Senior UX Quantitative Researcher, Google Maps

About the job

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a Quantitative User Experience Researcher (Quant UXR), you make this possible. You will join a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating closely with Engineering and Product Management to create industry-leading, innovative products.

Responsibilities

• Lead quantitative research programs across Google Maps to elevate the excellence and standardization of research practices.
• Drive innovation in scaled survey methodologies and AI-driven tooling to measure product quality at scale.
• Develop analysis-friendly instrumentation and taxonomy to advance AI models and user experience.
• Provide mentorship to junior and mid-level quantitative UXRs within the Geo organization.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product management, and data science to influence product strategy and launch metrics.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications:
• - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• - 6 years of experience in product research in an applied research setting, or similar.
• - Experience in programming languages used for data manipulation and computational statistics (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, or Go).
• - Experience in logs analysis.
• - Experience in survey design and metrics development.
• - Experience in statistical analysis.
• Preferred qualifications:
• - Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field.
• - 5 years of experience conducting UX research on products and working with executive leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
• - 3 years of experience managing projects, and working in a large, matrixed organization.
• - Experience designing, testing, and analyzing large-scale in-product surveys.
• - Experience setting up quantitative programs and aligning outcomes against user metrics.

Pay

US: $159000 - $231000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Schedule

Not specified