Senior UX Researcher

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Senior UX Researcher for a Contract assignment with one of our premier Regulatory clients in Rockville, MD.

This position is 100% Remote.

Required Skills:

• Experience facilitating Design Thinking Sessions **
• Experience performing mixed-methods and discovery research (user interviews, surveys, focus groups, usability studies, etc)
• Analyzing and presenting info to stakeholders
• Previous Visual design skills would be valuable (experience with FIGMA is a plus).
• Experience with using a Design Systems is a plus
• Strong minded as they will be working with one team that is new to this process
• 4-8 years of UX design experience focused around discovery/user research
• Ability to analyze and present info to stakeholders
• user interviews, surveys, diary studies, focus groups and workshopping
• portfolio that clearly shows these skills and/or work samples
• Design thinking or systems thinking experience
• Experience setting up design thinking workshops with stakeholders
• any experience where they show they've done this would be great
• Must have confidence and strong minded personality to work with a team that is new to this process.
• patience and empathy, but a go-getter
• establish and enforce research plans and processes
• Must have portfolio or case studies that show their user research and process
• Experience in strategic research and creating longer-term research plans.
  
  

Preferred Skills:

Research repository experience is a plus.

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/ .

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