User Research Consultant

Job Description:
This role would be for a User Research that would support projects in the Azure Edge + Platform Research & Design team. The activities would include both qualitative and quantitative user research across future Edge HW, products, and services.

Responsibilities:

• Qualitative user research experience.
• Proven record of having an impact on products with research activities.
• Experience with a broad range of research methodologies (usability studies, interviews, site visits, surveys, user modeling, card sorting, etc.).
• Comfortable and enthusiastic about working in a complex product space with ambiguous challenges.
• Experience generating annual research plans.
• Ability to work independently through ambiguous situations, and in undefined product areas and features.
• Ability to scope and estimate efforts accurately and prioritize tasks and goals independently.
• Ability to define and track user experience metrics.
• Coordinating work on multiple products/releases.
• Ability to effectively communicate rich customer data and articulate the implications of research findings in clear and compelling ways.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work within tight timelines and with excellent project management skills.