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UX Researcher, Search

UX Researcher, Search

1 Month ago • 4-7 Years • Product Design • Undisclosed

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Job Description

As a UX Researcher at Google Search, you'll conduct independent research on various product aspects and experiences, analyzing user behavior through diverse methods like lab studies, field visits, surveys, and A/B testing. You'll collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers to prioritize research opportunities in a fast-paced environment. Your responsibilities include understanding and incorporating complex technical and business requirements into research, advocating findings through reports and presentations, and contributing to the creation of useful, usable, and delightful search experiences for billions of users globally. You'll be part of a collaborative UX community with opportunities for growth and learning.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree in related field
4+ years applied research experience
Experience with various research methods
Relevant product research experience
Strong communication skills

Good to have:

Master's or PhD degree
Experience with senior leadership
Experience in large organizations
Proficiency in various product spaces
Understanding of research method strengths and weaknesses

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
Experience with research design utilizing various methods (e.g., usability studies, contextual inquiry, surveys, etc.).
Relevant product research experience, either in an end-to-end, usability, or generative setting.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or a related field.
3 years of experience working with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
2 years of experience conducting UX research on products, managing projects, and working in a large, matrixed organization.
Experience in a variety of product spaces, applied research, or academic settings.
Proficiency in communicating user research findings with cross-functional partners to drive impact.
Understanding of the strengths and shortcomings of different research methods, including when and how to apply them during the product development process.

About the job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." User Experience Researchers (UXRs) 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: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the needs, attitudes, emotions, 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 User Experience Researcher (UXR), you’ll help your team of UXers, product managers, and engineers understand user needs. You’ll work with stakeholders across functions and levels and have impact at all stages of product development. You’ll play a critical role in creating useful, usable, and delightful products. You’ll explore user behaviors and motivations by conducting primary research such as field studies, interviews, diary studies, participatory workshops, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis.

The UXR community at Google is unique and 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.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

Responsibilities

Conduct independent research on multiple aspects of products and experiences.
Collect and analyze user behavior through lab studies, field visits, ethnography, surveys, benchmark studies, server logs and online experiments (A/B testing).
Work with Designers, Product Managers, Engineers and other UXRs to prioritize research opportunities in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
Understand and incorporate complex technical and business requirements into research.
Advocate research findings to diverse audiences through written reports and in-person presentations.

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