Researcher, Core Product Strategy
Conduct strategic UX research for Figma Design to drive innovation, influence product strategy, and partner with Product, Design, and Engineering teams. Requires 7+ years in UX research at high-growth B2B SaaS with AI experience.
About the job
What you’ll do at Figma:
- Help Figma grow and innovate by delivering strategic research and recommendations and materially influencing the vision and strategy for Figma Design
- Partner closely with product leaders to find opportunities, generate strategy, and define success
- Break down complex business challenges into clear research plans; lead the end to end research process and demonstrate strong storytelling skills to deliver significant impact to Figma’s businesses
- Harness your product mindset and storytelling chops to influence product roadmap
- Advocate for the role of Research as a strategic partner in the business process
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
- 7+ years of experience in UX research or user insights at a high growth B2B SaaS company
- Expertise in applying a variety of research methodologies, including both qualitative and quantitative techniques, to address product challenges spanning from opportunity identification, concept testing, to feature iterations
- Shown success in identifying assumptions that underpin key challenges, prioritizing the most critical assumptions, and creating right sized research approaches to test those critical assumptions
- A proven track record of gaining consensus from executive team members and cross disciplinary partners, going beyond mere research mechanics and findings to articulate a larger user story, and the “so what” to inspire action
- Experience conducting research on AI-powered features or working on teams exploring AI applications
While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
- 2+ years in product design, user centric product management, product development, and/or front end engineering
- A familiarity and depth of experience using Figma’s products
Skills
Ux Research, Quantitative Research, Qualitative Research, Ai Research, Product Strategy, Research Methodologies, Storytelling, User Insights, B2B SaaS, Figma
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