User Researcher Ii

Toronto, ON, Canada

Job Description

Who we are and our dreams

The Storefront Wayfair Professional team is focused on building exceptional web and app experiences for our business users. Our mission is to empower businesses to make good spaces great so they can be more successful.

We are the Global Experience Design (GXD) group! GXD at Wayfair is a cross-disciplinary community that includes product design, user research, and content strategy. We support Wayfair's mission to be the destination for all things home by helping everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home. We're a highly collaborative, supportive team that values continuous learning and inclusiveness. We offer career development opportunities to connect with experts inside and outside of Wayfair, and to be part of an amazing global community!

What a Typical Day with us looks like

Wayfair Professional serves professional customers in many industries - including Interior Design, Commercial Office, Contractor, Hospitality, Property Management / Accommodations, Education, and Foodservice - with cross-functional teams focused on improving the customer experience in each of our target verticals. While the B2B business has transformed over the past few years, we have barely scratched the surface of this $100B+ opportunity in North America and have just begun to expand into the EU.

You will partner with peers and stakeholders such as Content Strategists, Designers, Product Managers, Software Engineers, Product Analytics, Industrial Engineers, and Operations. You will be active in our team rituals, such as sprint reviews and Show & Tells. You may travel (

  • As a User Researcher, you will define clear problem statements, scope out research projects end-to-end to uncover key business problems, select appropriate methods and tools to help us gain and share insights more efficiently and accurately. You will influence and persuade Cross-functional leaders and more senior partners.
  • Support your team by improving current processes, supporting vision and strategy, and providing feedback on individuals' craft and challenges.
  • Have critical thinking skills, and prioritize work that drives long-term value. You will execute with urgency, learn from failure, and nimbly pivot. The outcomes of your efforts are impactful, measurable results.
  • Are proficient in industry standard tools in research (Qualtrics, Userzoom/Usertesting, Optimal Workshop, Reduct) and collaboration tools like Figma and Miro.
  • Have mixed methods proficiency - you will be doing both qualitative and quantitative research
  • Are product centric - your research will be focused on the digital CX and helping product and design to discover and deliver on new opportunities
  • Have a [Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)] or related field
  • Have an online portfolio of case studies that demonstrates unfailing advocacy for the user, highlighting: e-commerce design work, mobile design work, analytical decision-making, and strategic thinking.
Why you'll love Wayfair

What we will gladly offer:
  • Be part of our thriving Global Experience Design community of 180+ industry experts across content strategy, product design, user research, and design ops, with shared ceremonies and traditions that nurture, celebrate, and grow in our shared craft. With quarterly community meetings to share team and DEI commitment updates and 10+ formal community programs for recognition, cross-discipline collaboration, and the development of craft skills, we celebrate our disciplines by nurturing a best-in-class team where all content strategists, experience designers, and researchers belong.
  • Highly competitive compensation packages
  • Internal mentorship program, a comprehensive financial scheme for Learning & Development opportunities and continuous education,
  • Extensive internal training platform and free access to LinkedIn e-learning courses and programs,
  • Paid volunteering work,
  • Contribution to a private pension,
  • Commuting schemes (car, bike, public transport),
  • Health & Sport memberships,
  • Virtual childcare,
  • Global Wellbeing Program,
  • Employee discount for Wayfair purchases and Corporate benefits
  • Peloton discount
  • And many more!
  • Location: We are expanding our possibilities to choose wherever you want to call home based on our office and operation locations.
  • North America
  • USA technology development centers:
  • Boston-MA,
  • Mountain View, CA
  • Canada:
  • Toronto,
Wayfair is one of the world's largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we're reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you're looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you'll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We're a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair - and world - for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. That's why we're proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information.

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  • Job Id
    JD2078070
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
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  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Education
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