Walmart

Principal, Design Researcher

Walmart • $110K — $220K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
  • Proven leadership in managing research projects and influencing cross-functional partners.
  • Strong focus on methodological integrity and delivering insights that drive business outcomes.
  • Ability to translate research findings into actionable strategies for diverse stakeholders.
  • Proficient in synthesizing data to inform design decisions and create necessary artifacts like journey maps.
  • Strong systems thinking and human-centered design skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design research initiatives to uncover customer needs and business challenges.
  • Develop and implement research strategies using various qualitative and quantitative methods.
  • Analyze data and synthesize insights to enhance user experience design.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align research outcomes with business goals.
  • Facilitate workshops and communicate findings through clear presentations and reports.
  • Coach team members to elevate research quality and strategic thinking.

Benefits

  • Health benefits including medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Financial benefits such as 401(k), stock purchase options, and company-paid life insurance.
  • Comprehensive paid time off including PTO, parental leave, and bereavement leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage, along with company discounts.
  • Education benefits covering tuition, books, and fees for various programs.
Full Job Description
What you'll do:
  • Lead design research initiatives to identify customer needs and business challenges, driving product and process improvements.
  • Develop and execute research strategies using qualitative and quantitative methods, including user interviews, contextual inquiries, and usability testing.
  • Analyze data and synthesize insights to inform user experience design and anticipate risks or gaps in product journeys.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to align research outcomes with business objectives and enhance customer satisfaction.
  • Facilitate workshops, stakeholder communication and consensus-building through clear, data-driven presentations and reports.
  • Coach team members and cross-functional partners elevating research craft, strategic thinking, and the quality and impact of research across the organization.


What you'll bring:
  • Extensive experience in research, including qualitative and quantitative methods.
  • Demonstrated leadership in managing research projects and collaborating and influencing with partners across business units.
  • Responsible for methodological integrity, quality insights, and outputs that drive business outcomes, linking research to ROI and Business KPIs
  • Become a translator of research and connective tissue between all stakeholder groups ensuring alignment on the problem to solve .
  • Proficiency in synthesizing data from multiple sources to inform design decisions, mitigate risks, and the necessary artifacts (journey maps, service blueprints, etc).
  • Strong systems thinking and human-centered design with the ability to understand interconnected experiences across channels, teams, processes, and touchpoints.


At Sam's Club, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet!

-Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage

-Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance

-Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location).

About Walmart

WalmartLabs is accelerating their development to redefine the shopping experience to meet the changing needs of our customers wherever they are —in a store, on our website, or on their mobile device.

Walmart Careers

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Learn more about Walmart
Size
2,300 employees
Market Cap
$387 billion
Industry
Net Income
$13.5 billion
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$559.1 billion
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