  • Experience with autonomy and decision making to balance demands
  
  Education
  • BA/BS in a human behavior related field, such as human-computer interaction, psychology, sociology, communication, information science, media studies, computer science, or economics
  
  
  Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.
  Comments for Suppliers:
  
  BENEFITS SUMMARY: Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching.
  
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  Ursus is a minority owned business designed and built to deliver a better staffing experience to Global 1000 and startup companies alike. We pride ourselves in seeking to understand the needs of our clients first; responding with relentless attent...

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