UX Researcher, Google TV

Lead end-to-end UX Research, including prioritizing, planning, executing, and translating research into insights. Partner closely with designers, product management, engineering, and other cross-functional partners to achieve alignment and success.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end UX Research (including prioritizing, planning, executing, and translating research into insights), spanning everything from high-level, strategic topics to tactical usability testing.
• Triangulate research and convert user insights into measurable product UX improvements and track progress.
• Partner closely with designers, product management, engineering and other cross-functional partners to achieve alignment, shared goals and success.
• Understand and incorporate complex technical and business requirements into research.
• Drive change by effectively communicating research findings through written reports and verbal presentations. Make research findings convincing and actionable for both research experts and non-experts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
• Experience with research design utilizing various methods (e.g., usability studies, contextual inquiry, surveys, etc.).
• Experience working in the UX Research critical user journeys or user experience measurement.
• Master's or PhD degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field (preferred).
• 3 years of experience working with executive leadership (e.g., Director level and above) (preferred).
• Experience in research methods, including when and how to apply them during each product phase (preferred).
• Ability to ramp up quickly in a technical and complicated product space and ability to navigate ambiguity (preferred).
• Excellent collaboration, facilitation, and communication skills.