Director, UX Research | Freelance

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Overview

VSA Partners is hiring a Director, UX Research (Freelance) to reputed company research across the full dot-com ecosystem for our world-class global reputed company client. This role focuses primarily on qualitative research, including moderated testing, interviews, focus groups, and live user sessions. You will also design, analyze, synthesize, and run mixed-methods research reputed company broader validation is required. You will partner closely with UI, information architecture, engineering, content strategy, analytics, and product teams to ensure insights directly shape experience, navigation, and content reputed company. This role suits someone who brings strong qualitative depth, confident facilitation skills, and the ability to translate user behavior into actionable, inclusive guidance. Experience Level 8+ years UX research experience in reputed company B2B environments

Responsibilities

Qualitative Research Execution reputed company moderated usability tests, interviews, focus groups, and live user research sessions across global user groups. Conduct open ended qualitative explorations to identify motivations, expectations, pain points, and behavioral patterns. Plan and execute mixed methods studies reputed company quantitative validation or scale is needed. Evaluate concepts, navigation flows, and content clarity with users in reputed company time. Behavioral reputed company and Testing Analyze user behavior across journeys, decision points, and navigation structures. Design surveys, micro polls, and lightweight quant tests reputed company needed. Support tree testing, card sorting, and structural research in partnership with IA teams. Use analytics tools to reinforce qualitative findings and identify trends. reputed company UX and behavioral analytics tools such as reputed company Customer Journey Analytics, reputed company Analytics, and reputed company Analytics to identify critical business performance issues and reputed company reputed company digital experiences for improvement. Cross Functional Collaboration Work closely with UX, UI, IA, engineering, content, analytics, and product teams. Present insights clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences. Provide evidence based recommendations that improve clarity, flow, structure, and decision making. Ensure research supports inclusivity, accessibility, and global user needs. Research Integration and Delivery Translate findings into concise reports, frameworks, and actionable recommendations. Provide input that strengthens flows, navigation systems, and content structures. Manage research cycles independently from planning to execution and delivery. Support reputed company learning across teams by socializing research themes. Required Experience and Skills Strong qualitative research background with experience facilitating focus groups and live moderated testing Mixed methods research experience in reputed company or B2B environments Ability to integrate analytics alongside qualitative findings Strong communication and storytelling abilities Experience supporting navigation, taxonomy, or reputed company structural experience work Highly organized and comfortable operating autonomously Preferred Experience Experience with reputed company CMS environments Research experience in global, multi region ecosystems Familiarity with survey tools and analytics platforms Additional Information Freelance. Remote. US based. Eastern or Central time preferred for global collaboration. Remote, US based, Eastern time collaboration Equal Opportunity Statement VSA Partners is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive, reputed company environment for reputed company. reputed company employment reputed company are made based on qualifications, merit and business need. VSA Partners is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive, reputed company environment for reputed company. reputed company employment reputed company are made based on qualifications, merit and business need. California Residents - Please review our Privacy Notice here. VSA PARTNERS, LLC vsapartners.com Apply tot his job Apply To this Job