Join us to make Amazon the No.1 trusted Beauty shopping destination and lead the reinvention of Premium Shopping experiences across NA Stores.
Are you passionate about developing and applying research methods to answer challenging questions, enjoy collaborating closely with a diverse set of highly skilled cross-functional partners, and like seeing your efforts translated into real world impact, we want you on our team.
The Consumables Beauty Tech team is looking for a Sr UX Researcher who will own and execute research appropriate to inform future product solutions and are
committed to high-quality and rigorous research, and focused on influencing the future of Amazon Beauty.
Key job responsibilities
Exhibit deep curiosity for and understanding of people and their motivations and a passion for, or background in, creating the next big thing
A portfolio that demonstrates past work experience and deliverables (e.g., how your research informed decision-making, ideally in the digital products and services industry). – Excellent command of generative user and/or market research methodologies
Experience researching and developing products and services for global markets
Additional Qualifications: – Broad experience with the full range of research methods: qualitative and quantitative, attitudinal and behavioral, generative and evaluative
Solid understanding of the design process and how research is appropriately integrated in initial phases
Experience independently designing and running original experimental research on digital or physical products and services
Ability to independently drive multiple concurrent projects in an agile environment
Exceptional written, verbal, and visual communication skills; ability to distill complex ideas into concise and accurate narratives that enlighten and inspire
Deep understanding of human motivations, capabilities, and limitations as applied to the design of new products, services, systems, technologies
A day in the life
Create long-term research frameworks that align to and inform the business strategy, address customers’ fundamental needs, and leverage core business capabilities and new technologies.
Define and execute (and, as necessary, invent) research appropriate to inform future solutions, including but not limited to in-field ethnographic research, diary studies, and surveys.
Provide strong analysis and interpretation of research findings through the synthesis of a wide range of primary and secondary data into focused, insightful, relevant and actionable findings.
Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and flexibility that inspires decision makers at all levels of the organization to align on opportunities to invent for the customer.
Work independently with design, product management and business leaders across the organization and successfully influence and persuade decision makers at all levels to take aligned action on research findings.
Generate communications and artifacts that influence and that are adopted by other teams across Amazon.
About the team
Beauty Tech’s (BT) mission is to make Amazon the world’s most trusted beauty destination by elevating the beauty shopping experience to make it personalized, inspiring, and inclusive. To achieve this mission, we are investing in immersive technologies such at Virtual Try-on, hyper-personalization and recommendations, and guided shopping.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
New York, NY, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Exhibit deep curiosity for and understanding of people and their motivations and a passion for, or background in, creating the next big thing.
– A portfolio that demonstrates past work experience and deliverables (e.g., how your research informed decision-making and influenced the product strategy).
– Excellent command of generative user methodologies.
– Experience researching and developing products and services for global markets.
– Strategic, business-building approach to research.
– Skills in opportunity assessment and use of data analysis a plus.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred Qualifications:
– Broad experience with the full range of research methods: qualitative and quantitative, attitudinal and behavioral, generative and evaluative.
– Solid understanding of the product development design process and how research is appropriately integrated into key phases.
– Experience independently designing and running original experimental research on digital products and services.
– Ability to independently drive multiple concurrent projects in a fast-moving environment.
– Exceptional written, verbal, and visual communication skills; ability to distill complex ideas into concise and accurate narratives that enlighten and inspire.
– Deep understanding of human motivations, capabilities, and limitations as applied to the design of new products, services, systems, technologies.
– Passion for understanding the latest learnings and innovations in behavioral science, research methods, and UX design and applying these to your work.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $121,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $226,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.