Degree/Certifications Required: Bachelors in psychology, computer human interaction and anthropology
Undergraduate degree is required in psychology, anthropology, computer science, industrial engineering, human factors, human-computer interaction or a related field
Years of Overall Experience: 5-7 years
Ideal Candidate Background: sufficient exp as a researcher role in the past, FI industry exp, very strong foundation Human Centered Design or relevant education in this field, strong research knowledge, research methodology
How will performance be measured: quality of work, deliverables
Stakeholders interaction - yes 25%
Selling Points of Position (CVP): well-balanced, collaborative team - sharing knowledge and great team culture. Able to work on impactful projects
Years of experience: 3-5 years of relevant experience
Reason for request/why opened: backfill
% Interaction with Stakeholders: 25%
Team Size: 5-6 people
Summary Of Day-To-Day Responsibilities:
The Human Centered Design (HCD) team within Client's Digital Channels is responsible for the user experience of customer-facing (and increasingly employee-facing) digital touchpoints for banking, investing, and insurance, across websites, and smartphone, smartwatch and tablet apps.
The Design Research team within DCX enables evidence-based strategy and design decisions through the execution of human factors research methods and skillful communication of the latest findings.
The Design Researcher conducts user research and evaluation, enabling exceptional user experience across Client's digital touchpoints.
Job Accountabilities:
Collaboration: working with experience strategists, designers, and business stakeholders to understand and support their research needs
Research design: defining research questions, creating the research approach and participant recruitment plan, and selecting appropriate methods of data collection and analysis
Research preparation: creation of participant screeners; recruiting from internal employee panels or working with vendors to recruit external participants; creating research protocols
Data collection: conducting design research methods including observation/ethnography, diary studies, user interviews, usability testing, card sorting, etc.
Analysis: utilizing qualitative and quantitative approaches to make sense of the data collected
Reporting: translating findings into easily understandable insights used to drive ideation and inform design, in diverse formats including experience maps, usability test reports, personas, etc.
Must-Have Hard Skills:
Deep knowledge of and experience with User-Centered Design and Human Factors research methods - duration
Strong communications skills: written, oral, and graphical yes / no
Strong project management skills with ability to balance tasks spanning multiple studies yes/no
Undergraduate degree is required in psychology, anthropology, computer science, industrial engineering, human factors, human-computer interaction or a related field
Soft Skills:
Attention to detail
Nice To Have:
Graduate degree preferred yes/no
FI industry exp yes/no
Knowledge of inferential statistics and familiarity with statistical analysis software (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS) is an asset