Creative Director, Design System

At Constant Contact we are seriously awesome people who take ownership and make an impact by operating with the mindset integrity and courage of a small business owner.Theres something so profoundly rewarding about knowing that your work is empowering people everywhere to pursue their dreams. Here we all play an integral part in helping business owners entrepreneurs non-profits and individuals to succeed by giving them all the help and tools they need to grow online. Were energized by new challenges and new possibilities-and were just getting started!

The Senior User Experience Researcher is a strategic experienced and highly autonomous individual contributor (IC) responsible for uncovering deep customer insights that drive significant impact. This roles primary mission is to proactively drive strategic discovery research to identify high-leverage problems and opportunities within the customer experience. You will be instrumental in aligning the product strategy to our target audiences intent and unmet needs informing where Constant Contact should invest next to enhance the product portfolio. You will not just report findings; you will translate complex insights into compelling narratives and actionable recommendations that directly influence executive decision-making.

What Youll Do:

• Strategic Discovery & Problem Identification: Lead and own the strategic discovery research roadmap for your product domain. Proactively plan and execute studies specifically designed to identify fundamental customer problems and emergent opportunities for the product experience ensuring alignment with target audience intent and core needs.
• Mixed-Methods Execution: Design conduct and analyze a broad range of studies using a robust mixed-methods approach (e.g. in-depth interviews ethnography longitudinal studies complex surveys and telemetry analysis).
• Insight Synthesis & Strategy: Transform complex multi-layered data into clear concise and compelling strategic artifacts (e.g. updated personas intent-driven journey maps and opportunity frameworks) that clearly articulate where and why the product strategy should pivot or accelerate.
• Strategic Influence: Partner closely with Principal Designers Product Leads and Engineering Leaders to ensure research findings are effectively integrated into the long-term product strategy and directly influence prioritization and investment decisions.
• Democratization of Research: Lead initiatives to enable and train cross-functional partners on best practices for conducting effective lightweight research acting as a methodological consultant for embedded teams.
• Ethical Practice: Ensure all research activities adhere to ethical guidelines data privacy regulations (GDPR/CCPA) and internal best practices.
• Embed AI into research workflows: Ensure speed quality and impact. Define what it means to work AI-natively across research internally and for our customers. Stay up to date on the latest AI-based research techniques and tools.

What Youll Bring:

• Experience & Expertise: 5 years of dedicated experience as a User Experience Researcher Design Researcher or Applied Researcher preferably in a complex SaaS or software environment.
• Methodological Mastery: Deep expertise in planning and executing a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods with proven ability to select the right methodology to uncover strategic intent and latent needs.
• SaaS Domain Focus: Significant experience designing research for integrated workflow tools and SaaS platforms with a clear understanding of the small business user journey.
• Data Translation: Proven ability to synthesize insights from various sources (user interviews behavioral metrics market data) to build a holistic understanding of customer behavior and identify strategic patterns.
• Communication & Storytelling: Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills with a track record of clearly communicating complex research findings and their strategic business implications to executive stakeholders.
• Education: Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Psychology Anthropology Sociology Information Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Why Youll Love Us:

• We celebrate one anothers differences. We are proud of our culture of diversity and inclusion and were always working hard to strengthen and improve this culture. We have programs in place that bring us together on important issues and provide educational opportunities for all employees.
• Join the experts. If youre passionate about supporting businesses and organizations you wont find a better spot to share your talent. Were dedicated to improving the quality of our product from a customer standpoint and have a true desire to enable the success of businesses non-profit organizations and community groups.
• Youll have opportunities to grow your career. We encourage and support our team members to learn different aspects of the business take on stretch assignments seek coaching opportunities and professional development opportunities.
• A generous paid time off policy and a competitive benefits package that supports the health and well-being of you and your family

At Constant Contact were all about work flexibility and are proud to serve our customers as a hybrid workforce. Our hybrid work model combines the convenience of remote work with access to our great office locations to collaborate in-person participate in live trainings and socialize with colleagues.

Application Deadline: 30 days. We may fill this job opening prior to the deadline if a candidate is selected by us.

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