Google

Senior UX Researcher, Learning Frontiers, LearnX

Google$159K — $230K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years in an applied research setting.
  • Experience with various research methods, including usability studies.
  • Master's degree or PhD in relevant fields preferred.
  • 5 years of UX research experience with senior leadership exposure.
  • Experience in large-scale survey design and analysis.
  • Familiarity with educational products and cross-functional teamwork.

Responsibilities

  • Drive impactful research aligned with LearnX's product initiatives.
  • Identify user needs and competitive insights for product opportunities.
  • Lead a continuous research program for product innovation.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to inform product decisions.
  • Use storytelling to present research findings and advocate for user perspectives.

Benefits

  • Mentorship opportunities within a supportive UXR community.
  • Regular meetups for professional growth and networking.
  • Access to exclusive internal tools for research.
  • Opportunities for impact at all product development stages.
Full Job Description
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X Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years 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).

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).
  • Experience with large-scale surveys design and analysis.
  • Experience working with educational products.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams.
  • Excellent people management, communication, and collaboration skills.


About the job

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.

As a Senior UX Researcher on the LearnX team, you will lead research to identify product opportunities for learners across Gemini, NotebookLM, Labs, and YouTube. Your work will advance GenAI investments for students and guide the user experience.

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
  • Drive an impactful research agenda focused on LearnX's new product initiatives.
  • Identify emerging product opportunities by understanding user needs and the competitive landscape to help teams achieve product-market fit.
  • Lead a continuous research program that provides foundational and iterative insights to product innovation teams.
  • Partner with designers, product managers, engineers, and other teams to inform product decisions, and assist in organizing research events and design sprints.
  • Leverage storytelling to communicate research findings and advocate for a user-focused perspective in product discussions and strategic planning.


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.
Learn more about Google
Size
156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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