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The Opportunity
- Able to work effectively in a fast-moving environment, juggle multiple projects,
- and prioritize work.
- Stay current on research trends and tools.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Able to explain the rationale for research decisions within a larger context.
- Able to organize projects and findings.
- Regularly communicates project status.
- Understand the mission and goals of design
About The Team
- Design and Customer delight are embedded in every step of our product cycle.
- Nutanix has a design first philosophy that brings consumer grade design and web scale
- engineering together to create an amazing user experience which has only been seen in
- the consumer world with the likes of Apple and Tesla. Visit our careers page to know
- more about life at Nutanix.
Your Role
- Lead research projects by collaborating with a broad team of designers, product
- managers, UI developers, backend engineers, and other leaders to identify
- opportunities that will benefit from your research offerings.
- Communicate and demonstrate the value of user research and track the impacts
- it has on our products.
- Define research protocols and plans for our portfolio of products as a part of a
- multidisciplinary team.
- Work with UX designers, engineering teams, and product managers to ensure
- research findings are fully leveraged in the product design and development life
- cycle.
- Design and execute a wide range of both qualitative and quantitative research
- methods to provide the best fit for a variety of project types and phases.
- Play a central role in building a new multi-faceted research program and culture.
- Build the research strategy for one or more of our flagship products.
- Serve as the champion of our users needs.
What You Will Bring
- Minimum Requirements:
- 7-10+ years of user research experience for web and/or cloud products with
- bachelor's degree in design, HCI, applicable behavioral science, or related field.
- (or 5-7+ years with a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3-5+ years experience; or
- equivalent total experience).
- Proficient in a variety of user research techniques and reports.
- A solid track record of creating user journeys, conducting on-prem contextual
- inquiries, and developing data-driven cloud analytics.
- Passion for user advocacy, telling customer stories, and simplifying complex
- problems.
- Ability to understand not only the research domain, but also our products to a
- level of detail that enables you to help engineering, product management, and
- design to prioritize actions resulting from user research alongside new features,
- technical debt, and product strategy.
- Strong working knowledge of the latest research tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate
- effectively and concisely to project stakeholders as well as company leadership.
- Experience working across multiple phases of design (conceptual mockups,
- information architecture, interaction design, visual design, prototyping, etc.).
- Must be able to articulate business impact of successful research projects.
- B2B experience required. Domain experience in cloud computing etc. a major
- plus.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong quantitative and data analysis skills
- Strong interest in data visualization and enterprise software
- Working knowledge of accessibility guidelines and best practices
- Experience building and testing with prototypes
Work Arrangement
Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. For most roles, that will mean coming into an office a minimum of 3 days per week, however certain roles and/or teams may require more frequent in-office presence. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.