UX Researcher II - Remote (PDT), Occasional Travel (Seattle, Bellevue)

Our Client’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through their family of apps and services, they are building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together.

We are seeking a UX Researcher II on a 12-month contract basis to help support our client’s business needs. This role is remote, but requires some travel to onsite offices in either Bellevue or Seattle.

Responsibilities:

• Own assigned titles end-to-end: scope questions, write research plans and discussion guides, recruit, moderate, analyze, and deliver reports and readouts -- often on a fast turnaround.
• Run both 1:1 usability studies and large-N benchmark/measurement studies, in-lab (in Seattle or Bellevue).
• Partner with production and publishing teams as primary stakeholders -- align studies to greenlight/milestone decisions and present insights that shape sourcing, design, and content strategy.
• Coordinate and collaborate with a shared team research schedule. Handoff and take on titles as milestones and priorities shift.
• Participate in peer review of teammates' plans and reports.
• Manage research vendors/participants and study logistics (device/hardware setup, session materials).

Qualifications

• 4+ years UX research, incl. moderating and turning qualitative data into actionable insight.
• Full-cycle execution: planning, recruitment, moderation, analysis, report writing, stakeholder presentation.
• Interviews, usability testing, and games playtesting.
• Designing and analyzing surveys / quantitative data.
• Bachelor's or Master's in Psychology, HCI, or related field.

Requirements

• Works independently; owns timelines across multiple concurrent studies.
• Strong communication, storytelling, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Data-literate -- uses numbers to define and support hypotheses.
• Able to wear a VR headset for extended work sessions.

Additional Preferred Requirements:

• Video game and/or VR user research experience
• Experience working with gestures based input such as hands or body inputs.
• Benchmark/measurement methods; comfort using AI tools to speed analysis

Top 3 Must Have :

1. Research design & study planning - Scope the research questions and design the study -- research plans, discussion guides, recruit specs, and the right method for the milestone (usab
2. In-lab and remote moderation & fielding - Moderate sessions in real time either online or in person with a variety of audience types.
3. Analysis & reporting - Synthesize qual (and quant) data into clear, decision-ready reports and readouts on a fast turnaround, with storytelling that surfaces the friction points that matter to devs and stakeholders.

Top 3 Nice to Have :

1. VR or PC/Console gaming domain expertise.
2. Quant / benchmark & measurement methods -- large-N benchmarks + survey design/analysis
3. Rapid, AI-assisted reporting workflows -- leveraging AI tools to speed research planning, analysis, and reporting

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

* Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, FSA.

* Accrued PTO: Up to 15 days per 12 months on assignment

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.