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Posted 3 hours agoSenior UX Researcher, Consumer Product
at Redditinc
United StatesRemote
Responsibilities
- Lead high-impact foundational, generative, and evaluative research that informs strategy for Reddit’s consumer product experiences.
- Investigate user behaviors, motivations, and needs across key discovery, consumption, engagement, and contribution experiences.
- Design and execute rigorous qualitative research, including interviews, usability studies, concept testing, diary studies, and other methods appropriate to the product question.
Requirements
- With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 126 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.
- You will study how people discover, consume, participate in, and contribute to communities across Reddit, uncovering the motivations, behaviors, barriers, and opportunities that influence meaningful engagement.
- experience Reddit today and where there are opportunities to make the platform more useful, engaging, and welcoming.
- Integrate qualitative insights with quantitative signals, behavioral data, surveys, experimentation, and product metrics to develop a holistic understanding of user behavior.
- Master’s degree, Ph.D., or equivalent
- experience in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Behavioral Science, Sociology, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field. 6+ years of
- experience conducting consumer-focused UX research, preferably as an embedded researcher on a product team.
- Deep expertise in qualitative research methods and strong judgment about when to apply different methods across the product development lifecycle.
- Fluency with mixed-methods research, including the ability to connect qualitative insights with quantitative data, product metrics, survey findings, or experimentation results. Demonstrated
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to synthesize complex findings into clear recommendations for cross-functional and leadership audiences.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt as product and business needs evolve. Benefits:
- Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of
- In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI).
Benefits
- Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k with Employer Match
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Generous Paid Parental Leave Pay Transparency:
- In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission.
- benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave.
- To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.
- We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies.
- The base salary range for this position is: $167,500 — $234,500 USD
Contact
- For more information, visit www.redditinc.com .
- To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/ .
Additional details
- It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet.
- As a Senior UX Researcher, Consumer Product, you will lead research that helps shape Reddit’s core consumer experiences.
- In this role, you will partner closely with product, design, engineering, data science, and other cross-functional teams to identify user needs, inform product strategy, and guide high-impact product decisions.
- Your work will help teams better understand how people
- The ideal candidate is a senior product researcher with strong qualitative expertise, mixed-methods fluency, and a track record of influencing product direction in complex consumer product areas.
- You should be comfortable leading foundational and evaluative research, connecting insights to product and behavioral signals, and translating ambiguous user needs into clear, actionable recommendations. Responsibilities
- Partner closely with product, design, engineering, data science, and other cross-functional teams to shape roadmaps, identify opportunities, and influence product direction.
- Communicate research findings through clear narratives, actionable recommendations, and compelling storytelling tailored to cross-functional partners and leadership audiences.
- Proactively identify research opportunities across a broad product area and help teams connect user insights to product impact. Required
- experience influencing product strategy and driving product or user