Associate Director, Design Research

📋 Description

• Provide strategic leadership for the design research team, ensuring alignment with key stakeholders
• Evangelize the importance of user insights and the role of design research in the product and
• Scale research impact, working closely with cross-functional leaders to identify opportunities for
• Partner closely with senior team members to review research needs, assess tradeoffs, and guide
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of design researchers, fostering strong research craft, clear
• Own relationships with external research vendors, including scoping projects, defining success

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as human factors, design research, user experience
• 5+ years of experience conducting user research for physical products, ideally within hardware
• 5+ years of people management experience, including coaching, feedback, and performance development.
• Strong mixed-methods research background, with demonstrated application of qualitative and
• Experience working within or alongside hardware development lifecycles (not software-only).
• Experience managing or partnering with external research vendors, including project scoping and

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Meaningful equity
• Benefits