Senior User Experience Researcher - Remote

• 5000 - 6000 USD per Month
• Full Time
• Posted : 12 months ago

Together, we can beat cancer.

• Lead impactful, meaningful end-to-end research projects, across Varian’s products, that support a patient’s entire cancer journey.
• Partner with cross-functional teammates - interaction and visual designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to identify research needs, goals and questions, and then plan and execute tactical and foundational research.
• Develop plans for user research activities across the product lifecycle from early-stage design and product definition activities to post-release assessment.
• Understand and incorporate business and technical requirements in research strategies.
• Design and conduct a variety of research studies including contextual inquiry, user interviews, task analysis, card sorting, expert reviews, design walkthroughs, formative and summative usability tests, and surveys.
• Synthesize research findings into meaningful themes and translate these results into actionable user centered design and product goals.
• Evangelize research findings to stakeholders through written reports and oral presentations.
• Represent our current and potential clients’ experiences by conveying insights in crisp, clear, and actionable ways.
• Help our team continuously identify and learn about current and potential opportunities to better serve our users, inspire product strategy, and encourage design iteration.
• Advance the team’s research toolbox by trying out new research techniques and deliverables.
• Learn about radiation, medical, and interventional oncology and so much more!

• 8+ years of experience of industry experience in user research with an emphasis on research related to software product design.
• A Master of Human Factors, Human Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, or closely related field is preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of all aspects of user centered design process and the ability to apply them flexibly across a variety of project types.
• Extensive experience working with designers, product managers, and engineers in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• You are driven by a passion to build user-focused products that solve critical problems.
• You have deep knowledge and plenty of practical experience with qualitative and quantitative user research methods.
• Ability to rapidly revise and improvise research plans, as needed.
• Experience with remote user research tools and ability to run prototype testing using tools like InVision and Sketch
• Proven project management skills and track record of delivering commitments on time.
• Ability to prioritize time between multiple projects and stay flexible with changing schedules and projects while working with multiple teams.
• You have a collaborative mindset with a proven track record of working well with multi-disciplinary and multicultural teams.
• Excellent analytical ability, especially with regard to observation of user behavior.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• A desire to always be learning new things.

• Experience with design control and regulatory practices and standards for medical devices or similar regulated industry.
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Experience with risk management activities (e.g., use-related risk analysis)

Skills

• User Experience (UX)
• User Research
• User-centered Design
• Product Design
• Technical Requirements