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Sr. UX Researcher, Applied AI Solutions

Amazon 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America

$152,200 - $226,500 Full-time Senior

Lead end-to-end research programs to inform product strategy and de-risk AI-native business application development. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex customer insights into actionable recommendations that influence roadmaps and priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute end‑to‑end research programs, including recruitment, moderation, analysis, and communication of findings
  • Conduct rapid evaluative studies, foundational interviews, surveys, diary studies, journey research, and mixed‑method programs
  • Partner with senior stakeholders to inform product strategy, evaluate concepts, and improve live experiences
  • Define research plans for ambiguous problem spaces and choose appropriate methodologies
  • Identify unmet customer needs, product gaps, adoption barriers, and trust issues to de‑risk investments
  • Translate findings into clear recommendations that enhance usability, adoption, and trust
  • Influence roadmaps and prioritization by making customer evidence visible and actionable
  • Build domain expertise through continuous study of workflows, prototypes, competitors, and industry trends
  • Mentor junior researchers and elevate research quality across the team
  • Explore innovative uses of AI to improve research speed, depth, or quality

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience leading user research projects with measurable impact
  • Hands‑on experience with field research, ethnography, lab testing, remote testing, and survey design
  • Bachelor's degree in HCDE, Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, or related field
  • Strong skills in study design, recruitment, moderation, analysis, and reporting
  • Experience with behavioral data collection, quantitative analysis, and statistics
  • Portfolio showcasing research deliverables such as study plans and personas

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, life and AD&D)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Employee Assistance Program and mental health support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

Key Skills

User Research Ethnographic Studies Lab‑based User Testing Remote Usability Testing Survey Design Diary Studies Journey Mapping Mixed‑Method Research Qualitative Analysis Quantitative Data Analysis Statistics Research Planning Participant Recruitment Moderation Synthesis Reporting Stakeholder Management Product Strategy Alignment Design Thinking Agile/Scrum Environment Mentoring AI‑assisted Research Tools Presentation Skills Critical Thinking

About Amazon

AWS Applied AI Solutions develops next‑generation intelligent business applications, partnering with product, engineering, and science teams to deliver AI‑powered experiences for enterprises.

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