Google
Senior Mixed Methods UX Researcher, YouTube Main App
Google, San Bruno, California, United States, 94066
Overview
Senior Mixed Methods UX Researcher, YouTube Main App
About The Job: At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." User Experience Researchers (UXRs) make this possible. Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers. We care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team gathers insights about the needs, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for users and Google’s businesses. At YouTube, we believe everyone deserves a voice and strive to empower storytelling, discovery, and community through our products. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world.
As a User Experience Researcher (UXR), you’ll help teams of UXers, product managers, and engineers understand user needs. You’ll work with stakeholders across functions and levels and influence product development at all stages to create useful, usable, and delightful products. You’ll explore user behaviors and motivations through primary research such as field studies, interviews, diary studies, participatory workshops, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis. The UXR community at Google offers opportunities to learn from peers, mentor programs, and access to internal research tools.
Responsibilities
Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for research-based, user-centric solutions.
Own project priorities in alignment with product goals, and oversee allocation of resources within the project.
Drive ideas to improve products and services through research-driven insights and recommendations.
Lead teams to define and evaluate product, service, and ecosystem impact.
Own strategy discussions through research by analyzing, consolidating, or synthesizing what is known about user, product, service, or business needs.
Qualifications Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
6 years of experience in an applied research setting (e.g., product or academic), or similar.
Experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, including interviews, usability testing, diary studies, and survey design and statistics.
Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field.
5 years of experience conducting UX research on products and working with executive leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
3 years of experience managing projects, and working in a changing organization.
Experience conducting research relevant to design systems.
Experience with advanced data analysis approaches and tools (e.g., R, Python, SQL).
Knowledge of consumer video products.
About You The US base salary range for this full-time position is $151,000-$222,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay within the range is determined by location and factors including skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share the specific salary range for your location. Compensation details listed reflect base salary; bonus, equity, and benefits are additional. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Employee Experience Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you need accommodation, please let us know by completing the Accommodations for Applicants form.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Art/Creative, Design, and Engineering
Industries
Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet
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About The Job: At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." User Experience Researchers (UXRs) make this possible. Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers. We care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team gathers insights about the needs, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for users and Google’s businesses. At YouTube, we believe everyone deserves a voice and strive to empower storytelling, discovery, and community through our products. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world.
As a User Experience Researcher (UXR), you’ll help teams of UXers, product managers, and engineers understand user needs. You’ll work with stakeholders across functions and levels and influence product development at all stages to create useful, usable, and delightful products. You’ll explore user behaviors and motivations through primary research such as field studies, interviews, diary studies, participatory workshops, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis. The UXR community at Google offers opportunities to learn from peers, mentor programs, and access to internal research tools.
Responsibilities
Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for research-based, user-centric solutions.
Own project priorities in alignment with product goals, and oversee allocation of resources within the project.
Drive ideas to improve products and services through research-driven insights and recommendations.
Lead teams to define and evaluate product, service, and ecosystem impact.
Own strategy discussions through research by analyzing, consolidating, or synthesizing what is known about user, product, service, or business needs.
Qualifications Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
6 years of experience in an applied research setting (e.g., product or academic), or similar.
Experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, including interviews, usability testing, diary studies, and survey design and statistics.
Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field.
5 years of experience conducting UX research on products and working with executive leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
3 years of experience managing projects, and working in a changing organization.
Experience conducting research relevant to design systems.
Experience with advanced data analysis approaches and tools (e.g., R, Python, SQL).
Knowledge of consumer video products.
About You The US base salary range for this full-time position is $151,000-$222,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay within the range is determined by location and factors including skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share the specific salary range for your location. Compensation details listed reflect base salary; bonus, equity, and benefits are additional. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Employee Experience Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you need accommodation, please let us know by completing the Accommodations for Applicants form.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Art/Creative, Design, and Engineering
Industries
Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet
#J-18808-Ljbffr