User Experience Researcher (Bangkok-based, Relocation provided)
Agoda · Austin, TX · 1 mo ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
About the role
The Online Travel Industry is dynamic and competitive. As a UX Researcher, you will define the future of Agoda's products, impacting the business success through informed strategic decisions.
Qualifications
- Master Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Information Science, Psychology, Social Science, or any related field
- 7+ years of relevant experience in consumer-facing business domains
- Very comfortable with planning, scoping, conducting, analyzing, and communicating research
- Experience with Qualitative and user-centered design methods (individual and group interviews, diary studies, direct observation, think-aloud usability testing, etc.)
- Experience with Quantitative research (metrics, survey design, response effects, sampling, crosstabs, and statistical concepts, etc.)
- Experience in evaluating, negotiating, and working with external research vendors
- Able to describe user problems and business opportunities to a variety of stakeholders by leveraging both quantitative and qualitative data
- Able to demonstrate critical thinking beyond business requests
- A great storyteller and communicator, able to speak fluently to business people, designers, engineers and other stakeholders (in English)
- Enjoy collaborative work in a dynamic, data-driven and creative environment
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates critical thinking beyond explicit business requests
- Functions independently in all operational research tasks
- Led core end-to-end research activities - including driving research objectives, hypotheses, methodology, execution, analysis, and communication
- Good judgement when evaluating research opportunities, e.g. importance, urgency, and impact for team
- Strong project execution with existing skills while constantly expanding his/her breadth and depth of abilities
- Knowledge of approaches for both quantitative and qualitative research, effectively triangulating findings, methods, and theories with others
- Knowledge of or ability to quickly learn key software tools common in the field (e.g. for surveys, diary studies, analysis)
- Knowledge of data compliance and ethics in all of their activities
- Collaborates efficiently with other researchers and other disciplines, with clear commitments in case of shared ownership
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills; tailors communication style for different audiences, concise and to the point, open to taking input and feedback
- Contributes to the research community in one or more ways - sharing work/methodologies, coaching and/or mentoring other core or junior researchers, screening of Research candidates