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Lead UXR Manager, FAIR

• Manage UXR for projects across several domains including Language, Perception and Embodied AI
• Build and manage high-performing teams with researchers of different disciplines.
• Independently manage day-to-day activities and complex situations. Identify problems and solutions around escalations.
• Set clear expectations and goals for direct reports and collective team while holding individuals and team accountable for success.
• Build and develop a research toolkit that extends across all levels of complexity.
• Successfully partner with other research teams across the Meta Platforms Inc. organization.
• Build strong relationships with other research teams at Meta Platforms Inc. to ensure a cohesive and cross-functional vision for Research at Meta Platforms Inc.
• Become a trusted, strategic partner to product stakeholders by communicating and demonstrating the value of user research, and by delivering insights that lead to demonstrable business value.
• Partner with the recruiting organization to build diverse teams and inclusive environments.
• Provide clear, actionable feedback and support to develop and grow individuals
• work closely with underperformers to help them meet expectations.
• Determine team composition, placement decisions and hiring strategy.
• Mentor other managers (research or cross-functional) at multiple levels.
• Resource Allocation - ensure we are always focusing on the highest priority things, focusing both on the short term needs as well as looking ahead to the next big challenge.
• Bachelor’s degree or significant experience conducting UX research with meaningful business impact
• 10+ years of experience conducting and/or studying research post-Bachelor’s degree
• 2+ years of experience directly managing, coaching and developing full-time researchers
• Experience directly managing across different research methodologies
• Experience directly conducting primary research (qualitative and quantitative) end-to-end (i.e., designing, fielding, analyzing and reporting out data)
• Experience building teams over time through hiring, growing, and retaining high-performing researchers
• Track record of translating research into business impact
• Experience working with a variety of cross-functional peers and stakeholders (e.g., product managers, data scientists, designers, engineers, policy, communications, marketing)
• Experience working in AI/ML or a complex product area is a benefit but not required
• Experience conducting research in the AR/VR space or other future technologies
• Experience with 0->1 innovations
• Strong multi-tasker, knowledge to make the right trade-offs against competing priorities
• Excellent communication, synthesis and storytelling skills

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The most up-to-date user research and UX jobs in the games industry

Getting a job in the games industry is hard, and competition can be fierce. Here’s how to get ahead of everyone else and start your new career in games user research today.

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The games industry is full of passionate and inspired people, and can be a fantastic industry for running interesting, relevant and fun UX + user research studies, and professional quality playtests.

Grow your games career and discover a new role in the industry. See the latest games UX + user research roles for every stage of your career below:

• Game Market and User Research Intern – Tencent Published 9 hours ago
• User Research Project Manager – Vaco Published 2 days ago
• User Researcher – 2K Published 3 days ago
• User Researcher – Hoyoverse Published 6 days ago
• Senior Game Researcher – Supercell Published 8 days ago
• Principal User Researcher – Activision Published 9 days ago
• Senior User Researcher (Call of Duty Multiplayer Lead) – Activision Blizzard Published 13 days ago
• Lead Research Analyst – Jagex Published 15 days ago
• UX Lead, Google Play – Google Published 18 days ago
• Associate Professorship in Game Psychology and HCI at IT University of Copenhagen – HAFNIA LAW FIRM Published 21 days ago
• UX Research Lead – CD Projekt Red Published 21 days ago
• Senior Manager, Research Operations/Gestionnaire sénior·e des opérations de recherche – EA Published 22 days ago
• UX Research Intern – Nexon America Published 1 month ago
• Senior Manager, Research – Teamfight Tactics – Riot Games Published 1 month ago
• Notice to candidates – Scopely, Inc Published 1 month ago
• User Experience Researcher – Games – Embark Studios Published 1 month ago
• Senior UX Researcher – Rovio Entertainment Corporation Published 1 month ago
• Senior User Researcher – ServiceNow Published 1 month ago
• UX Researcher – Xsolla Published 2 months ago
• Senior Games Researcher – Scopely Published 2 months ago
• User Experience Research Manager / Gestionnaire de la recherche en matière d’expérience utilisateur – EA Published 2 months ago
• Senior User Researcher – Call of Duty Multiplayer Lead – Activision Published 2 months ago
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Associate Product Manager

• Columbus, Georgia, USA
• Product Lifecycle
• May 07 2024
• Global Payments
• Job ID: R0050739

Description

Summary of this role.

Drives the product vision for the assigned portfolio. Helps to shape the product roadmap based on client and user feedback, usage metrics and competitive research. Works closely with internal departments (Product Development, Services and Sales) and external stakeholders (customers and partners) to strategically improve your product portfolio. Manages the Product Life Cycle process for portfolio product offerings. Actively supports sales with expertise, consulting, tools, and collateral. Accountable for product P&L including revenue and profit growth for existing and new products in the geographic or vertical markets assigned. Acts as the products’ champion within the company for portfolio product offering.

What Part Will You Play?

