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Truist Senior Experience Design Researcher I in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Regular or Temporary:
Regular
Language Fluency: English (Required)
Work Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Please review the following job description:
The Senior Experience Design (XD) Researcher delivers business objectives through the creation of superior digital user experiences for Truist clients, prospects, and employees with leadership and strategy responsibilities within a product line. The Senior Experience Design Researcher conducts research that creates a competitive advantage for Truist by understanding client needs, gathering client feedback on concepts and released products, and providing user data that can drive strategic product development decisions
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
Develop industry-leading expertise in one or more research techniques that are critical to the research needed by the business. Lead the internal usage of those techniques to ensure quality and efficiency.
Lead research activities for a group of Agile teams, identifying opportunities, prioritizing efforts according to business value, educating teams on value, and measuring business outcomes.
Develop/measure Experience Design key performance indicators that correlate with business revenue and financial key performance indicators.
Scientifically conduct user research studies to provide measurements of value to the client that can be used to refine product strategies and that identifies client needs, met and unmet by current Truist products.
Benchmark and track human performance and user opinions, and measure position in the marketplace (utilizing a wide variety of Design Research techniques including usability tests, structured surveys, performance benchmarking, longitudinal studies, field studies, and focus groups)
Identify and adopt new and emerging user experience research techniques, technologies, and methodology process improvements to improve efficiency and value of user research data collected.
Estimate time, effort and costs of different approaches to guide the selection of a research approach, what to do internally and what to outsource, size and scope of the research, and data to collect.
Plan and conduct user research using techniques such as usability testing, remote moderated and unmoderated studies, performance benchmarks, competitive benchmarks, structured surveys, user interviews, focus groups, ethnographic research, contextual inquiry, opinion benchmarks, longitudinal studies, diary studies, concept testing, card sorting and tree testing.
Manage and direct user research vendors and tools. Supervise consultants and research contractors to ensure quality of deliverables.
Analyze research data scientifically using the appropriate statistical analysis, comment analysis, and other quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques. Summarize research findings for project teams by creating usability problem lists, user requirements, and personas, scenarios, and presentations.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
BS with 6 years or MS degree with 3 years' experience in User Experience, Interaction Design, Communication Design, Information Architecture, Psychology, HCI, Human Factors, other related field or equivalent work experience.
Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in the role of an experience design researcher
Strong knowledge of research techniques and the understanding of when to use what technique to ensure validity of data collected when conducting research with human participants. Extensive knowledge of experimental design to ensure bias is not introduced in the conducting of user research.
Track record of conducting research complex projects and delivering transformative insights. Experience representing and evangelizing user research to business partners.
Excellent leadership, communication, collaboration, and presentation skills. Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in UX, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Sociology, UX, HCI, Human Factors, or related field. Experience in agile development.
Strong background in the statistical analysis of results generated through research with humans, utilizing parametric and nonparametric statistics and statistical analysis software such as SPSS or SAS. Experience with management of large datasets
Experience using a remote usability platforms such as UserZoom, UserTesting.com or others.
Background in Cognitive/Applied/Experimental Psychology, or Behavioral Economics.
Banking or financial services experience.
General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site (https://benefits.truist.com/)
. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.
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