Lead User Experience Researcher

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Job Summary

The Lead User Experience Researcher is accountable for ensuring product and user experience decision makers have all the insight they need to make critical data driven decisions. This position drives a comprehensive research program for a tier of Workiva products teams or for key opportunities. Leads high quality qualitative, quantitative, and experimental studies to understand user and their needs needs, motivations and behaviors.

By planning, conducting, analyzing, and communicating the results of studies, Lead User Experience Researchers build deep understanding among Product Managers, User Experience Designers, and Software Engineers to help build and optimize innovative, usable, and useful products that people want to use.

This role is a 100% U.S. remote role; you can live in any U.S. location. If you do live near an office location, you are absolutely welcome to go into an office if you prefer.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership:

  • Coaches and mentors User Researchers and other members of the User Experience team
  • Drives strategy and execution of user research across groups of product teams
  • Partners with product leadership to ensure best practices of research and data driven decision making are followed
  • Provides research leadership to a set of products or opportunities of vital importance to Workiva strategy
Designs and Conducts Research:
  • Reviews research plans and offers consulting on best practices of user research
  • Provides leadership and ownership of the collection of analytics on user behavior through online experiments (A/B testing), observation, and surveys
  • Coordinates research studies by, planning, collecting data, analyzing, and communicating insights across multiple teams
  • Collaborates with User Experience Designers, Product Managers, and Software Engineers to discover and prioritize opportunities with new and existing products, in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
  • Enforces consistency in the development and management of research plans and schedules for product teams by helping set best practices
  • Leverages a broad range of user research techniques to develop a deeper understanding of our customers and the way they work
  • Delegates tasks in collaboration with team management to distribute work effectively
  • Leverages evaluation techniques to identify key usability needs, and to help refine previously implemented features
Interprets and Presents Insights:
  • Organizes, interprets, and presents data clearly and serves as point of contact for key decision makers
  • Leads team members and stakeholders to explore new approaches that will provide optimal feedback
  • Analyzes, synthesizes and communicates test/research results advocate for user centered product improvements
  • Partners with leadership to inform product strategy and tie business outcomes to reliable insights

What You'll Need

Education

  • Undergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field.

 

Skills
  • Strong data analysis skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and collaboration skills
  • Highly skilled in a range of research methods
  • Ability to guide others in defining research fundamentals regardless of method
  • Ability to work well and help coordinate a cross-functional team
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Proven ability to evangelize your research
  • Ability to anticipate needs developing a deep understanding of business goals
  • Ability to develop research goals and strategy in alignment with company goals

 

Experience
  • 6+ years experience in user experience research
  • Extensive experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods
  • Proven experience turning research insights into actionable user centered design and product goals
  • Experience working in a Lean UX / Agile environment
  • Experience working in a senior role with a geographically distributed team

Travel Requirements

  • Less than 10% travel
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements
  • Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva office.

How You'll Be Rewarded:

  • Base Pay Range in Colorado: 130,000 - 173,000
  • A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
  • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire

     

     

The base pay range represents the low and high end of the hiring range for this job. Actual pay will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, and capabilities.

Where You’ll Work

Our values drive how we work and who we hire. You will see these values ingrained in how we support our customers, work with team members, build our products and in the work environment we’ve created.

  • Customer Success: Always delight our customers.
  • Trust: Rely on each other. 
  • Integrity: Do the right thing, every time. 
  • Collaboration: Share resources and work together. 
  • Innovation: Keep creating solutions and finding better ways. 
  • Inclusion: Support a diverse community where we all belong. 
  • Accountability: Be responsible for your success and failure.

We believe our people are our greatest asset, and our unique culture gives employees the opportunity to make an impact everyday. We give our employees the freedom and resources they need—backed by our culture of collaboration and diverse thought—to continue innovating and breaking new ground. We hire talented people with a wide range of skills and experiences who are eager to tackle some of today’s most challenging problems.

