Senior UX Researcher
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States of America
As a Senior UX Researcher, you will drive human-centered strategy and contribute to ongoing product development by integrating insights into human behaviors and practices. You will conduct research to inform product strategy and collaborate in cross-disciplinary research efforts.
Responsibilities
- Driving human-centered strategy and setting product direction
- Conducting research to fill in knowledge gaps, prioritize inclusion, identify risks, inform product decisions, and conduct analyses to distill quantitative and qualitative data into actionable insights
- Collaborating in cross-disciplinary research efforts
- Working directly with Microsoft customers and partners, consulting on UX research best practices and helping them deliver world-class solutions using Microsoft technology
Requirements
- Doctorate in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors Engineering, Computer Science, Technical Communications, Information Science, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Behavioral Science, Social Sciences, or a related field AND 1+ year of UX research experience
- OR Master's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors Engineering, Computer Science, Technical Communications, Information Science, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Behavioral Science, Social Sciences, or a related field AND 3+ years of UX research experience
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors Engineering, Computer Science, Technical Communications, Information Science, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Behavioral Science, Social Sciences, or a related field AND 4+ years of UX research experience
- OR equivalent experience
Key Skills
- UX research
- Human-computer interaction
- Human factors engineering
- Technical communications
- Information science
- Information architecture
- User experience design
- Behavioral science
- Social sciences
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Opportunities for further education and career development
About Microsoft
Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.
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