skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

UX Research Director

skillventory - A Leading Talent Research Firm

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Boston • Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $126,000 - $212,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Have responsibility for a domain or focus area within Fidelity’s business in which you identify and prioritize the research that will most effectively drive user and business outcomes
  • Engage daily with Product, Design, and Content stakeholders, including senior leaders, to understand priorities and key initiatives
  • Proactively identify research opportunities and lead the development and execution of research roadmaps that align with business priorities and deliver actionable insights
  • Scope qualitative and quantitative research studies with stakeholders to define objectives, research questions, constraints, and most efficient/effective approach
  • Plan and conduct various types of qualitative and quantitative customer research, identify problems from the user’s point of view, develop insights and opportunity areas, and test new ideas for product-market fit
  • Share insights & recommendations with stakeholders, ensuring that recommendations influence product strategy and design decisions and improve business and user outcomes
  • Advocate for users while balancing an understanding of business objectives, shaping the outcome of initiatives that have measurable impact
  • Contribute to the UX Research community by participating in initiatives that improve our practices and processes and mentoring junior researchers
  • Immerse yourself in multiple product areas to identify opportunities for alignment and drive projects to completion independently

Requirements

  • 10+ years of proven experience conducting/leading Design Research/User Experience Research efforts
  • Bachelors and/or Masters in Design, Human Factors, Psychology, and/or related field highly preferred
  • Proven ability to design and execute qualitative and quantitative research methods, including 1:1 interviewing, concept testing, usability testing, heuristic evaluation, and survey design
  • Ability to understand customer needs data and work with product teams to apply it to experiences
  • Expert written and verbal communication skills, with ability to rapidly analyze research data and share insights and recommendations succinctly
  • Curiosity and confidence to ask questions that will uncover stakeholders’ true research needs
  • Ability to shift in a complex environment
  • Ability to tie research insights and recommendations to business needs and customer problems
  • Growth mindset – a strong desire to learn and improve, willingness and ability to give and receive feedback that improves deliverables and outcomes
  • Familiarity with analytics and in-market experimentation preferred
  • Business expertise: ability to understand business drivers and provide research
  • Ability to challenge traditional assumptions about UX Design and Research – seeking out, inventing, testing and sharing new directions and technologies
  • Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position
Benefits
  • comprehensive health care coverage
  • emotional well-being support
  • market-leading retirement
  • generous paid time off and parental leave
  • charitable giving employee match program
  • educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career
  • bonus or other variable compensation (depending on position and eligibility)

ATS Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
Design ResearchUser Experience ResearchQualitative ResearchQuantitative Research1:1 InterviewingConcept TestingUsability TestingHeuristic EvaluationSurvey DesignData Analysis
Soft skills
Expert CommunicationCuriosityConfidenceAdaptabilityGrowth MindsetStakeholder EngagementMentoringProblem SolvingInfluencingCollaboration
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