
Senior Associate, User Experience Research Operations
McLean, VA, US
Salary
$99K–$136K/yr
Job Type
fulltime
Posted
8/12/2025
Job Description
Summary
Lead UX Research Operations, optimizing processes, ensuring compliance, and empowering design teams for scalable, high-quality insights.
Join our Experience Design (XD) Research Operations team as a Senior Associate, driving efficiency and impact through strategic planning and hands-on execution. You will champion unified research operations, enabling high-quality design and research insights at scale.
- *Key Responsibilities:**
- **Process Optimization:** Manage logistics for multiple research projects and implement process improvements to enhance team efficiency.
- **Research Governance:** Ensure compliance with ethical, privacy, and data protection standards across research and design projects.
- **Knowledge Management:** Build and maintain a comprehensive library of research practices, resources, and templates.
- **Research Advocacy:** Promote and integrate research best practices throughout the organization.
- **Project Management:** Partner with Research and Design teams to understand needs and manage project systems effectively.
- *Qualifications:**
- *Basic:**
- 2+ years of experience in UX or Research Operations, project management, or process improvement.
- Direct experience collaborating with Research or Design teams.
- *Preferred:**
- Highly effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong systems thinking with a proven track record of scaling design and research practices.
- Strategic acumen for anticipating and resolving complex cross-functional problems.
- Robust project management experience with a commitment to continuous improvement.
- Ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple requests in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with research tools, vendors, and panel management.
- 2+ years experience managing risk in highly regulated research environments.
- Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence) for 2+ years.
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