User Experience Researcher

2 weeks ago


Reston, Virginia, United States ICF International Inc Full time

We are seeking a talented User Experience Researcher to support our growing team of designers, researchers, and writers in federal government projects.

As a UX Researcher, you will play a pivotal role in understanding and advocating for end users while collaborating with stakeholders and cross-functional partners to optimize product prototypes, validate product and design decisions, and deliver high-quality experiences.

You will be responsible for conducting quantitative and qualitative research, synthesizing secondary research, and translating insights into powerful stories.

This position will be embedded in one of our projects in the federal healthcare IT industry, such as the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support the UX vision and strategy established by project leadership in alignment with business objectives.
  • Collaborate to form questions, hypotheses, and methods to effectively uncover insights and execute research plans to inform product and user experience decisions.
  • Help drive empathy and validate concepts by conducting user interviews and surveys, developing personas, and conducting other research.
  • Support efforts to discover and develop UX solutions by participating in ideation sessions, rapid testing, and concept validation.
  • Help teams iterate by testing solutions for usability and accessibility, running feedback sessions, and conducting related research.
  • Communicate study results and user outcomes clearly and in an unbiased way, using data to illustrate your user's story.
Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree (preferably in psychology, human computer interaction, human factors, or related field).
  • 3+ years of applied UX research experience in the software industry.
  • Candidate must reside in the US, be authorized to work in the U.S., and work must be performed in the U.S.
  • Candidate must have resided in the U.S. 3 of the last 5 years.
  • Candidate must be eligible for public trust.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's degree in psychology, human computer interaction, human factors, or related field.
  • 10+ years of overall professional experience preferred.
  • Able to provide 1 or more case studies demonstrating your research process and deliverables.
  • Knowledge of WCAG 2.0 Level AA / Section 508 compliance preferred.
  • Experience in federal contracting or healthcare IT preferred.
  • Active or past clearance to work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Professional Skills
  • Complete tasks effectively and on schedule as part of a broader development team.
  • Participate in an Agile process to learn quickly and iterate on your project's user experience.
  • Understand research ethics and best practices to protect participants and control bias, including informed consent, personally identifiable information, NDAs, and related concepts.
  • Understanding of usability and accessibility including heuristic and expert methods.
  • Strong research skills in at least one branch of research such as qualitative, quantitative, and design-based methods.
  • Demonstrate excellent written, visual, and verbal communication.
  • Ability to work successfully with a cross-functional, diverse, and distributed remote development team.


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