Staff User Researcher

2 months ago
Full-time
Lead
Design and User Experience
Buyers Edge Platform

Buyers Edge Platform

Buyers Edge Platform provides data and software tools designed to enhance efficiency, optimization, and transparency within the foodservice supply chain, enabling operators and manufacturers to reduce costs and improve operational effectiveness.

IT Services
251-1K
Founded 2018

Description

  • Define and execute the vision, strategy, and operating model for research at Buyers Edge Platform.
  • Design scalable research operations across seven product lines with different maturity levels, users, and business models.
  • Establish core research systems and standards, including a repository, intake and prioritization process, governance, quality standards, participant recruitment, and data privacy practices.
  • Partner with design leadership to shape the roadmap and long-term plan for growing research as a strategic capability.
  • Coach and enable the design team through workshops, critiques, office hours, frameworks, templates, and toolkits.
  • Model strong research craft while helping designers confidently own appropriate research work.
  • Lead complex and ambiguous research initiatives that inform product direction and executive decisions.
  • Synthesize insights across products to identify patterns, opportunities, and strategic recommendations.
  • Translate research findings into narratives that drive alignment and action.
  • Partner with Product, Design, and cross-functional leaders to ensure research influences roadmaps and decision-making.
  • Establish research as a trusted strategic voice and advocate for user-centered thinking across the organization.

Requirements

  • 8–10+ years of experience in user research, ideally in B2B SaaS or enterprise software.
  • Experience building research practices, systems, and team capability from scratch.
  • Deep expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods with strong judgment on when to apply them.
  • Experience designing scalable research operations, including repositories, panels, governance, and intake processes.
  • Strong coaching and enablement skills.
  • Proven ability to influence product and design strategy through research insights.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and leading without predefined structure.
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong cross-functional partnership and collaborative leadership skills.
  • Experience in private equity-backed or multi-product environments is preferred.
  • Background in food service, hospitality, supply chain, or similarly complex operational industries is preferred.
  • Experience with multi-sided platforms serving multiple user personas is preferred.
  • Experience growing and managing research teams is preferred.
  • Familiarity with enterprise B2B challenges, such as long sales cycles and complex stakeholder ecosystems, is preferred.
  • Comfort leveraging modern research tools and AI-assisted workflows to improve efficiency and scale is preferred.
  • Must be authorized to work without sponsorship.

Benefits

  • Fully remote role.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance from day one.
  • Flexible spending account (FSA).
  • Company-paid life insurance.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Strong training and professional development support.
  • Competitive pay.
  • Flexible PTO policy with no accrual required.

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