W2 Position: Sr. UX Researcher_ Houston, TX (Onsite)_ 12+ months Contract

Sr. UX Researcher

Houston, TX (Onsite)

12+ months Contract

Required Skills:

• Usability testing evaluative research generative research
• Must have worked in complex domain and projects that have dealt with a lot of data on interview, they want someone that can talk through their research process, talk about their methods, and when they've used their methods

Additional

Skills:

Looking for 5+ years in a technical domain, oil and gas preferred but they have hired people outside of it

The Upstream division of Client makes multi-million dollar decisions every day to locate and produce energy products that will power and enable communities around the world. Forming and communicating these decisions requires a team of the most talented scientists, engineers, and operators to collect and analyze large, highly-technical data. As if that's not hard enough, we find that these super-brains are frequently saddled with manual, inefficient tools and processes.

As part of our UX research team, you'll drive business strategy by conducting generative and evaluative research to build a baseline understanding of the users' current state and to identify opportunities - sometimes obvious, other times requiring strong insight capabilities. You will also work with project teams to define the value potential of an opportunity and develop potential solutions.

In return, you'll have opportunities to work with users across the globe to return crucial insights and gain a deep understanding of the unique, scientific challenges of the Oil & Gas industry. You’ll also be part of a highly-collaborative team of some of the most talented UX designers and researchers in the business making marked improvements on how our users/customers work.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop research strategies that will not only answer known questions but may reveal previously unidentified factors that should be considered.
• Design and conduct generative and evaluative research.
• Collect, store, and steward qualitative and quantitative data.
• Communicate, influence, and collaborate with stakeholders and project teams.
• Adapt and flex to dynamic project needs and priorities.
• Scope problems and objectives that may not be clear to stakeholders and project teams.
• Advocate and evangelize to teams who are not yet familiar with UX design and research.

Qualifications:

• BS, MS, or PhD in Anthropology, Psychology, Human Factors, Information Science, or similar field
• Experience leading substantial qualitative and mixed methods research projects.
• Understanding of, and interest in, various UX research methodologies including user interviews, work shadows, focus groups, usability tests and more.
• Have work samples which demonstrate your research process and methods as well as your ability to clearly convey your findings
• Be able to work onsite at our campus in Spring, TX almost all of the time