UX Researcher

About The Opportunity 

Stage is India's first OTT platform for regional dialect content. We create and deliver hyper-local entertainment, ensuring that users connect deeply with culturally rich content.

To enhance our product experience and engagement, we are looking for a UX Researcher who can dive deep into understanding our audience and help shape a user-centric product.

Role Overview

As a UX Researcher at Stage, you will help our teams deeply understand user behavior, needs, and challenges. You will collaborate closely with product designers, product managers, and engineers to ensure a strong, insight-backed approach to solving user and business problems. 

Roles and Responsibilities 

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative user research (interviews, surveys, focus groups, usability testing, etc.).
  

• Analyze user behavior data, session recordings, heatmaps, and other insights to improve user experience.
  

• Build user personas, journey maps, and empathy maps to understand audience pain points.
  

• Collaborate with UX/UI designers and product teams to translate research findings into actionable design improvements.
  

• Work closely with target audience groups to ensure cultural and linguistic alignment in the UX strategy.
  

• Present research findings to stakeholders with clear, data-backed recommendations.
  

Requirements 

• 2+ years of experience in UX research or human-centered design.
  

• Strong knowledge of user research methodologies and data analysis.
  

• Hands-on experience with research tools like Hotjar, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, UserTesting, Lookback, etc.
  

• Ability to analyze and interpret qualitative & quantitative data effectively.
  

• Excellent communication skills in Hindi and English (regional dialect knowledge is a plus).
  

• Experience working in a startup environment, or on ambitious zero-to-one projects in established organizations. 
  

• Experience in planning and executing end-to-end projects.