Overview
Mixed-Methods Senior UX Researcher, Ads Privacy and Safety at Google. This role focuses on user experience research within Google Ads, emphasizing privacy and safety considerations.
Note: By applying to this position you may share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.
Responsibilities
- Lead a research program to generate user insights by developing research road maps, allocating resources, and maintaining alignment with long-term objectives.
- Partner with Program Managers and Policy to understand themes across upcoming regulations, and collaborate with UX colleagues across Ads to identify knowledge gaps of user needs and perceptions for consumers, advertisers, and publishers.
- Conduct and analyze research to understand user needs, behaviors, and goals through a mixed-methods approach. Design and execute both qualitative studies (interviews, ethnography, usability studies), large-scale quantitative surveys, and behavioral analysis of user logs to provide a comprehensive view.
- Help elevate stakeholder awareness of the user experience by building empathy and bringing the user to life through compelling research findings and implications.
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in product research in an applied research setting, or similar.
- Experience with qualitative research methods (e.g., interviews, ethnography, usability studies).
- Experience in programming languages used for data manipulation and computational statistics (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, or Go).
Preferred qualifications
- Master’s degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field.
- Experience with quantitative methods and data analysis, including statistical analysis, modeling, and behavioral (logs) analysis.
- Experience using SQL or other data querying languages to analyze datasets and behavioral logs.
- Experience applying a variety of research methodologies (e.g., interviews, focus groups, field and lab studies, diary studies, and surveys) and an understanding of their strengths/limitations.
- Experience working in user trust, areas with high sensitivity or regulation, or an understanding of the regulatory landscape.
About The Job
Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers. We care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team gathers insights about the needs, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for users and Google’s businesses. As a UXR, you’ll help your team understand user needs, work with stakeholders across functions, and influence product development through primary research such as field studies, interviews, diary studies, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis.
The UXR community at Google provides opportunities to learn from others through regular meetups, mentor programs, and access to internal research tools. Google Ads powers the open internet by building advertising products across search, display, shopping, travel, and video, and by enabling trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads.
Salary
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $151,000-$222,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location; individual pay within the range is influenced by location and factors such as skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share the specific salary range for your location during hiring process. Please note that compensation details listed reflect base salary only and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.
EEO and Accommodations
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
#J-18808-Ljbffr