User Researcher Ii

The Microsoft Cloud for Industry team is looking for a passionate and innovative User Researcher II to craft our growing UX research practice for our growing team.  We are a diverse team of researchers that come from various research backgrounds that include academia and applied product design. We value collaboration and individuality and are eager to share best practices and new trends with each other as we evolve our research practice.
As a member of the Industry Cloud Design Studio, you'll be working on the cutting edge of enterprise cloud applications, working with Microsoft product teams and external partners to define and execute high-quality experiences built on the latest technology.  As a UX Researcher II in this space, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring product-user fit, clarifying breakthrough opportunities, identifying risks, implementing UX research best practices, and empowering your colleagues to do the same. 

You will build a deep understanding of users and market and conduct analyses in a fast-paced environment. You’ll have experience conducting a variety of analyses in different situations, from exploratory analyses to generative hypotheses to driving UX health metrics that shape product experience. You’ll influence change at all stages of product development by delivering exciting oral, written, and visual presentations about your findings. Your primary job as an advocate for our users is to help the product team understand what would make a user’s experiences natural, useful, and delightful.

The ideal candidate will have experience in conducting research in a complex technology domain and a passion for understanding the needs of users across a wide range of technical abilities.