Director of UX Research, Dating Outcomes – Platform

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Director of UX Research at Hinge overseeing research strategy for Dating Outcomes and Platform. Influencing product decisions to drive meaningful connections through innovative insights.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $235,000 - $287,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive the UX research vision, strategy, and roadmap for Dating Outcomes and Platform — prioritizing the questions that need to be answered before roadmaps are locked
Lead, coach, and grow a team of seasoned, experienced researchers, setting a high bar for craft, rigor, and impact
Operate as a strategic partner through synthesizing UXR and DS insights into POVs that shape product vision and strategy and inform executive decisions
Represent Dating Outcomes and Platform insights clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, communicating roadmaps, tradeoffs, and product implications
Drive cross-team synthesis and frameworks that unify insights across teams and product groups
Identify structural and organizational gaps; proactively design ways of working that improve team velocity, cross-functional collaboration, and research quality
Build a team culture grounded in curiosity, rigor, deep user empathy – and fun!

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of UX research experience in consumer-facing industries, with 4+ years managing and developing professional researchers across multiple levels.
Proven track record of leading research across complex, multi-team consumer product portfolios with clear examples of research directly shaping product strategy and measurable outcomes
Deep expertise across qualitative and quantitative research methods — able to set the methodological bar across a team, partner fluently with Data Science, and integrate quant and qual into a unified research strategy
Ability to operate at both the strategic and craft level — setting research vision while holding a high bar for rigor and execution across the team
Experience managing and mentoring highly senior ICs — able to establish clear roles and responsibilities, protect independent scope, and support researchers who are deeply embedded in product strategy and operating at a level that may match or exceed their manager's domain depth
Demonstrated ability to do the organizational glue work: identifying when teams aren't functioning well, diagnosing root causes, and driving the interventions to fix it
Confident, clear communicator who can represent research strategy at VP-level forums, influence without authority across product, engineering, design, and data, and present complex tradeoffs accessibly
Passion for innovation and exploring how emerging technologies, including generative AI, can elevate the craft and impact of research
Passion for Hinge's mission of helping people build meaningful relationships

Benefits

Comp & perks

401(k) Matching: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
Professional Growth: Get an annual Learning & Development stipend once you’ve been with us for three months. You also get free access to Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 6000 courses, starting your first day.
Parental Leave & Planning: When you become a new parent, you’re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents.)
Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide a stipend towards fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.
Date Stipend: All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates– Romantic or otherwise. Hinge Premium is also free for employees and their loved ones.
ERGs: We have eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)—Asian, Unapologetic, Disability, LGBTQIA+, Raices, Women/Nonbinary, Parents —that hold regular meetings, host events, and provide dedicated support to the organization & its community.

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Hard Skills & Tools

UX researchqualitative research methodsquantitative research methodsproduct strategydata synthesisresearch visionmethodological rigorcross-functional collaborationuser empathyresearch quality

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingcommunicationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvinginfluence without authorityteam culture buildingcuriositymentoringorganizational diagnosis