Sr. UX Researcher - ArcGIS Apps
Redlands, California, United States · Posted 5 months agoDescription
Overview
Join Esri as a Senior UX Researcher – ArcGIS Apps, where you’ll focus primarily on ArcGIS Business Analyst and ArcGIS Instant Apps while supporting research across a broader suite of ArcGIS applications. In this role, you’ll collaborate with designers, product managers, software engineers, and domain experts to conduct impactful foundational and directional research across a variety of SaaS applications. You’ll partner with multiple product teams to carry out agile research in a fast-paced environment, supporting projects in active development as well as research that informs strategic product decision-making. Your work will directly influence how professionals around the world use critical ArcGIS applications to tackle complex geographical challenges.
Responsibilities
- Lead exploratory and evaluative research across the development lifecycle to guide product direction and decision-making on ArcGIS Apps, including identifying user problems & research opportunities to exploring new audiences & testing product iterations
- Align research with agile development processes, ensuring user insights are proactively represented in standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, GitHub issues, and release cycles
- Build strong relationships and manage research projects across multiple product teams, acting as a trusted partner and embedding deeply in cross-functional workflows
- Partner with product and design leadership to prioritize research needs, develop plans, and deliver actionable insights tailored to designers, engineers, and product managers
- Synthesize findings from multiple data sources into clear problem statements, actionable recommendations, and proposed next steps that reflect product priorities
- Champion inclusive research practices, ensuring participants, data, and recommendations reflect the diversity of our users, their environments, and use cases
- Contribute to research operations that improve rigor, efficiency, and scalability including mentoring team members & helping maintain a diverse participant pool
- Serve as a trusted subject matter expert for designers and cross-functional partners working across the ArcGIS suite
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience leading user experience research on complex enterprise software
- Expertise in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method research methodologies (including usability testing) across remote and in-person formats
- Expert-level knowledge of design patterns and common usability challenges for enterprise software or data-focused applications
- Demonstrated experience conducting agile UX research and collaborating closely with cross-functional product teams
- Ability to adapt research methodologies to the needs, opportunities, and constraints of each project and deliver insights and recommendations on time
- Ability to deeply understand ArcGIS software and the field of GIS, including proactively learning product workflows and engaging with internal subject matter experts
- Proven ability to plan, organize, and manage time effectively, with a strong focus on scoping and managing collaborative research projects
- Experience recruiting participants from specialized technical and B2B audiences, including international users
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex ideas actionable and easy to understand
- Bachelor’s degree in human-computer interaction, information science, anthropology, psychology, sociology, or a related field
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this posting. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
Recommended Qualifications
- Knowledge of GIS technologies, data visualization tools, and analytical workflows
- Familiarity with accessibility standards and software localization practices
- Experience applying quantitative methods to software telemetry data
- Familiarity with development and product management tools such as GitHub, Confluence, and Productboard
- Master's degree in human-computer interaction, information science, anthropology, psychology, sociology, or a related field
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Total Rewards
Esri’s competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
The Company
At Esri, diversity is more than just a word on a map. When employees of different experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures come together, we are more innovative and ultimately a better place to work. We believe in having a diverse workforce that is unified under our mission of creating positive global change. We understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion is not a destination but an ongoing process. We are committed to the continuation of learning, growing, and changing our workplace so every employee can contribute to their life’s best work. Our commitment to these principles extends to the global communities we serve by creating positive change with GIS technology. For more information on Esri’s Racial Equity and Social Justice initiatives, please visit our website here.
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