UX Researcher

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Responsibilities:

    • Ownership in various areas such as user needs/personas, design iteration testing/validation, and customer/experience/journey maps at Starburst including our SaaS product Starburst Galaxy, documentation, and onboarding.
    • Develop research plans to identify customer pain points, test new features and updates, and further understanding of users and their needs.
    • Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, field team, support team, engineers, and customers.
    • Develop and administer usability testing and user research; identify patterns to incorporate into product roadmap.
    • Collaborate with teams globally across multiple time zones and operate in an Agile development environment.
    • Deep dive with Starburst stakeholders, current users, and potential users to understand the value, needs, behaviors and mental models; define and maintain user personas, journey and experience maps, and user stories research practice.
    • Maintain a central research repository for reference by the Product and Engineering teams.
    • Accountable for defining, managing and running research projects end to end.
    • Excellent collaboration skills and enjoy working as part of a cross-functional team delivering a solution.
    • Comfortable with ambiguity yet organized, with the ability to bring clarity to chaos.
    • A passion for building amazing products, not just conducting research.


Requirements:

    • 1-3 years experience in the field of user research
    • Proficiency in conducting end-to-end user research studies; planning, recruitment, execution, analysis and delivery.
    • Familiarity with multiple research methods including customer interviews, usability tests, and surveys.
    • An understanding of the limitations of various research methodology.
    • Experience leading research activities and timeframes, including when to initiate different types of research
    • Experience presenting or otherwise communicating research findings and analyses, with ability to explain rationale and conclusions, in creative and impactful ways.
    • Excellent verbal and written communication


Preferred Experience:

    • Experience utilizing analytics data in user research
    • Experience with A/B testing (setup, tracking, analysis)
    • Experience researching where the buyer is not always the user
    • Research experience with SaaS products
    • location: Anywhere in North America (CST or EST preferred)


The base salary range for this US full-time position is $75,000 - $110,000, subject to standard withholding and applicable taxes. All candidates receive equity (ISO) and access to a comprehensive benefits offering. The base salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for candidates across all US locations. Work location, skills, experience, and any relevant education or training determine the compensation awarded to the candidate. The Recruiting Team or Hiring Manager can share more about the specific salary range with you during the recruitment process.
Benefits
At Starburst, we're constantly striving towards building a place where people come first by creating an environment of transparency, honesty, and respect. We take care of our global workforce by making sure employees enjoy competitive salaries and attractive stock grants, remote-friendly work options, access to quality and affordable insurance, and flexible and generous paid time off to start a family, travel, or just relax!
Headquartered in Boston, MA with offices in Warsaw, London, Palo Alto and Tel Aviv and employees across Europe and the Americas, we are committed to hiring where the talent is.
Starburst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Location

We are headquartered in Boston, one of the top cities for tech startups, but we’re truly remote-friendly and are hiring globally! Some of our other office hubs include Austin, London, Warsaw, Tel Aviv, and Singapore.

An Insider's view of Starburst

How would you describe the company’s work-life balance?

Starburst's remote-first approach puts employees in control of their work-life balance. Employees are encouraged to work from the location that best suits their needs and lifestyles. Starburst offers unlimited PTO to all staff, regardless of location. Everyone is encouraged to use their vacation time to recharge, travel, and spend time with family.

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What does your typical day look like?

Starburst’s technology shifts the paradigm of conventional data access, enabling companies to achieve great outcomes in a faster, smarter way than they even know to be possible. As an AE, we spend our days exploring these future paths with customers and share our point of view as a tech company to help orgs see the benefits of that paradigm shift.

Katherine

Enterprise Account Executive

How has your career grown since starting at the company?

When I joined Starburst was a Series A company and headed into a global pandemic, allowing me to progress my career quickly. I made impactful decisions & saw immediate results. Starburst is a company that appreciates employees who take calculated risks & are accountable for those decisions, enabling me to continue to thrive, take chances & learn.

Mandy

Senior Director, Events & Field Marketing

How do your team's ideas influence the company's direction?

GTM orgs play a pivotal role in shaping strategy by understanding changing customer needs and steering product, marketing and company positioning towards differentiation and market demands. The team’s observations and ideas help accelerate discussions about the company’s direction, partnerships, or acquisitions that align with growth objectives.

Javier

Chief Revenue Officer

How do you empower your team to be more creative?

We’re a startup, growing more than 50% YOY. Every single one of our team members has the opportunity to improve new ways of thinking to impact our success. I strive to lead a team of builders that have the space and support to run. We empower every team member to own their worlds and drive results through innovation, improvement, or efficiency.

Megan

Chief People Officer

What are Starburst Perks + Benefits

Starburst Benefits Overview

At Starburst, we aim to provide comprehensive and impactful benefits that empower our employees and their family members to lead healthier and happier lives.

We take care of our global workforce by:

-Ensuring employees and their families have access to quality and affordable health insurance
-Providing flexible and generous paid time off policies to start a family, travel, or just relax
-Fostering financial wellness for our employees through retirement plans, equity compensation, and disability & life insurance
-Creating an environment of transparency, honesty, and respect

Culture
Partners with nonprofits
Starburst partners with Resilient Coders and YUPRO.
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Quarterly engagement surveys
In-person revenue kickoff
President's club
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Ethena is a compliance training platform used at Starburst. Ethena’s DEI course gives learners the fundamentals they need to have informed and productive conversations about DEI in the workplace.
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Virtual Yoga Sessions
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Flexible time off
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Mother's room
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Customized development tracks

Additional Perks + Benefits

When we say our people come first, we mean it.

We take care of our global workforce by:

Making sure employees have access to quality and affordable insurance;
Providing flexible and generous paid time off policies to start a family, travel, or just relax;
Creating an environment of transparency, honesty, and respect.

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