Senior Quantitative UX Researcher, Search Ads

6 Days ago • 5-10 Years • Product Design

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Job Description

As a Senior Quantitative UX Researcher at Google Search Ads, you'll define and measure UX goals, develop code and statistical models to understand user experience, and conduct empirical research using various methods. You'll examine data and designs to generate research hypotheses, prioritize research to improve UX, and communicate findings to stakeholders. This role requires collaboration with designers, researchers, data scientists, engineers, and program managers. Responsibilities include using methods from computer science, quantitative social science, statistics, and econometrics to understand user behavior and extract patterns from large datasets. You will work with large data sets and apply your knowledge of statistical methods and programming to improve user experience.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years applied research experience
  • Programming skills (Python, R, etc.)
  • Product research experience
  • Experience with statistical analysis
  • Communication and collaboration skills
Good to have:
  • Master's or PhD in related field
  • 5+ years UX research with executive leadership
  • Project management experience in a large organization
  • Experience developing research questions
  • Experience with computational algorithms for large datasets
  • Expertise in multivariate statistics and experimental design
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
  • Experience in programming languages used for data processing and computational statistics (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, or Go).
  • Experience with product research in an applied research setting.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or a related field.
  • 5 years of experience conducting UX research on products and working with executive leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
  • 3 years of experience managing projects, and working in a large, matrixed organization.
  • Experience with developing research questions within a given domain, along with using technical tools for data analysis.
  • Experience in programming computational and statistical algorithms for large data sets.
  • Experience in descriptive, inferential, and multivariate statistics, including t-test and Analysis of Variance, and experimental design.

About the job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Quantitative User Experience Researchers make this possible.

Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers who care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, needs, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.

As a Quantitative User Experience Researcher (Quant UXR), you’ll help inform your team of UXers, product managers, and engineers about user needs. You’ll play a critical role in creating useful, usable, and delightful products. You’ll work with stakeholders across functions and levels and have impact at all stages of product development.

You will investigate user behavior and user needs using empirical research methods such as logs analysis, survey research, path modeling, and regression analysis. Quant UXRs vary in background using skills from computer science, quantitative social science, econometrics, data science, survey research, psychology, human-computer interaction, and other fields. You’ll combine skills in behavioral research design, statistical methods, and general programming to improve user experience.

The Quant UXR community at Google will help you do your best work. You’ll have the opportunity to work with and learn from UXRs across Google through regular meetups, mentor programs, and access to internal research tools.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about .

Responsibilities

  • Define and measure quantitative UX goals and metrics in collaboration with Designers, Qualitative Researchers, Data Scientists, Engineers and Program Managers.
  • Develop code and statistical models to understand user experience.
  • Conduct empirical research using methods from computer science, quantitative social science, statistics, econometrics, and other fields to understand user behavior and extract meaningful patterns from large data sets.
  • Examine existing data and product designs to generate hypotheses and plans for high-impact research.
  • Prioritize and drive research to improve user experience. Communicate findings to stakeholders in the company.
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$142.0K - $211.0K/yr (Outscal est.)
$176.5K/yr avg.
New York, New York, United States

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