Google

Senior UX Researcher, Design Strategy, XR

Google$159K — $230K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 6 years in applied research settings
  • Familiarity with various research methods
  • Experience with design strategy and product definition
  • Ability to create research programs

Responsibilities

  • Provide user-centered insights for product strategy
  • Conduct research to establish product-market fit
  • Implement creative research methods for user experience
  • Maintain a prioritized research roadmap
  • Design research programs for scalability

Benefits

  • Mentorship opportunities within the UXR community
  • Access to exclusive internal tools
  • Flexible work location options
  • Being part of a multi-disciplinary UX team
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
Full Job Description
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Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; San Jose, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience of experience in an applied research setting (e.g., product or academic), or similar.
  • Experience with research methods (e.g., usability, studies, contextual inquires, 1:1 interviews, unmoderated research studies).
  • Experience with design strategy and product definition research.
  • Experience creating research programs such as critical user journey.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field.
  • 5 years of experience conducting UX research on products and working with executive leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
  • 3 years of experience managing projects, and working in a large, matrixed organization.
  • Experience conducting research with emerging technologies and devices (e.g., VR headsets, smartphones, wearables, etc.).
  • Experience partnering closely with cross-functional teams.
  • Applied experience conducting research in AR/VR product environments, Android systems, system UI, or app scaling.


About the job

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a User Experience Researcher (UXR), you make this possible. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, to gather insights and create industry-leading products.

You'll play a critical role in helping your team understand user needs and will drive impact at all stages of product development, ensuring products are useful, usable, and helpful. You will explore user behaviors and motivations by conducting primary research, including: field studies, interviews, diary studies, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis. You will also grow within a supportive UXR community offering mentorship, regular meetups, and exclusive internal tools.

For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by
breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR team is at the forefront of the next major leap - the convergence of AI and XR. This is more than just new devices - it's about reimagining how we interact with the world around us. We're building a future where
lightweight XR devices like smart glasses and headsets pair with helpful AI to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and contextually aware experiences.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Provide user-centered insights to inform near and long-term product strategy and roadmap development.
  • Conduct research to inform product-market fit and value propositions, drive strategic research perspectives across teams, and raise what's next for product teams.
  • Deploy creative and co-design research methods to inform north star experiences.
  • Develop and maintain a prioritized research roadmap aligned with product strategy and business goals.
  • Design for scale and systems through research programs such as CUJs.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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Revenue
$182.5 billion
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