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Job Description
The client is seeking a UX Researcher to join a cross-disciplinary team of product managers designers user researchers writers and software engineers with the goal of increasing users awareness and proactivity inimproving their health. This role will involve working on innovative health applications from concept to launch utilizing a range of research methodologies including in-depth interviews usability testing observation and contextual inquiry to deliver high-quality research with impactful recommendations. They use an iterative research and design approach in the lab and thus the ideal candidate will feel comfortable with running multiple studies with a healthy dose of ambiguity. The teams iterative approach is fast-paced and is responsible for using the data collected and insights found to help answer the teams questions reduce ambiguity and drive the design and product direction towards successful product release.
You must be able to demonstrate the ability to run a study from end-to-end: to align on study goals with various stakeholders execute remote and/or in-person studies and analyze data to write and present a report that is easy for diverse stakeholders to consume with relevant actionable and succinct recommendations.
Work Location:Mountain View CA(on-site 4 days a week)
Duration:6-month contract; hybrid role
Pay Range:$80/hr to $89/hr
**No C2C resumes are considered**
Responsibilities:
- Meeting with key stakeholders (PM Head of User Experience and Human Factors Regulatory Affairs Head of Engineering) to understand key milestones for product development.
- Working with recruiting vendors to recruit participants for a study (includes writing a screener securing budget approval and communicating with the recruiting vendor leading up to the study).
- Writing study plans that use appropriate methods to answer the key research questions and include key information for the upcoming study.
- Independently moderating user-research studies.
- Quickly synthesizing research findings into insights that stakeholders (e.g. product design writing) can understand and act on.
- Preparing report presentations and communicating research findings to a broad team of stakeholders.
- Working with product writing design and development teams to guide the development of products/prototypes to support further testing and prompt key decisions to be made.
- Collaborating with other team members to build applications for cutting-edge smartphone and wearablesolutions including collaborations.
- Helping provide documentation that includes a human factors validation plan using related risk analysis and tracking all recommendations made during the formative studies.
- Using research insights to help establish a roadmap for health strategy with a forward-thinking vision of how our health products and services can best fit into users lives.
- Leading mentoring and guiding other researchers on the team by providing constructive feedback and reviews on research reports and during collaboration sessions.
- Work with your Manager on research priorities.
Necessary Skills and Attributes:
- Self-motivated individual with the ability to thrive in a team-based or independent environment.
- Detail-oriented with strong organization skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Limited supervision and the exercise of discretion.
- Fluency in best practices for user experience and user research.
- Ability to communicate research findings clearly to different audiences using excellent written verbal and presentation skills.
- Flexible entrepreneurial spirit can think creatively and enjoys working collaboratively to find solutions in either ambiguous situations or within constraints.
- Ability to run a study and provide actionable recommendations quickly.
- Results-driven.
Qualifications:
- 5-7 years (7 years preferred) of UX Research/Human Factors experience.
- Minimum of a Bachelors degree.
- Educational background in research-related domains Human-Computer Interaction Human Factors Anthropology or comparable industry research experience or equivalent combination of education training and experience.
- Experience leading several research studies from end to end and throughout the development life cycle.
- Experience using a variety of research methodologies (e.g. usability testing observation in-depth interviews surveys etc.)
- Experience working closely with design and product functions.
- Experience conducting user research on consumer health products and developing products in the health wellness and/or medical space.
- Experience with products that seek to motivate users to make healthy behavior changes.
- Experience using measures to evaluate the success of the iterative design approach.
- Experience mentoring and leading researchers.
- Experience conducting research on consumer devices such as smartphones smartwatches and other wearables.
- Experience running prototype software on mobile devices and remotely via video conference.
- Experience with a variety of methodologies usability in-depth interviews observation contextual inquiry etc.
**No C2C resumes are considered**
Thank you!
FocusKPI Hiring Team
Founded in 2010 FocusKPI Inc. (FocusKPI) is a data science and technology firm specializing in predictive analytics practice and methodologies. FocusKPI is a US company headquartered in Silicon Valley California with an East Coast office in Boston Massachusettss.
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Employment Type
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