UX Researcher III

Location:
Remote, with a requirement to reside within 30 miles of one of the following locations: Portland, ME; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; Dallas, TX; or San Jose, CA.

WEX is an innovative payments and technology company leading the way in a rapidly changing environment. Our goal is to simplify the business of running a business for our customers and free them to spend more time, with less worry, on the things they love.  We are on a journey to build a unified, world class user experience across our products and services and leverage customer driven innovation to power our growth and  strategic initiatives.  
 

As we lean into our mission to “simplify the business of running a business,” WEX is looking to simplify and reimagine experiences, starting from the user perspective. We are looking for a Senior UX Researcher to be a part of an experienced team that delivers actionable insights to business partners that improve the usability, usefulness and desirability of our products, services, and tools that starts with a deep understanding of our users.
 

About the team:

• The UX Research team works across all of WEX’s products, services, and tools to ensure we design, develop and deliver useful, usable, and desirable experiences based on user needs and behaviors. We’re a close-knit team of curious, resourceful, empathetic, and innovative researchers who nerd out on all things related to user experience and research. As UX researchers, we act as the voice of our users to guide better decision-making and build empathy within WEX. If this sounds like you, read on!
   

What you will do:

• Plan and conduct research independently and with guidance from senior researchers using a wide range of methods (such as usability testing, interviews, field studies, concept testing, surveys, etc.)
• Understand and apply appropriate analysis methods to translate data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Keep stakeholders apprised and advocate for user empathy throughout the process.
• Present findings and recommendations independently and with guidance to drive design, development, and strategy. 
• Create user personas, journey maps, and other research deliverables.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of current research methodologies and data analysis techniques; including AI capabilities and best practices..
• Collaborate with senior researchers and act as a mentor to more junior researchers.
• Understand business outcomes and how they are linked to your work; help to incorporate success metrics to align on outcomes.
• Contribute to the development best practices, templates, processes, and frameworks for the team and stakeholder partners to use.
   

Experience you will bring: 

• 4+ years of full-time business related experience in a UX Research-dedicated position, using both qualitative and quantitative research methods (e.g. usability testing, surveys, interviews, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Human Factors) is desired.
• Experience with UX- and research-specific tools (e.g. UserTesting.com, Figma, Qualtrics, Optimal Workshop, Dovetail) is required.
• Experience designing and running research studies independently, end-to-end.
• Understanding of usability best practices, heuristics, UX metrics, and cognitive biases.
• Comfortable moderating and/or notetaking user interviews in any environment.
• Produces polished, concise deliverables to share with all levels; with consistency.
• Proactive & self-motivated: Jumps in. Manages time, projects, and workload effectively.
• Strong collaborator, that fosters personable and productive stakeholder relationships.