UX Researcher at Stratostaff

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Coordinate with UX Research lead and team members to understand and prioritize UX research needs.
• Plan, design, and conduct UX research to inform requirements and assess usefulness and usability of projects.
• Evolve traditional research methods to suit the fast-paced and ever evolving domain of language technology.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, product managers, engineers, and designers to gather insights, build consensus around user needs, and deliver excellent solutions.
• Make research findings convincing and actionable for both research experts and non-experts.
• Identify and define new opportunities based on insights gathered

Qualifications

• B.A. / B.S. (completed) degree in Anthropology, Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, Social Sciences, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Product Design, or another field in human behaviour, or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated experience working with other researchers, designers, product managers, and engineers across product areas/teams
• Experience in UX research, utilizing methods including usability studies, contextual inquiry, and surveys
• Fluency in Amharic and Oromo.

Additional Information

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Anthropology, Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, Social Sciences, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Product Design, or other fields emphasizing human behaviour.
• Experience leveraging a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods and analysis techniques in interdisciplinary environments.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and adapt to changing schedules and priorities.
• Experience with NLP (Natural language processing)