Research Lead

2 weeks ago


new york city, United States Pyramid Consulting, Inc Full time

Immediate need for a talented Research Lead. This is a 12+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in New York, NY (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.


Job ID: 24-44126


Pay Range: $80 - $85/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).


Key Responsibilities:


  • Conduct user research at all stages from discovery to validation, using a variety of methods to understand our customers and their relationship to our products
  • Approach business and customer problems with user goals in mind
  • Understand and apply the right quantitative and qualitative methods given the circumstances
  • Actively monitor and analyze research, data, and trends from internal sources, academic institutions, and industry reports to inform and improve our approach
  • Collaborate to define intent, development, testing, and refinement of prototypes, as well as drive for future design and strategy based on metrics (quantitative and qualitative) gathered
  • Distill findings into clearly articulated and actionable insights that stakeholders can use
  • Present research plans and findings with various audiences, from designers to
  • business executives to get buy-in
  • Guide teams on how best to apply findings using illustrative frameworks
  • Create energy and investment in research by sharing early and often, to different audiences
  • Help designers and non-designers understand and apply research findings
  • Effectively manage multiple stakeholders’ interests, priorities, and expectations and lead teams to craft a rigorous and relevant research agenda


Key Requirements and Technology Experience:


  • Key Skills; Design Research, data management, blueprints.
  • Research Lead-lead research programs
  • Stakeholder management (Proactively guide stakeholders)
  • User Research Experience in highly technical space/data management/AI Background
  • Strong communication
  • Service Blueprints
  • Keywords they are looking in resume ( data lifecycle management, data security)
  • Data Management background- Nice to have
  • At least 5 years' experience as a Design Researcher in a business or consulting capacity
  • At least 2 years' experience managing project teams
  • Have a track record of working with teams of various stakeholders, including designers, researchers, strategists, product managers, tech partners and senior leadership
  • Understand the difference between Design Research and Market Research and have experience collaborating on initiatives between these teams
  • Have experience guiding teams to employ the best research methods for the problem, employing strategies to address stakeholder push back
  • Master’s degree or equivalent professional experience
  • 5+ years of usability testing and user experience research
  • Experience teaching: design thinking, human centered design, design research.


Our client is a leading Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.


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