Quantitative UX Researcher- Azure Core

At Azure, we’re building a culture based on learning. We want to know what our customers want and what’s going to make their work and lives better. Innovation only happens when we really understand our customers. We’re looking for a Quantitative UX researcher who’s driven by empathy for customers, and the need to know how to serve them better.

As a part of a multidisciplinary studio, you’ll be working on delivering the next generation of experiences for Microsoft Azure.  You will have opportunities to leverage a broad array of quantitative and qualitative research methods. As your product team creates new features, you’ll help them make decisions based on data and user perspectives. You bring your skills to your fellow collaborators with optimism, curiosity, and an open mind. We are working toward the vision of Azure as the World’s Computer, and we need your help.

In this role, you'll accelerate your career growth by learning to integrate user needs and behavior with business goals to impact large R&D groups developing products used by tens and hundreds of thousands of people. You'll gain invaluable experience at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and user-centric research.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• You will use sense-making and apply statistical analysis to distill data for a component or feature, then share accessible insights that improve design and engineering processes for that component or feature.
• You will use an assigned customer definition in order to inform product strategy. You’ll also explore new solutions and apply UX testing to uncover insights for continuous improvements.
• You will study a specific aspect of the funnel in order to gain insights into user behavior. Specifically, you’ll use analysis to understand churn and the reason for a component or feature area.
• You will participate as an ambassador for UX research. This will involve mentoring other disciplines, recruiting programs for research, and helping put on large-scale customer learning events.
• You will work in an agile development process and juggle multiple deliverables.
• You’ll need to be detail-oriented and thorough in your approach to research methodology, but flexible enough to work within time and product constraints.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interactions, Human Factors, or a related field.
• AND 1+ year(s) design work or research experience.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis, and preferably with research methodologies (usability studies, interviews, site visits, surveys, user modeling, card sorting or a related methods).
  

Other Requirements

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  
  

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