• Manages the process from product development to product launch, ensuring execution is in line with project plan for complex product initiatives. In cases in which the product has a distinct PNL, the product manager has responsibility for managing a product's PNL
• For assigned products, owns, manages, and communicates a product roadmap, including collaborating with industry analysts to form competitive analysis, and with delivery, sales, and relationship management teams to determine prioritization, development and ongoing costs of delivery, and market positioning.
• For assigned products, develops the "go to market packaging". Collaborates with product marketing to develop product marketing strategies based on established product objectives, costs, and value proposition. Reviews research with product marketing to quantify value proposition for inputs to pricing analysis and marketing collateral.
• Develops comprehensive business cases requiring analytical skills to assimilate complex data and concepts for new product functionality to serve as inputs to decision-making, prioritization, pricing, and client value proposition.
• For assigned product initiatives, collaborates with company business leaders, sales, IT, legal, strategic marketing and relationship management teams to define product goals, objectives, market positioning, and pricing strategies for each assigned product. Uses independent judgment to determine methods and procedures for managing product strategy.
• Follows a structured, repeatable process for conducting market research to include industry publications, analyst research, experiential research, client surveys, etc. Develops and maintains a strategic planning approach for summarizing and communicating the results of aggregate research.
• Facilitates product concept and requirements workshops with clients and internal development teams in pursuit of product requirements, objectives, and architecture decisions. Documents workshop results in a format suitable for consumption by all audiences, including interactive review and feedback from clients and internal parties. Answer questions during workshop, adds points of clarification and completes any necessary follow-up action items.
• For assigned products, collaborates with product delivery and technology architecture to validate detailed design, particularly to ensure that product objectives and key requirements are met and aligned with the market needs and business unit strategy . Provides design direction, testing support, and general assistance to delivery team, as needed, during the execution phase of product development consisting of complex scopes.

What Are We Looking For in This Role?

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Relevant Experience or Degree in: Business or Computer Science; Combination of relevant training and/ or experience in lieu of degree
• Typically Minimum 8 Years Relevant Exp
• Experience in similar business product services and/or external customer/market experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefer experience in a software development environment or in a professional services role. Prefer software or IT background (i.e., degree or experience). Prefer direct experience with doing software development, testing and/or business analysis. Prefer experience with Agile software products and delivery methodology.

Global Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the Human Resources Department.

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Researcher I (passive acoustic monitoring)

By Guest [email protected]

• Thursday at 02:49 PM

Link to apply -  https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researcher-i-peery-madison-wisconsin-united-states Job Summary: The incumbent would report to a project manager while recruiting, training, and leading 2-4 technicians each summer to deploy, collect, and assist with processing and analyzing data from acoustic recording units across the landscape in the (likely southern) Sierra Nevada of California. The project is crucial to multiple well-funded projects and is expected to directly inform management planning and practices in an ecologically sensitive and high-profile region.

The researcher would spend the remainder of the year (mid-August to mid-April) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI as part of the Peery research group. The Peery Lab (https://peery.russell.wisc.edu/) currently is composed of 7 graduate students, 10 full time research scientists, and multiple alumni who have chosen to remain involved in collaborative projects with current graduate students. The large lab fosters an active, inclusive, collaborative, and supportive research atmosphere.

The position ideally would start on October 1, 2024 but could be shifted slightly, if necessary, and includes a full-time salary with benefits package, including health insurance, and retirement.

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) is committed to maintaining and growing a culture that embraces diversity, inclusion, and equity, believing that these values are foundational elements of our excellence and fundamental components of a positive and enriching learning and working environment for all students, faculty, and staff. At CALS, we acknowledge that bias, prejudice, racism, and hate have historically occurred in many forms that cause significant and lasting harm to members of our community. We commit to taking actions each day toward a college that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities: Provides technical expertise to fundamental and/or applied scientific research under the direction of senior research personnel or faculty. 40% Collects and analyzes basic research data, conducts experiments and interviews, and documents results according to established policies and procedures 10% Conducts literature reviews, prepares reports and materials, and disseminates information to appropriate entities and assists with publications 30% Trains individuals and groups on equipment operations, research protocols, and techniques within a specialized laboratory or research area 5% Assists with the development of research methodologies and procedures 10% Identifies concerns and recommends solutions to leadership 5% Assists in developing grant applications and proposals to secure research funding Institutional Statement on Diversity: Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education: Required Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's degree in a biology or natural resources related field required

Preferred Master's Degree Master's degree in a biology or natural resources related field preferred

Qualifications: -Experience with acoustic data analyses and interpretation. Examples might include use of Program RAVEN to identify bird vocalizations -Experience with data collection methods using autonomous recording units or other acoustic data. Examples might include programming and deploying autonomous recording units. -Experience with geographic information systems. Examples might include use of geographic information systems to inform the deployment of autonomous recording units. -Experience leading crews in field biology or ecology positions. Examples might include creating schedules, training, and ensuring crew safety -Excellent organizational, management, and office skills. -Experience with database management. Examples might include data entry and QC in databases such as MS Access -Experience with hiring, training, and independently leading field crews. -Demonstrates knowledge of assessing and addressing diverse crew needs and gaps, tailoring training and leadership accordingly.

License/Certification: Required Drivers License - Valid and Meets UW Risk Management Standards

Work Type: Full Time: 100%

It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration: Ongoing/Renewable

Salary: Minimum $52,000 ANNUAL (12 months) Depending on Qualifications

Additional Information: Summer field season (3-5 months) will be spent in the Sierra Nevada, California with field crews, while the remainder of the year will be spent in Madison, WI at the University.

How to Apply: Click on the "Apply Online" button to start the application process. You will be prompted to upload the following documents/Application Materials:

o Resume (required) - Detail your educational and professional background o Cover letter (required) - Refer to your related work experience o References (required) - List contact information for three (3) references, including your current/most recent supervisor. References will not be contacted without prior notice.

It's important that your cover letter and resume reflect your experience for this position related to the Qualifications section. Your application materials will be used during our evaluation to determine your qualifications as they relate to the job. The most qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the next step of the selection process.

Contact: Sonia Parker [email protected] 608-890-2547 Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Official Title: Researcher I(RE040)

Department(s): A07-COL OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES/ FOREST & WILDLIFE ECOL

Employment Class: Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number: 298073-AS

  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.

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