Usability Researcher 2

Please Contact : To discuss this amazing opportunity, reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Abhinav Chakraborty at email address  Abhinav.Chakraborty@generistek.com  can be reached on # 630-576-1925.
 
 
We have Contract for Usability Researcher Remotefor our client Redmond WA. Please let me know if you or any of your friends would be interested in this position.
 
Position Details:
Usability Researcher –Remote-Redmond WA
Location:                            Remote
Project Duration:             6+ months     
PayRate:                            $36/hr on W2
 
Job Description:

• The Commerce Experiences Team is looking for a UX Researcher II with an end-to-end product perspective and the ability to create specific and actionable UX recommendations.
• The MS Store, available on the Windows Operating System, offers a range of apps, games, and Movies & TV content.
• There are more than 1 billion Windows users, with millions of these users interacting with the Store in various ways.
• This role will be responsible for user research on the MS Store on Windows and the web, understanding the user funnel, identifying opportunities to deepen user engagement, and providing recommendations to inform the Store’s product strategy and design explorations.

 
Responsibilities:

• Work in an agile environment with cross-discipline stakeholders to understand and prioritize research requests.
• Pull from a broad portfolio of research techniques from generative to evaluative to inform product and design decisions throughout the product cycle.
• Deliver timely and actionable research findings to key stakeholders and communicate those findings in clear and compelling ways.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that the research insights are incorporated into the product.
• Evangelize the customer to design and engineering teams.

 
Skills

• Verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and customer empathy.
• Strong ability to work independently.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Experience with a broad range of research methodologies such as interviews, evaluative usability studies, surveys, scorecards, A/B testing, and competitive analysis.
• Proficiency in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies is essential, with the ability to synthesize and analyze data from a variety of sources to inform decision-making.
• Experience with user research tools such as UserTesting, dscout, and Qualtrics.
• Proven experience designing and conducting research end-to-end for applied technology products.
• Proven capacity to turn research findings into actionable recommendations for engineering and business stakeholders.
• Experience in the e-commerce space, including online shopping and payment methods, is a plus.

 
Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in human-computer interaction, experimental/social/cognitive psychology, behavioral science, human factors or a related field is preferred.
• Min 3+ years of industry experience in conducting qualitative research for consumer products.
• MS experience preferred."

 
"Candidate Requirements

• Years of Experience Required – 3+ years
• Degrees or certifications required – bachelor’s degree
• Disqualifiers - no prior industry experience, only academic.

 
• Best vs. Average – someone that was a previous researcher with MSFT
 
• Performance Indicators – quality of work
 
Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

1. Program Management 3+ years
2. Methodology 3+ years
3. Research 3+ years"

 
"Typical Day in the Role

• Purpose of the Team – design and research studio, designers and researchers. team is responsible for ads, payment, etc. new design team and new product joined the team.
• Key projects - n/a alot of head down work.
• Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm - alot of heads down work. 30 min with manager, 1 hour with stakeholders, creating brands and recruit participants and executing research."

 
Deliverables:

• Process Flows
• Mentor and Knowledge transfer to client project team members
• Participate as primary, co and/or contributing author on any and all project deliverables associated with their assigned areas of responsibility
• Participate in data conversion and data maintenance
• Provide best practice and industry specific solutions
• Advise on and provide alternative (out of the box) solutions
• Provide thought leadership as well as hands on technical configuration/development as needed.
• Participate as a team member of the functional team
• Perform other duties as assigned.

 
To discuss this amazing opportunity, reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Abhinav Chakraborty at email address  Abhinav.Chakraborty@generistek.com  can be reached on # 630-576-1925.
 
 
 
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