Lead UX Researcher guiding qualitative and quantitative research for Starbucks digital experiences. Shaping product strategy, stakeholder decisions, and UX practices across the coffee company.
Responsibilities
Act in a consultative and advisory role to design and product teams
Identify research topics and plan generative and evaluative studies
Plan, lead, and facilitate end-to-end research projects
Conduct qualitative and quantitative research
Package insights into personas, frameworks, use cases, design principles, scenarios, and other tools and assets
Communicate results and tailor findings to different audiences
Drive leadership buy-in by meeting stakeholders, presenting findings, connecting research to business outcomes, and quantifying business value
Present and evangelize insights throughout the company
Create artifacts, educational tools, experiences, and processes to build and evangelize UX Research across the organization
Partner with designers, product managers, and business partners
Requirements
6+ years of research related to software and digital experiences
2+ years of experience driving large scale research and product roadmaps
Familiarity with a wide variety of qualitative research methods, including concept testing, ethnographic-style field research, group discussions, card sorting, workshops, and remote studies
Experience designing, fielding, and summarizing quantitative surveys
Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
Proven track record of successful partnerships with product managers, designers, analysts, engineers, business stakeholders, and executive leadership
Experience leading remote studies
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Other voluntary insurance benefits
Short-term and long-term disability
Paid parental leave
Family expansion reimbursement
Paid vacation from date of hire
Sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked
Eight paid holidays
Two personal days per year
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
Incentivized emergency savings
Financial well-being tools
100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
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