User Experience Manager
Visa - Bellevue, Washington, us, 98009![Visa](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgeneral-board-default.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdesk-360x180.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
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Job DescriptionVisa's Global Product Design team is seeking an experienced, hands-on Design Research Manager with expertise in qualitative and quantitative user research to drive leading-edge product design. This Design Research Manager will be a player-coach with the opportunity to grow and build their own research team, under the umbrella of the larger Design Research organization, supporting one of Visa's growing product focus areas.
Design researchers at Visa are innovative thinkers and strategic problem solvers who are as analytical as they are creative. We value methodological rigor, kindness, inclusivity, accountability, and collaboration. In this role, you will lead the strategy and execution of full-scale research projects, delivering compelling research insights that distill the complexity of client challenges. You will play a vital role in developing new products and services directly for Visa's clients and partners, as well as help inform critical human insights employed by internal product, consulting, and account teams.
Role Responsibilities:
Execute all phases of qualitative (and some quantitative) research, including scoping, research strategy, conducting, synthesizing, and reporting.
Evangelize and promote design research, storytelling, and insights throughout the organization.
Demonstrate a strong understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different research methods, including when and how to apply them during each product phase.
Work across multiple clients to execute research, delivering actionable and timely insights.
Create personas, journey maps, user flows, and other research artifacts.
Support and facilitate design thinking workshops with stakeholders.
Identify how to frame complex research problems, as well as evaluate agencies and vendors to support projects (when needed).
Act as a change agent, sparking fresh ideas that elevate the research practice.
Foster collaboration between Design, Research, Design Operations, and Product teams.
Manage a small team of early to mid-career researchers as a servant-leader.
Mentor other design researchers and lead by example in delivering excellent individual work.
Essential Functions:
Experience combining qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to form holistic approaches to problem-solving.
Experience managing participant recruitment processes and associated privacy and data considerations.
Knowledgeable about accessibility guidelines and best practices.
Ability to support design thinking workshops, including leading sessions and engaging with leadership.
Must be results-oriented, and have the ability to work independently, prioritize many competing needs, including multiple urgent tasks, and effectively deal with ambiguity.
Ability to build strong relationships while navigating multiple complex organizations.
Successful track record of developing relationships and engaging with colleagues across functions, levels, and geographies.
Excellent analytical abilities and attention to detail.
Top-notch stakeholder management/people skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
Knowledge of and experience with Visa products a plus, or knowledge of the fintech and payments space.
Experience with tools like Mural, dScout, UserTesting.com, Figma, and Coda.
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site).
QualificationsBasic Qualifications:
5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD.
Preferred Qualifications:
6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD.
Minimum 7+ years of work experience, including significant experience in a role with responsibility for design research, product design and design research planning, as well as execution and client management for complex UX research projects.
Experience and understanding of product management and innovation in the payments space a plus.
Qualitative expertise a must, quantitative skills a plus.
Additional InformationWork Hours:
Varies upon the needs of the department.
Travel Requirements:
This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.
Mental/Physical Requirements:
This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY:
The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 124,700.00 to 200,800.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable).
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