JOB DESCRIPTION
UX Researcher AI
Quantitative Specialist
Contract
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Hybrid 3 days/week in office
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Seattle or San Jose
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UX Research Team
AI-Native Research
Quantitative " Must
Behavioural Data
Mixed Methods
Foresight (WOW)
About the Role
We are looking for a curious, data-savvy UX Researcher to join our team as a contactor.
This is not a traditional research role it sits at the intersection of AI-augmented research, advanced quantitative analysis, and cross-team capability building.
You will help accelerate our journey toward an AI-Native research practice by bringing hard-won external experience in using AI tools within research workflows, and by embedding behavioural data fluency across the team. You will work alongside researchers, designers, and product managers influencing how we work, not just what we deliver.
What You'll Do
AI-Augmented Research
Apply AI tools actively in day-to-day research workflows synthesis, analysis, screener design, report generation, and more
Lead and co-create internal initiatives that accelerate the team's AI adoption and maturity
Share external best practices and bring fresh thinking to how AI can transform research at scale
Act as an internal champion for AI-native ways of working, coaching peers and running enablement sessions
Quantitative Research
Statistics
Design, execute, and analyse quantitative studies including large-scale surveys, concept tests, and benchmark studies
[MUST HAVE]
Apply statistical methods confidently: significance testing, regression analysis, factor analysis, conjoint, MaxDiff, and more
[MUST HAVE]
Build clear, insight-led outputs from quantitative data that drive product and business decisions
[MUST HAVE]
Partner with data and analytics teams to ensure research findings are grounded in robust methodology
Behavioural
Product Data Analysis
Extract, interpret, and storytell with behavioural data from platforms such as Power BI, Amplitude, Mixpanel, or similar
[MUST HAVE]
Triangulate product usage data with primary research to surface richer, more actionable insights
[MUST HAVE]
Identify patterns in user behaviour that inform hypothesis generation and research prioritisation
Collaborate with engineers and researchers to ensure the team has access to the right data sources and behavioural signals
Qualitative Research
Plan and facilitate user interviews, usability studies, diary studies, and contextual enquiries
Apply thematic analysis, affinity mapping, and Jobs-to-be-Done frameworks
Translate qualitative findings into compelling narratives for product, design, and leadership audiences
Cross-Team AI Acceleration
Lead AI research initiatives end-to-end from scoping to delivery while actively partnering with fellow researchers throughout
[MUST HAVE]
Work alongside researchers across the team to co-develop AI-assisted processes, templates, and playbooks that embed into everyday ways of working
[MUST HAVE]
Collaborate with researchers on shared AI projects, bringing structure and momentum while creating space for others to upskill alongside you
Identify bottlenecks in research operations and propose scalable, AI-enabled solutions developed with the team, not just handed to them
Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, methodological rigour, and shared ownership of the team's AI maturity
What We're Looking For
Non-Negotiables
Demonstrable experience using AI tools within a research context not just awareness, but active application
[MUST HAVE]
Strong quantitative research skills: survey design, statistical analysis, and insight generation
[MUST HAVE]
Hands-on experience pulling and interpreting behavioural data from Power BI, Amplitude, or equivalent platforms
[MUST HAVE]
Solid grounding in mixed-methods research you can move fluently between qual and quant
[MUST HAVE]
Experience creating or leading AI-related research initiatives, not just participating in them
[MUST HAVE]
Strong Assets
Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Designers, PMs, and Engineers in agile or product-led environments
Ability to communicate complex data clearly to non-research stakeholders
Familiarity with research tooling: UserTesting, Qualtrics, Airtable, Maze, or similar
Confidence working independently as a contractor you manage your own time and know when to escalate
The WOW Factor
Experience in Foresight or Strategic Foresight research scenario planning, horizon scanning, trend analysis, or futures methodologies
& WOW factor
About You
You don't wait to be told what to explore. You see a messy dataset and get excited. You've probably already built a prompt library or AI workflow that made your research faster and you want to share it. You care about the quality of insight AND the speed at which it reaches the people who need it.
You're comfortable being the person who brings new thinking into a team. You can run a depth interview in the morning and build a regression model in the afternoon. And if someone mentions foresight research your eyes light up.
Working With Us
This is a contractor role within a UX Research team embedded in a product organisation. You will work closely with the Head of UX Research and collaborate regularly with Researchers, Designers, and Product Managers. The team is actively building an AI-native research practice you won't be joining something fully formed. You'll help shape it.
We take quality seriously and fun even more so. Rigour is non-negotiable sloppy research doesn't leave the building. But insight that sits in a deck and changes nothing? That's not research, that's decoration. We obsess over work that is methodologically tight, actionable, and genuinely enjoyable to be part of.