Senior/Staff UX Researcher

Company Description
Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience management software. The company provides IT leaders with unprecedented insight allowing them to see, diagnose and fix issues at scale impacting employees anywhere, with any application or network, before employees notice the issue. As the first solution to allow IT to progress from reactive problem solving to proactive optimization, Nexthink enables its more than 1,500 customers to provide better digital experiences to more than 25+ million employees. Dual headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink has 9 offices worldwide.
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Job Description
We are looking for a Senior/Staff UX Researcher to build the foundational understanding of our customers that shapes where Nexthink invests and how we evolve the product. This is a strategic role: you will build a research program that uncovers the mindsets, motivations, and mental models behind how our customers work, and turn those into frameworks the rest of the company can build on.
You'll set the research agenda based on a deep understanding of the business strategy but always "speaking truth to power" by putting the needs of the customer first. You'll decide what's worth knowing, not just answer what's asked.
Your main responsibilities will include:

• Define and lead a strategic research agenda that surfaces foundational insights capable of shifting product and business strategy, not just answers to individual feature questions
• Build durable frameworks such as: customer mindsets and segmentation, mental models, jobs-to-be-done, & journey maps that give the whole company a shared, lasting understanding of who our customers are and how they think
• Create trust with internal stakeholders who maintain key customer relationships
• Partner with teams across the company, from field insights to product analytics and data science, to triangulate qualitative and quantitative signals into a coherent, evidence-backed narrative about our customers
• Own a program of work: set priorities based on what will move the business most, rather than operating as a service function
• Influence product, design, and executive leadership by translating research into clear strategic direction
• Mentor designers, researchers, and product partners to raise the research fluency of the broader organization
• Establish and evolve the methods, tooling, and standards of Nexthink's research practice as it matures

Qualifications

• 8+ years of UX research experience (Staff) or 5+ years (Senior), with a track record of research that shaped product or business strategy
• Experience building frameworks: segmentations, customer mindsets, journey maps, or jobs-to-be-done that were adopted broadly across an organization
• Hands-on experience trying out different ways that AI can improve research operations and/or analyses
• Proven track record of designing, validating, and analyzing large-scale surveys and telemetry data
• Fluency across qualitative and quantitative methods, and comfort partnering with data science and analytics to combine behavioral data with lived customer context
• Experience researching complex B2B or enterprise software; technical or IT-adjacent domains are a strong plus
• A track record of influencing without authority; a compelling communicator who can move executives and engineers alike
• Experience building or scaling a research practice (methods, tooling, standards) is a plus
• Advanced degree in human-computer interaction, psychology, anthropology, sociology, statistics, or a related field is a plus; equivalent professional experience is welcome
• Full professional proficiency in English (spoken and written); French is a plus.
• Ability to travel 3 to 4 times a year for customer-related events
• Portfolio or work samples demonstrating research that led to strategic, organization-wide impact

If you are highly motivated and result-driven, have a high sense of ownership, constantly learning and enhancing your skills, are open to feedback, and like being accountable and working within a team, do not hesitate to apply.
Please apply with a copy of your CV in English and a link to your portfolio (work samples about high impact research).
Additional Information
We are the pioneers and trailblazers of a global IT Market Category (DEX) that is shaping the future of how the world works, giving our customers' IT Teams total digital visibility across their enterprise. Our innovative solutions integrate real-time analytics, automation, and employee feedback across all endpoints. This enables our IT teams to solve complex technical challenges, create ever more productive workplaces, and deliver happy, satisfied employees in the digital workplace.
With over 1000 employees across 5 continents, Nexthink operates as One Team, connecting, collaborating and innovating to continuously grow. We call our employees 'Nexthinkers' and our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity is second to none. We currently have over 75 nationalities working with us, from all cultures and backgrounds, speaking many different languages.
If you are looking for a change and like a nice atmosphere, lots of challenges, and having fun while working, this is a great opportunity for you! Check what we offer:

• Permanent Contract and a competitive compensation package.
• Amazing centrally located offices near the Bernabeu Stadium.
• Private Health Insurance (Sanitas) and daily meal vouchers of 11 EUR will be entirely covered by us.
• Hybrid work model balancing office and remote work, with a structured approach for new hires to foster connections and onboarding.
• Flexible Hours and unlimited vacation (employees have unlimited paid time off on top of the 23 days of holidays we offer) plus 3 company-paid volunteer days.
• Up to 25 EUR per month for a gym subscription.
• Flexible compensation plan for childcare & public transportation.
• ‍ Reimbursement of up to 50% of the cost of English & Spanish classes.
• Fresh fruit, cookies, soft drinks and protein shakes at the offie.
• Regular company and team events like Pizza talks, Team Building activities, Christmas parties, hosting Meetups at the office and more!
• Bonuses for referring successful hires after three months of continuous employment.
• We offer a relocation package to people who are coming from another country.

Please note that NOT all the benefits listed above are available for temporary, contract, and internship roles. To ensure you have the most up-to-date information, we recommend checking with your Recruitment Partner.
The base salary for this role is €70,000 - €87,000 gross per year, with a total on-target earnings (OTE) range of €81,000- 100,000, including an annual performance bonus. You'll also be part of our broader total rewards package - including benefits tailored to where you live and how you work best.
We set our pay ranges using objective criteria: the scope and level of the role, the skills it takes to do it well, and the relevant market data. Ranges are reviewed every year to remain competitive and fair. We're transparent about this because we think you deserve to know what you're working towards from day one. In accordance with the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970), we publish salary ranges on every Nexthink role. We won't ask what you currently earn or your previous salary. What matters to us is what this role is worth and whether it works for you. Nexthinkers come from all kinds of backgrounds, and that's what makes us stronger. We welcome applications from everyone.