UX Researcher IV

Immediate need for a talented UX Researcher IV. This is a 06+ Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Mountain View CA (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID:25-89307

Pay Range: $100 - $105.75/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Meeting with key stakeholders (PM, Head of User Experience and Human Factors, Regulatory Affairs, Head of Engineering) to understand key milestones for product development.
• Working with recruiting vendors to recruit participants for a study (includes writing a screener, securing budget approval, and communicating with the recruiting vendor leading up to the study).
• Writing study plans that use appropriate methods to answer the key research questions and include key information for upcoming study.
• Independently moderating user-research studies.
• Quickly synthesizing research findings into insights that stakeholders (e.g., product, design, writing) can understand and act on.
• Preparing report presentations and communicating research findings to a broad team of stakeholders.
• Working with product, writing, design, and development teams to guide the development of products/prototypes to support further testing and prompt key decisions to be made.
• Collaborating with other team members to build applications for cutting-edge smartphone and wearable SaMD solutions, including collaborations.
• Helping provide documentation for SaMDs, which includes human factors validation plan, use related risks analysis, and tracking all recommendations made during the formative studies.
• Using research insights to help establish a roadmap for health strategy, with a forward-thinking vision of how our health products and services can best fit into user’s lives.
• Leading, mentoring, and guiding other researchers on the team by providing constructive feedback and reviews on research reports and during collaboration sessions.
• Work with your Manager on research priorities.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Skills-“UX Research”, “Health Tech”, "Medical Device".
• 7 years of UX Research/Human Factors experience with a Bachelors degree, or 1 years of UX Research/Human Factors experience with a Masters degree.
• Educational background in research-related domains, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Anthropology or comparable industry research experience or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Experience leading several research studies from end to end and throughout the development life cycle.
• Experience using a variety of research methodologies (e.g., usability testing, observation, in-depth interviews, surveys, etc.)
• Experience working closely with design and product functions.
• (Preferred) Experience conducting user research on consumer health products and developing products in the health, wellness, and/or medical space.
• (Preferred) Experience with products that seek to motivate users to make healthy behavior changes.
• (Preferred) Experience using measures to evaluate success of iterative design approach.
• (Preferred) Experience mentoring and leading researchers.
• (Preferred) Experience conducting research on consumer devices such as smartphones, smartwatches, and other wearables.
• (Preferred) Experience running prototype software on mobile devices and remotely via video conference.
• (Preferred) Experience with a variety of methodologies, usability, in-depth interview, observation, contextual inquiry, etc.
• Self-motivated individual with the ability to thrive in a team-based or independent environment.
• Detail-oriented with strong organization skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Limited supervision and the exercise of discretion.
• Fluency in best practices for user experience and user research.
• Ability to communicate research findings in a clear way to different audiences using excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Entrepreneurial spirit that is flexible, can think creatively, and enjoys working collaboratively to find solutions in either ambiguous situations or within constraints.
• Ability to run a study and provide actionable recommendations quickly.

Our client is a leading IT Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
 
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