Senior/staff User Experience Researcher

EvenUp EvenUp · Vertical AI · San Francisco, CA · Hybrid · Product Management

This role is for a Senior/Staff User Experience Researcher at EvenUp, a fast-growing vertical SaaS company using AI to close the justice gap. The researcher will build and scale a comprehensive research engine, focusing on Research Operations, hands-on Mixed-Methods Research, and Early Discovery Strategy. Responsibilities include managing participant recruitment, compliance, and tooling (including AI solutions), conducting qualitative and quantitative studies, and partnering with Product and Engineering leadership to validate concepts and influence strategy. The role requires strong analytical skills, business acumen, and the ability to translate user insights into ARR opportunities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and scale the foundational infrastructure for our research practice. This includes managing participant sourcing, as well as evaluating and implementing modern research tools (including AI solutions and testing platforms).
  2. Design and conduct rigorous qualitative and quantitative research. Analyze user engagement by product area, run complex sentiment analyses, and execute surveys, focus groups, and targeted 1:1 user interviews.
  3. Lead early-stage exploratory research to evaluate product concepts. Partner with leadership across Design, Product, and Eng to influence direction from the very beginning, ensuring research drives decisions rather than trying to wrangle alignment after the fact.
  4. Synthesize complex data into memorable, creative artifacts that extend beyond traditional written reports, such as infographics, highlight videos, and dynamic presentations. Connect user pain points and feature requests directly to ARR opportunities, ensuring research always drives business value.
  5. Proactively identify research needs based on quantitative engagement data. Draft proposals, conduct targeted outreach (e.g., Slack pings to heavy/non-users), and develop actionable recommendations and training strategies to drive product adoption.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of work experience in UX Research, Product Research, or a related field within a fast-paced B2B tech environment, operating at a Senior/Staff level.
  • Deep analytical chops, comfortable pulling and interpreting quantitative user engagement data.
  • Proven track record of handling the logistical side of research, including compliance, managing NDAs, facilitating participant payouts, and optimizing a stack of user testing tools.
  • Understanding of how to speak the language of business and draw a direct line between user behaviors, adoption metrics, and revenue opportunities.
  • Ability to operate in the weeds to get things done while zooming out to build scalable systems and present executive-level proposals.
  • Outstanding communication and storytelling skills, with experience using creative mediums to ensure stakeholder consumption of insights.

Nice to have

  • Prior experience acting as a founding res

What the JD emphasized

  • evaluating and implementing modern research tools (including AI solutions and testing platforms)
  • run complex sentiment analyses
  • evaluate product concepts
  • Connect user pain points and feature requests directly to ARR opportunities