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The OpportunityOur work in education is aimed at ensuring that every student — not just a lucky few — can get an education that’s tailored to their inidual needs and supports every aspect of their development. We’re pairing engineering with grantmaking, impact investing, policy, and advocacy work to help every young person enter adulthood with the skills and abilities they need to reach their full potential — and equip every teacher with the tools and research they need to help students get there. Our education team is responsible for improving how:Teachers facilitate projects where students can build and demonstrate learning and skill growth.Students work through content and assessments.Teachers inidualize instruction using real-time data to keep students appropriately challenged and highly engaged with the projectsStudents work with teacher mentors to build trusting relationships which support their development.As a Manager of User Experience Research, you will manage a team of UX researchers working on defining and evolving our product strategy and roadmap toward delivering critical short- and long-term process changes and solutions that show impact. You are mission-driven, entrepreneurial, and committed to building transformative education technologies, with experience building zero to one products and leading high-performing teams. You willMentor user research team and UX designers on user research methodologiesDevelops team skills to support organization needs and inidual career goalsLead the shaping of an inclusive, innovative, candid and trusting culture across the design organizationSocialize and drive organization awareness of UX research, the process, and findingsCollaborate with cross functional product teams to generate and gain agreement on research methods that will support short and long term strategic goals across all projectsUncover actionable insights alongside the user research team that will inform strategic decisions and inform future strategy across the education team.Lead research critiques for research team members to share and receive constructive feedbackCreate and communicate timelines, manage and distribute work, and adjust quickly to shifting needs and directionsOwn the pipeline and operation of recruitment methods in partnership with ux operationsBuild a library of insights over time for the organization to continually referenceYou have8+ years of experience in user experience research or related design field4+ years experience as a people managerStrong research, synthesis, and presentation skillsDeep knowledge and expertise of research tools and methodologiesFamiliarity and experience managing end-to-end research through the full product lifecycle - generative to evaluative across several projects simultaneouslyStrong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and prioritization skillsDemonstrated ability to communicate research insights to cross-functional product teams and leadership in a way that promotes impact on product design, development, and strategyAbility to balance methodological rigor with a healthy sense of urgency to evolve our processesZero to one product delivery experience from idea to execution is a plus #LI-Remote #Salary and compensation
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Education and Digital Nomad jobs that are similar:$60,000 — $120,000/year#LocationRedwood City, California, United States