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Senior UX Researcher, YouTube Shorts Ads

Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America

$159,000 - $230,000 Full-time Senior

Develop a research roadmap and conduct viewer research to identify needs, behaviors, and knowledge gaps related to advertising experiences. Represent viewer needs in product decisions and collaborate with YouTube, Ads, Product, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams to balance viewer experience with creator, advertiser, and business goals.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a research roadmap and conduct viewer research to identify needs, behaviors, and knowledge gaps related to advertising experiences. Represent viewer needs in product decisions and collaborate with YouTube, Ads, Product, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams to balance viewer experience with creator, advertiser, and business goals.

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience and at least six years of applied research experience are required, including mixed-methods research and evidence of business impact. Preferred qualifications include a relevant master's degree or PhD, experience with UX research and executive stakeholders, project management in a large organization, advanced statistical modeling, and research on short-form video or advertising products.

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Benefits
  • Bonus

Key Skills

User research Mixed‑methods research Qualitative analysis Quantitative analysis Statistical modeling Survey design Interview techniques Diary studies Prototype testing Log analysis Cross‑functional collaboration Stakeholder communication Research roadmap planning Business impact evaluation Design thinking Agile methodology Data visualization Presentation skills UX strategy Product management partnership Leadership Project management Mentoring

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