Sr. UX Researcher - ArcGIS Apps

Lead exploratory and evaluative research to guide product direction for ArcGIS Apps. Collaborate with product teams to ensure user insights are integrated into the development process.

Responsibilities

• Lead exploratory and evaluative research across the development lifecycle to guide product direction and decision-making on ArcGIS Apps, including identifying user problems & research opportunities to exploring new audiences & testing product iterations
• Align research with agile development processes, ensuring user insights are proactively represented in standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, GitHub issues, and release cycles
• Build strong relationships and manage research projects across multiple product teams, acting as a trusted partner and embedding deeply in cross-functional workflows
• Partner with product and design leadership to prioritize research needs, develop plans, and deliver actionable insights tailored to designers, engineers, and product managers
• Synthesize findings from multiple data sources into clear problem statements, actionable recommendations, and proposed next steps that reflect product priorities

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience leading user experience research on complex enterprise software
• Expertise in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method research methodologies (including usability testing) across remote and in-person formats
• Expert-level knowledge of design patterns and common usability challenges for enterprise software or data-focused applications
• Demonstrated experience conducting agile UX research and collaborating closely with cross-functional product teams
• Ability to adapt research methodologies to the needs, opportunities, and constraints of each project and deliver insights and recommendations on time
• Ability to deeply understand ArcGIS software and the field of GIS, including proactively learning product workflows and engaging with internal subject matter experts

Key Skills

• Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method research methodologies
• Design patterns and common usability challenges for enterprise software or data-focused applications
• Agile UX research
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Adaptability
• Time management
• Communication skills

Benefits

• Industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families)
• 401(k) and profit-sharing programs
• Minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave
• Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth