Senior UX Researcher

Established in 2021,
Independence Pet Holdings is a corporate holding company that manages a diverse and broad portfolio of modern pet health brands and services, including insurance, pet education, lost recovery services, and more throughout North America.

We believe pet insurance is more than a financial product and build solutions to simplify the pet parenting journey and help improve the well-being of pets. As a leading authority in the pet category, we operate with a full stack of resources, capital, and services to support pet parents. Our multi-brand and omni-channel approach include our own insurance carrier, insurance brands and partner brands.

Pet Place is a subsidiary of Doubtless.
Pet Place is building a digital first pet e-commerce platform with the aim of connecting key market services such as adoption, lost pet and insurance to make pet care easy.

Job Summary:
Pet Place is seeking a Senior UX Researcher who will report to the Manager of User Experience. This role is essential in shaping product strategy through deep user insights and delivering intuitive, engaging, and user-centered digital experiences.

This role is primarily research-focused, with an emphasis on driving product decisions through insights, while using design as a tool to communicate and validate ideas.

The Senior UX Researcher will lead end-to-end research initiatives, synthesize findings into actionable recommendations, and partner closely with product, design, and engineering to inform Pet Place’s growing suite of digital products.

The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of experience in UX research or a related field, a strong portfolio demonstrating impactful research, and a passion for uncovering user needs and translating insights into meaningful product outcomes.

Job Location: Remote — USA

Main Responsibilities:

• Research Strategy & Execution:
  Plan and conduct generative and evaluative research (interviews, usability testing, surveys, field studies) aligned to product and business goals, using appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods
• Insight Generation & Storytelling:
  Synthesize research findings into clear, actionable insights and deliver compelling artifacts (reports, presentations, journey maps) that drive decision-making
• Product & Stakeholder Influence:
  Partner with product, design, and engineering to embed insights across the product lifecycle and influence decisions through strong storytelling and evidence-based recommendations
• Research Operations & Impact Scaling:
  Contribute to research processes, repositories, and best practices to enable continuous discovery and increase the reach and impact of insights
• Concepting & Validation:
  Translate insights into user flows, wireframes, or lightweight prototypes to communicate ideas and test hypotheses
• Advocacy:
  Champion a user-centered mindset and promote research-driven decision-making across the organization

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction, UX Design, Computer Science, Psychology, or a related field
• 5+ years of professional experience in UX research or a related discipline
• Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end research and measurable impact on product decisions
• Experience combining qualitative and quantitative data to inform decisions
• Ability to translate complex findings into clear, actionable insights
• Experience owning research that influenced product direction or measurable business outcomes
• Strong communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with research tools such as Ballpark, Dig One Upsiide, Qualtrics, Survey Monkey, etc.
• Working knowledge of analytics tools such as Google Analytics
• Exposure to A/B testing and experimentation frameworks
• Proficiency with research and…