Senior UX Researcher

Lead end-to-end user research across digital products and services, translating user needs, behaviours, and pain points into actionable insights that guide product strategy and experience design. The role requires an AI-driven mindset and the ability to use AI tools to accelerate research, synthesis, prototyping, and communication without compromising research quality, ethics, privacy, or human judgment.

• Plan and lead qualitative and quantitative research throughout the product lifecycle.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews, user interviews, contextual inquiries, usability testing, surveys, diary studies, and accessibility research.
• Define research objectives, methodologies, participant profiles, discussion guides, and testing plans.
• Use AI tools to accelerate research planning, interview transcription, insight synthesis, pattern identification, and reporting.
• Use tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Base
  44, Lovable, Dovetail, Maze, User Testing, and similar platforms to create testable prototypes and validate concepts rapidly.
• Transform findings into personas, journey maps, service blueprints, opportunity areas, and clear product recommendations.
• Collaborate with UX and UI designers, product owners, developers, data teams, and business stakeholders.
• Establish research repositories, templates, standards, and governance practices.
• Conduct inclusive research involving People of Determination, senior citizens, and users with diverse accessibility needs.
• Measure experience outcomes and support the definition of usability, adoption, satisfaction, and accessibility metrics.
• Present findings clearly to senior leadership and influence product priorities through evidence.
• Ensure all research complies with data privacy, consent, security, and confidentiality requirements.
• Coach designers and product teams on research methods and evidence-based decision-making.

• Demonstrate fluency in AI-assisted research workflows using Claude, ChatGPT, Base
  44, Lovable, and equivalent platforms.
• Use AI to accelerate preparation and analysis while maintaining human oversight over research interpretation and recommendations.
• Validate AI-generated outputs and identify bias, unsupported assumptions, privacy risks, and inaccurate findings.
• Experiment with new AI-enabled research methods and recommend responsible applications for the Digital Experience team.

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Behavioural Science, Design Research, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in UX research, service design, or customer experience research.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating how research influenced digital products and measurable outcomes.
• Advanced knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
• Proven experience researching complex digital platforms, enterprise systems, or government services.
• Strong understanding of accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.1 AA.
• Excellent facilitation, storytelling, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Fluent English is required;
  Arabic is highly preferred.

• Research strategy and planning
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Insight synthesis and storytelling
• Inclusive and accessible research
• AI literacy and responsible use
• Stakeholder influence
• Coaching and research governance