The client

The role

The company are looking for someone with previous experienced in management/leadership, who will be responsible for setting the vision pf User Research. 

Some key areas you will be focused on below:

• Leading a team of UX Researchers at all levels and partner with leadership across design, product, engineering and data to collectively drive innovation and business OKR
• Raise the research bar by maintaining existing and developing new frameworks that allow them to continually improve their knowledge
• You’ll be responsible for the organisational structure of the team and lead recruitment by developing a hiring framework, running interviews, setting tasks and onboarding new team members
• Seek out opportunities to challenge, improve and refine our product and design principles
• Provide quarterly strategy for key areas of focus in Research
• You’ll have a defined career progression path which enables you to grow as a designer in a way that suits you

The candidate

The Candidate

• You’re able to strategise key areas of focus for research, across a complex and diverse product suite
• You have in depth experience managing research across multiple work-streams and projects
• You can communicate research findings at all levels and have proven experience of developing sustainable frameworks for delivering insights
• You have a proven track record of building high quality research teams through the use of hiring frameworks that balance personality and competency
• You are an empathetic leader who is able to constructively guide and mentor researchers at all levels to achieve success against measured goals
• You have a portfolio of real world, commercial projects with which you can clearly demonstrate your contributions and successes.

And what can they offer you?