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.

You will drive impact at all stages of development by investigating user behavior through empirical methods like logs analysis, survey research, and regression. We value diverse educational experiences—from Computer Science to Psychology—and require a blend of behavioral research design, statistical proficiency, and programming skills to uncover actionable insights. Beyond the work, you will grow within a supportive Quant UXR community offering mentorship, regular meetups, and exclusive internal tools to help you thrive.

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

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year