At Workiva, you’ll enjoy: 

  • Fantastic Benefits: With coverage starting day one, choose from competitive health, dental, and vision plans on the largest physician networks available.
  • Casual Dress: Workiva has a casual work environment, most people wear jeans to the office.
  • Involvement: Ability to participate in Employee Resource Groups, (Women in Tech, Women in Sales, Ethnic Diversity, Veterans, Rainbow (LGBTQ), Remote Employees, Caregiving) Volunteering, Company wide celebrations, and more
  • Work-life Balance: We have competitive PTO, VTO and Parental Leave. We encourage employees to spend time enjoying life outside of work.

     

     

Learn more about life at Workiva: www.linkedin.com/showcase/workiva-life-and-careers/

Learn more about the company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workiva/

Learn more about benefits: https://www.workiva.com/careers/benefits

 

Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic.

 

Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email [email protected].

 

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An Insider's view of Workiva

What's something quirky about your company?

I love being at a company that not only encourages quirky culture, but also celebrates it! Whether it be taking a day off from work for my birthday, our Annual Giving Campaign Pie Toss, or Maker’s Challenge (a team-based competition) Workiva offers me so many unique opportunities to bring my authentic and best self to work.

Kent

Senior Software Engineer

How do you collaborate with other teams in the company?

Solution Engineers collaborate with many teams to ensure the success of deals. We work with sales to drive discovery and demos, marketing on messaging and documentation relevant to the industry today, product to bring context to functionality requests, and services and customer support to ensure the post sales satisfaction of our customers.

Tayla

Manager of Solution Engineering

How has your career grown since starting at the company?

Workiva was my second job in tech and I came in at an entry level position. Over the last 10+ years, my career has grown beyond anything I could have imagined. After a lot of hard work, building strong relationships, a ton of learning, and advocating for the greater good at Workiva every day, I now lead the functional area I started in.”

Amanda

Vice President, Head of R&D PMO

How do you make yourself accessible to the rest of the team?

I want employees to feel comfortable to express themselves and reach out to me directly to share their perspective at any time. Aside from Q&A at our regular all-company meetings, our “Ask an Exec” forum is an easy way to submit questions. And my inbox is always open – I appreciate hearing from employees about what matters most to them.

Julie

CEO

How would you describe the company’s work-life balance?

Workiva offers a remarkable work-life blend, embracing personal needs with flexible schedules. Whether for school drop-offs, vet visits, or designated volunteer time-off, this trust-driven culture is felt throughout the organization. This allows employees to create their most productive environment and in turn deliver the best results.

Molly

Senior Corporate Programs Manager

What are Workiva Perks + Benefits

Workiva Benefits Overview

Workiva offers competitive health and wellness benefits and perks, including a medical plan that offers paid premiums for employees, generous PTO and paid time to volunteer in the community. We have a flexible and casual work environment that also offers 12 weeks of paid parental leave, the ability to work remotely, and to be able to bring your dog to work with you in some of our office locations.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Day off for your birthday
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
"Work Where You Work Best" - whether that’s in or out of our offices. 🌍
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
We have seven employee resource groups that are formed around a shared interest or common goal. These groups are designed to support their members and cultivate a more diverse & inclusive workspace.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Transgender health care benefits
Wellness days
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Employee stock purchase plan
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
We provide up to 12 weeks of parental leave for the primary caretaker. Workiva also provides 12 weeks of leave for the secondary caretaker.
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Flexible time off
Bereavement leave benefits
Hardship benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Pet friendly
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Mother's room
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Workiva offers employees professional development opportunities like Onsite training courses, The ability to attend job related conferences and seminars.
Promote from within
Continuing education available during work hours

Additional Perks + Benefits

When you join Workiva, you get a world-class benefits package for you and your family. On day one, every full-time employee starts with company stock, vacation, and the opportunity to enroll in our discounted stock purchase plan. We offer comprehensive health, dental, and vision care plans; life and disability insurance; and 12 weeks of paid parental leave and return-to-work post parental leave program. We allow employees to work where they work best, whether that's remotely or in one of our office locations.

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