Senior UX Researcher at Stratostaff

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Identify and prioritize high-impact UX research opportunities by having a strong understanding of product design, technical requirements, and business objectives.
• Work in collaboration with the team to understand and frame the research questions/needs, and quickly develop a research plan to address research goals and hypotheses.
  Synthesize past research reports.
• Plan, observe, and/or moderate usability testing sessions, concept validation, rapid iterative testing, and semi-structured interviews.
• Conduct a full range of research activities including fieldwork, literature reviews, design sprints, surveys and other relevant research approaches.
• Develop research materials (interview protocols, usability test scripts, screeners, etc.).
• Awesome, self-motivated team player who enjoys problem solving with product team partners (Design, PM, Eng)
• Advocate research findings to diverse audiences through written reports and oral presentations

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4+ years of relevant work experience, examples of relevant work experience
• Master’s degree in Design, Human Centered Design, Human Factors, Psychology, HCI/Computer Science, Architecture or other related fields or equivalent practical experience
• Experience conducting interviews, contextual field visits, usability studies, surveys and other research methods.
• Detail-oriented and ability to work independently on a variety of tasks.
• Fluency in English. Fluency in at least one local language in Africa. Strong oral and written communication skills in English.
• Can prioritize time between multiple projects, and be flexible by adapting to changing schedules and different projects.