Join Google's User Experience Research (UXR) team and contribute to creating industry-leading products by deeply understanding user needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Engineering and Product Management, to gather insights and drive product development. This role is crucial for ensuring products are useful, usable, and helpful. You will explore user behaviors and motivations through various primary research methods. Benefit from a supportive UXR community offering mentorship and exclusive internal tools.

At YouTube, we empower everyone to share their voice and build community through stories. We blend cutting-edge technology with creativity, moving at the speed of culture to show people the world. We innovate, solve real problems, and have fun together.

Influence stakeholders to champion user-centric solutions informed by research.

Own project priorities, aligning them with overarching product goals and managing resource allocation.

Drive product and service improvements by translating research insights into actionable recommendations.

Lead evaluations of product, service, and ecosystem impact.

Shape strategic discussions through synthesis of user, product, service, and business needs.

A Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience is required.

Possess at least 6 years of experience in an applied research setting, such as product development or academia.

Demonstrated experience with a range of research methodologies, including usability studies, contextual inquiries, 1:1 interviews, and unmoderated research.

Preferred qualifications include a Master's degree or PhD in fields like Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, or Anthropology.

Additionally, 5 years of experience conducting UX research on products and interacting with executive leadership, plus 3 years of project management experience within large, matrixed organizations are highly valued.