Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and through their work can make an impact on our industry. Were here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.
This role leads research strategy team management and the implementation of best practices in user research methodologies. The Director will establish and head a small Research Center of Excellence acting as a strategic partner to design and product teams while building research capabilities and literacy across the organization.
What Youll Do on a Typical Day
Establish and lead the Research Center of Excellence defining standards best practices and governance for all UX research activities across the organization.
Build mentor and manage a small team of UX researchers fostering a collaborative innovative and impactoriented research culture.
Coach and empower designers and product managers to conduct their own research and continuous discovery activities and develop training programs and resources to build research literacy across teams.
Partner with product design engineering and business stakeholders to identify research needs advise on appropriate research approaches and translate findings into actionable insights.
Define and maintain research standards oversee study design and ensure quality across qualitative quantitative and mixedmethods initiatives; create frameworks for ongoing continuous discovery.
Synthesize research findings into clear narratives and recommendations and present insights to senior leadership.
Evaluate implement and optimize research tools platforms and processes to improve efficiency and enable scalable selfservice research.
What Were Looking For
10 years of experience in UX research including at least 5 years in a leadership role.
Proven expertise across multiple research methodologies (user interviews usability testing surveys analytics etc.).
Strong project management and people management skills.
Demonstrated experience building research capability and coaching crossfunctional teams.
Excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Experience in B2B environments; travel industry experience preferred.
Advanced degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
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Location
Manchester United Kingdom
The #TeamGBT Experience
Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.
Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans retirement programs parental leave adoption assistance and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you with access to over 20000 courses on our learning platform leadership courses and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups centered around common identities or initiatives to discuss challenges obstacles achievements and drive company awareness and action.
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