Senior UX Research and Design Manager
Senior UX Research and Design Manager
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Job Description
About PeopleGrove
We are a rapidly growing SaaS company focused on delivering complex workflow tools to the higher education sector including solutions for alumni relations management and clinical experiential learning. Our mission is to empower educational institutions with technology that streamlines workflows fosters meaningful alumni engagement and supports the growth of clinical programs. Our approach to product discovery UX and feature development is heavily influenced by the principles described in Inspired by Marty Cagan emphasizing crossfunctional collaboration and continuous validation. We operate in a fastpaced collaborative environment with product teams based in the United States and India.
Position Overview
As the Senior UX Research and Design Manager you will drive user research initiatives that inform and shape the user experience for both existing product enhancements and new product innovations. You will be pivotal in defining and executing the research strategy synthesizing insights and creating product designs that are grounded in a deep understanding of our users needs and behaviors. You will serve as a strategic partner to Product Engineering and Design guiding research methodologies championing usercentered design and mentoring team members on best practices in user discovery.
Key Responsibilities
- Own UX Research Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive UX research strategy to guide product innovation and iterative improvements.
- Contribute to Product Strategy: Collaborate with product managers to prioritize research questions align on objectives and inform product roadmaps with usercentric insights.
- Plan and Execute User Research: Plan and conduct user research using a variety of methods (e.g. user interviews usability testing surveys field studies concept validation) to uncover user behaviors motivations and pain points.
- Translate Data into Actionable Insights: Analyze and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into actionable insights and recommendations.
- Ideate Prototype and Test: Partner with UX designers and product teams to ideate prototype and test new product experiences and workflow improvements.
- Integrate Research into Discovery and Development: Work closely with product managers in the US and India to ensure research findings are integrated into product discovery and development cycles.
- Create High Fidelity Designs: Create high fidelity designs for product and engineering teams based on insights generated from user and market research.
- Champion a UserCentric Mindset: Champion a usercentric mindset throughout the organization by focusing on continuous discovery iteration and user validation.
- Set a New Standard: Mentor and coach product team members on research best practices ensuring a consistent and effective approach to user discovery.
- Standardize Research Process: Define refine and standardize research processes tools and documentation to improve efficiency and transparency across teams.
- Drive Continuous Discovery: Introduce and maintain frameworks for continuous discovery ensuring the product team remains in constant communication with users.
- Measure Impact: Work with product and analytics teams to measure the impact of UX improvements on user engagement satisfaction and product adoption.
- Present Findings: Present clear and compelling findings to stakeholders including executives that demonstrate how research translates to user and business value.
- Manage Design Team: Manage a design team overseeing all aspects from hiring and training to guiding daytoday operations and longterm strategic planning.
Qualifications & Experience
- Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in HumanComputer Interaction Psychology Anthropology Design or a related field.
- Experience: 7 years of handson UX research experience with at least 3 years in a leadership role. Proven track record in a SaaS environment ideally with complex workflow products. Experience in a similarsized enterprise (e.g. midmarket SaaS business) is highly desirable. Highly Desirable: Experience in the Higher Education EdTech space or with B2B SaaS workflow tools.
- Research Skills: Proficiency in a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into usercentric insights.
- Product Mindset: Comfort working in agile and lean development environments partnering closely with product managers designers and engineers.
- Communication & Leadership: Excellent written verbal and presentation skills. Ability to influence and persuade key stakeholders from executive leadership to engineering teams. Experience mentoring or managing research teams or crossfunctional pods.
- Culture & Values: Highly collaborative and userfocused. Passion for higher education and improving the experiences of students alumni and administrators.
Why Join PeopleGrove
Impactful Work: Shape the UX of products used by Higher Education Institutions across the United States helping them train the next generation of high impact graduates in fields like Nursing Allied Health Engineering and Social work.
Growth Opportunities: Lead a multiregional design team defining best practices for UX research and discovery while mentoring others in research methodologies.
Remote Flexibility: Work from anywhere in the US with periodic travel as needed for team offsites or user research sessions.
Innovative Environment: Join a company committed to product excellence crossfunctional collaboration and continuous improvement.
Collaborative Culture: Work alongside passionate professionals who value empathy innovation and usercentric design.
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