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Advanced Specialist, UX Designer
Location
Maryland
Posted
62 days ago
Salary
$120K - $160K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Advanced Specialist, UX Designer
Pearson VUE
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of human behavior and customer bias, using skilled interviewing techniques to uncover underlying needs and inform product decisions. • Work closely with customers to responsibly recruit educators, students, and parents, with sensitivity to consent, privacy, and trust. • Uses the latest AI tools to scale research efforts, streamline workflows, and synthesize insights across diverse data sources. • Partner with Product teams to define and maintain clear research agendas and roadmaps. Develop primary research questions and objectives aligned to business strategy, ensuring research addresses critical knowledge gaps. • Select appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods, develop comprehensive research plans, execute high-quality studies, and maintain effective touchpoints with cross-functional partners throughout the process. • Apply expertise in human behavior and human factors to analyze and synthesize research data, producing clear, actionable insights that directly address research objectives. • Influence product strategy through research-driven insights, advocating for user-centered decisions and helping stakeholders understand the value and impact of research. • Presents research findings, recommendations, and solutions to senior leadership with clarity, confidence, and executive presence. • Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities that shape product direction. • Ensure regulatory, compliance, and privacy considerations are factored into user recruitment and data collection. • Foster a culture of collaboration, shared ownership, and continuous improvement across teams. • Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years' proven success leading user research projects with demonstrated impact.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (HCI, Psychology, Human Factors, Social Sciences, etc.) or equivalent experience; Master’s preferred but not required.
- Strong command of qualitative and quantitative methods; knows when to use what.
- Work samples demonstrating experience and deliverables (e.g., research plans, reports, presentations, etc.).
- Familiarity with common research/design tools (e.g., usertesting.com, survey platforms, testing tools, repositories, Figma) and strong organizational habits.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in product development, including UX Design, Product Management, Engineering, and Analytics.
- Good time management skills and extremely detail-oriented.
- Comfort working across multiple workstreams and able to adapt to changing priorities.
- Experience working in the EdTech or Education fields.
- M.S. in Human Factors, HCDE, Statistics, or Cognitive Psychology.
- Experience working with Jira, Jira Product Discovery, Usertesting.com, Qualtrics, Google Analytics, and MixPanel.
- Experience with accessibility and inclusive design practices.
- Experience working with Agile software development and Continuous Discovery.
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in an annual incentive program
- Information on benefits offered is here
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