Sr UX Researcher, Special Projects

Full-time - Senior

Seattle, WA

General Merchandise Retailers

About the position

As a Sr UX Researcher, you will design, execute, and analyze user experiments to guide the development of Amazon FinTech products from a research prototype to launch. This role is on the FinTech UX Design and Research team with the impact, autonomy, flexibility, and speed of innovation of a high-growth startup, powered by the resources of Amazon. The Sr. UX Researcher will have a passion for improving the customer experience and driving high-visibility programs that will impact product designs used by millions of people. We are looking for deep thinkers, innovators and technical entrepreneurial leaders to join our design org as we embark on building the next big idea!

Responsibilities

• Own all aspects of the user research (study design, recruiting, moderation, analysis, reporting, communicating, budgeting research), making autonomous decisions to evaluate which user research methodology approaches work, and which don't.
• Design and conduct a wide spectrum of experiments from quick informal lab evaluations with internal participants, to formal external user studies with detailed usage & behavioral analysis.
• Create long-term research roadmaps and opportunity frameworks that align to and inform product strategy and goals.
• Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, and engineering to evaluate prototypes, functional mockups, usability testing, A/B testing, etc.
• Become a domain expert through daily use of prototypes, competitive, and complementary products to develop a deep product intuition to guide your research.
• Communicate the results of your research and the impact on product design, go-live, and future user research.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a user researcher or similar role.
• Experience conducting UX research (study design, execution, data analysis, and devising customer insights/recommendations) with varied research methodologies and the proven ability to execute the right methodology to get the needed result. Experience with both physical device and mobile app UX.
• 3+ years experience working within an entrepreneurial and iterative design process, with the skill to leverage early results to influence product design, knowing the balance between certainty of methodology and speed of execution.
• A portfolio that illustrates how your research informed decision-making, showcasing deliverables, and your ability to extract actionable insights from qualitative and quantitative data.
• 3+ years' experience working alongside a product development cycle, and building relationships between business, UX, technology, and research teams.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills including the ability to present insights clearly and persuasively to colleagues, partners and stakeholders.
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• Open to staffing this role in Seattle or NYC.

Nice-to-haves

• The ability to tackle complex, high-level research challenges within an uncharted problem space.
• Experience in consumer products with research leading to delightful user experiences.
• Experience in business enterprise products evaluating iterative prototypes, lab-based user testing, and field research.
• Experience inventing new research methods when the right method does not exist.
• Experience with behavioral data-collection and analysis skills, (e.g., designing, conducting, and analyzing all kinds of user data using statistical analysis tools.)
• MS or PhD in human computer interaction, human factors, psychology, sociology, anthropology, or related discipline.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Mentorship and career growth opportunities
• Innovative benefit offerings
• Annual and ongoing learning experiences