UX Researcher

[Company name], a B2B SMB in [industry] based in [city], [X] employees, [X] M€ ARR, is hiring a UX Researcher to strengthen a product team of [X] people.

Your role

You plan, run and communicate user research across the entire discovery cycle (qualitative studies, quantitative validations, mixed-methods plans), independently on known topics and in alignment on structuring studies. You report to the [Head of Research / Head of Design / Head of Product / CPO].

Key responsibilities

• Own studies from the research question to the documented recommendation: clarify the discovery need, justify the method choice, plan the sample, coordinate recruiting, moderate sessions, create the synthesis, convey the recommendation to stakeholders.
• Maintain a continuous discovery pipeline: rolling study planning on a quarterly rhythm, prioritization in alignment with product and design, parallel strands between deep and lightweight studies.
• Contribute to strategic product discussions (new persona hypotheses, new market segments, larger functionality questions) and back them with discovery plans.
• Ensure research quality: methodical critique of colleagues' study designs, application of the conventions, maintenance of the shared repository.
• Work with PM, engineering, design and management on research briefs; constructively challenge requests that are not decision-relevant or not methodically sound.
• Document important research findings and method conventions; maintain the repository for findability.
• Enable PMs and designers in DIY research: provide lightweight guide templates, offer pair sessions on smaller studies, give regular internal training on method basics.

Profile

• Essential: [3 to 7] years of professional experience in UX research or an equivalent role (user research, design research, product research); method breadth across at least three different study formats (usability tests, discovery interviews, surveys, analytics synthesis); demonstrable impact on product decisions (studies that led to documented design decisions or roadmap adjustments); mastery of at least one repository tool (Dovetail, EnjoyHQ or comparable); a portfolio with 2-3 deeply explained case studies (research question, method choice, sample, findings, follow-up decision).
• Desirable: experience in a product phase close to ours [early-stage / established scale-up]; familiarity with analytics tools (Mixpanel, Amplitude or equivalent) for quantitative pre-analysis; experience building or maintaining a research repository; enablement experience with PMs and designers.
• Disqualifying: an exclusively market-research background without product application; a pure usability-test routine without a discovery or synthesis share; a gatekeeper posture toward DIY research; defensive behavior in methodical critique.

What we offer

• Gross annual compensation: [55-85] k€ by experience. No structural variable; possibly VSOP / ESOP depending on the company's phase.
• Model: [full-time, hybrid 2-3 days / week on-site, based in [city] / remote-friendly].
• Benefits: [company pension, bike leasing, employee shares, vacation days, home-office policy, hardware budget, training and conference budget, access to recruiting and research tools].
• Tooling: [to complete: Dovetail or EnjoyHQ for repository, Lookback or Maze for remote sessions, Respondent or User Interviews for recruiting, Mixpanel or Amplitude for quantitative analysis, Notion or Linear for specification].