Senior UX Researcher

Senior UX Researcher at Bayer Crop Science's digital farming arm, advancing regenerative agriculture and technology breakthroughs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive complex regional research initiatives across squads, ARTs, or business lines, translating business needs into research strategies aligned with strategic goals.
• Partner with product managers, designers, engineers, and other stakeholders to understand business objectives, user needs, and product opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to embed research into product strategy, decision-making, and roadmap planning.
• Define and evolve the research operations model, governance, and tooling to enable scalable, high-quality research practices.
• Champion ethical, inclusive, and evidence-based research practices across Bayer Digital Farming and promote research democratization while maintaining quality and integrity.
• Proactively develop and manage research plans, methodologies, and project timelines in alignment with broader product and business objectives.
• Support product managers through coaching, knowledge sharing, and feedback on their use of research findings to inform product decisions.
• Coordinate and support user research activities, including participant management, stakeholder alignment, and smooth project execution.
• Maintain high standards for research data management, documentation, and compliance with data privacy regulations.
• Manage and optimize research tools and software, ensuring accessibility and effective use across the research team and broader organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Human-Computer Interaction, Design, Psychology, Sociology, Information Science, or a related discipline.
• 5-12 years of experience conducting UX research in a product development environment.
• Proficiency in research tools (e.g., Dovetail, Qualtrics, usability testing platforms).
• Solid understanding of UX principles and customer empathy.
• Strong analytical and storytelling skills to convey insights to varied audiences.
• Strong expertise in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research.

Key Skills

• UX Design experience
• Dovetail and Figma experience

Benefits

• Health care
• Vision
• Dental
• Retirement
• PTO
• Sick leave
• Additional compensation may include a bonus or incentive program