Manager, UX Research

Skills
AdoptionBusinessBusiness InsightsContextEvolutionIdentifying New OpportunitiesModeling
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • Experience managing and developing UX researchers
  • Commitment to mentorship coaching and team growth
  • Ability to engage cross-functional partners in research and design
  • Experience leading complex product research with clear business impact
  • Experience researching domains involving accuracy trust compliance risk or governance
  • Ability to connect user value with business ambitions and measurement strategies
  • Experience with AI-powered conversational agentic or decision-support experiences
  • Strong written oral communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to scope research for decision making in cross-functional contexts
  • Ability to guide teams through technological and organizational change

Nice to have

  • Strategic mindset
  • Diplomatic
  • Orderly
  • Organized
  • Collaborative
  • Adaptable
  • Detail-oriented

Day to day

  • Lead a team of UX researchers delivering strategic insight that shapes product direction and AI-enabled experiences for a global HCM platform.
  • Partner closely with Product Design Engineering and AI teams to identify opportunities where automation human expertise and trust can work together to create customer value.
  • Guide research strategy operations and execution while maintaining rigorous standards coaching researchers and supporting cross-functional decision making.