Meta is looking for a Quantitative UX Research Manager to lead a team that delivers impactful quantitative research to inform product decisions and drive measurable business value. The role requires translating complex user behavior data into actionable insights that influence design and product strategy.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience conducting and/or studying research post-Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years of experience directly managing, coaching and developing full-time researchers
- Experience directly managing across different research methodologies
- Experience directly conducting primary research end-to-end (i.e., designing, fielding, analyzing and reporting out data)
- Expertise in survey methodology, complex data analysis methods (e.g., causal modeling, trade-off analysis, sample weighting)
- Experience building teams over time through hiring, growing, and retaining researchers
- Experience building and setting research strategy that connects with business strategy
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of UX researchers: Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to help team members grow and develop their skills
- Develop and execute research strategies: Collaborate with product leaders to identify research needs, design studies, and analyze data to inform product decisions
- Guide the development of surveys and quantitative research
- Advocate passionately for best practices in research that are fit for purpose to meet needs of users and products
- Deliver actionable and relevant insights aligned to both strategic and tactical product and designs decisions
- Identify and prioritize short-term and long-term research that delivers impact
- Allocate resources to ensure we are always focusing on the highest priority things, focusing both on the short term needs as well as looking ahead to long-term challenges
Other
- proven research, communication and people management skills
- understands the balance and trade-offs between agile and rigor
- research leader with a proven track record of doing quantitative research that impacts a complex and varied product
- proven track record of building and managing teams that deliver quality work, preferably with quant researchers
- communicate the mission of the quant research team to design and product leadership and be an advocate for the role of quantitative research in product development
