Lead UX Researcher, AI Generation Engine
Lead UX Researcher, AI Generation Engine
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About SandboxAQ
SandboxAQ is a highgrowth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the worlds greatest challenges. The companys Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences financial services navigation cybersecurity and other sectors.
We are a global team that is techfocused and includes experts in AI chemistry cybersecurity physics mathematics medicine engineering and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent growth capitalbacked company in 2022 funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.
At SandboxAQ weve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity collaboration and impact. By investing deeply in our people were building a thriving global workforce poised to tackle the worlds epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission in a community of likeminded people who value entrepreneurialism ownership and transformative impact.
About the Team
The SandboxAQ AI Generation Engine (SAIGE) teams mission is to accelerate SandboxAQs mission of Deep Impact at Scale with a focus on quantitative AI and rapid prototyping. More specifically the SAIGE team aims to:
- Build nextgeneration AI capabilities that establish SandboxAQ as the global pacesetter in quantitative AI.
- Identify incubate prototype and launch new AI products for highpotential and longerterm use cases proving (or disproving) their viability as highimpact highly profitable business lines.
- Support internal AI teams and help build new AI applications and infrastructures across SandboxAQs business units.
The SAIGE team operates on the following principles: Prototype with Velocity Explore Boldly Fail Smart Learn Fast Look Forward and Share Knowledge.
About the Role
This teams mission is to accelerate SandboxAQs mission of Deep Impact at Scale with a focus on quantitative AI and rapid prototyping. We build nextgeneration AI capabilities identify and incubate new AI products for highpotential use cases and support internal AI teams.
As a Lead User Experience Researcher on this team you will play a critical role in identifying customer needs and shaping the user experience of novel AIdriven products and prototypes. You will be responsible for designing and executing research strategies that provide actionable insights to guide product development ensuring we build impactful and usercentered solutions. This role requires a seasoned researcher who can navigate ambiguity work with emerging technologies and is open to learning about new domains / industries.
What Youll Do
- Lead and execute endtoend user research projects from defining research questions and methodologies to synthesizing findings and delivering impactful recommendations.
- Champion a deep understanding of user needs pain points and behaviors related to quantitative AI and its applications in new domains (e.g. finance agriculture nuclear fusion).
- Partner closely with product managers engineers and business developers & strategists to identify research opportunities and embed usercentered thinking throughout the technology and product development lifecycle.
- Develop and implement a variety of research methods including but not limited to user interviews usability testing surveys contextual inquiries and diary studies adapting approaches for rapid prototyping and iterative development cycles.
- Create researchfidelity prototypes for directional concept testing and feedback.
- Use and discover new AI tools to accelerate broaden and deepen research and discovery datapoints (quant & qual).
- Bring a strategic lens paired with tactical execution to help the team efficiently define test and iterate.
- Translate complex research findings into clear actionable insights and compelling narratives that inform product strategy design decisions and feature prioritization.
- Contribute to the establishment of UXR best practices within this team and across SandboxAQ in partnership with the Head of Design & User Research
- Act as a key player in identifying and validating new highpotential and longerterm use cases for AI products.
- Proactively scan the horizon for emerging UXR trends and methodologies relevant to AI and rapidly evolving tech landscapes.
- Foster a culture of Fail Smart Learn Fast by designing research that embraces experimentation and extracts valuable learnings from both successful and unsuccessful prototypes.
About You
- 8 years of experience in User Experience Research with a significant portion dedicated to complex software enterprise solutions or emerging technologies.
- Proven ability to independently plan execute and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research delivering impactful insights that drive product decisions.
- Excellent communication storytelling and presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate research findings and their implications to diverse audiences including technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Know how to use current relevant AI tools and methods in your own work.
- Experience working in fastpaced agile environments and comfort with ambiguity and iteration.
- Passion for understanding user needs and advocating for the user in product development.
- Experience in AI / ML space (e.g. agents LLMs)
NicetoHaves
- Experience conducting research and/or product development in the following domains: life sciences finance drug discovery energy agriculture.
- Significant UXR experience for AIfirst products including but not limited to LLMbased products and interfaces
- Experience establishing or scaling UXR practices within a team or organization.
- Experience in early stage design (Interaction Service) contributing to or owning.
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams.
- Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in a relevant field.
The US base salary range for this fulltime position is expected to be $204K $286K per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range individual pay is determined by factors including jobrelated skills experience and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity.
SandboxAQ welcomes all.
Employment Type
Full-Time
