Remote UX Research Lead Jobs
Remote UX Research Lead jobs are open across the U.S. in sectors from enterprise software and fintech to healthtech and consumer apps, at remote-first companies and distributed product teams scaling their research practices. Employers hiring remotely right now include SupplyHouse, ICF, and LMI. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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This position requires an active Secret clearance.
As a UX Researcher at LMI, your primary role will be to help define the future of the product, ensuring solutions are user-friendly and intuitive. You will develop research plans, conduct discovery interviews and observational research, and translate these findings into actionable insights. Your responsibilities will include creating personas, storyboards, user stories, and documenting business requirements optimized for various devices and interfaces. You will collaborate with a small, experienced cross-functional team to help communicate and advocate for our user’s needs.
In this role, you will guide government clients through design thinking processes, incorporating human-centered and design thinking methods to solve end-to-end digital employee experience challenges.
LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.
Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors, helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.
- Work cross-functionally to establish research goals and employ various research methodologies to answer research questions.
- Plan and facilitate different research strategies with various types of users to gain further insight into our user’s needs.
- Evaluate research findings and compile them into actionable insights to inform design and development processes.
- Communicate and advocate for research findings with government stakeholders and decision-makers in compelling ways using a variety of visual mediums.
- Formulate system requirements and solutions or identify enhancements to existing systems; define requirements and specifications.
- Communicate research findings with UX design team to help create seamless and intuitive user journeys throughout various sections in the application.
- Work collaboratively with system architects and data engineers to ensure system requirements and user’s needs are aligned throughout the application.
- Craft compelling stories and visual models to communicate insights and discoveries.
- Bachelor’s degree in a human behavior related field (or equivalent work experience)
- 5 years of experience in UI/UX research.
- Well-developed analytical, diagnostic, and system-thinking skills.
- Experience in managing user relationships, including determining user needs/requirements, managing user expectations, and demonstrating commitment to delivering quality results.
- Experience moderating usability studies and generating actionable insights from findings.
- Experience in group facilitation, including with groups of senior organizational leaders.
- Ability to develop artifacts to support requirements documentation, examples include user journey maps, data flow diagrams, interface analyses, and/or information architecture diagrams, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to use MS Office Suite to include Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Superior communication skills, both oral and written.
- High energy, enthusiasm, tact, ability to effectively interact with senior executives from Government and industry.
- Knowledge of end-to-end product development processes.
- Self-directed, detail oriented in completing assigned tasks, able to adapt to changing work efforts and manage impact of shifting priorities.
Preferred:
- Experience with agile and design tools, Example. Jira, Confluence, Figma, etc.
- Human Centered Design certification.
- Human Factors Engineering experience.
This position requires an active Secret clearance.
As a UX Researcher at LMI, your primary role will be to help define the future of the product, ensuring solutions are user-friendly and intuitive. You will develop research plans, conduct discovery interviews and observational research, and translate these findings into actionable insights. Your responsibilities will include creating personas, storyboards, user stories, and documenting business requirements optimized for various devices and interfaces. You will collaborate with a small, experienced cross-functional team to help communicate and advocate for our user’s needs.
In this role, you will guide government clients through design thinking processes, incorporating human-centered and design thinking methods to solve end-to-end digital employee experience challenges.
LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.
Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors, helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.
- Work cross-functionally to establish research goals and employ various research methodologies to answer research questions.
- Plan and facilitate different research strategies with various types of users to gain further insight into our user’s needs.
- Evaluate research findings and compile them into actionable insights to inform design and development processes.
- Communicate and advocate for research findings with government stakeholders and decision-makers in compelling ways using a variety of visual mediums.
- Formulate system requirements and solutions or identify enhancements to existing systems; define requirements and specifications.
- Communicate research findings with UX design team to help create seamless and intuitive user journeys throughout various sections in the application.
- Work collaboratively with system architects and data engineers to ensure system requirements and user’s needs are aligned throughout the application.
- Craft compelling stories and visual models to communicate insights and discoveries.
- Bachelor’s degree in a human behavior related field (or equivalent work experience)
- 5 years of experience in UI/UX research.
- Well-developed analytical, diagnostic, and system-thinking skills.
- Experience in managing user relationships, including determining user needs/requirements, managing user expectations, and demonstrating commitment to delivering quality results.
- Experience moderating usability studies and generating actionable insights from findings.
- Experience in group facilitation, including with groups of senior organizational leaders.
- Ability to develop artifacts to support requirements documentation, examples include user journey maps, data flow diagrams, interface analyses, and/or information architecture diagrams, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to use MS Office Suite to include Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Superior communication skills, both oral and written.
- High energy, enthusiasm, tact, ability to effectively interact with senior executives from Government and industry.
- Knowledge of end-to-end product development processes.
- Self-directed, detail oriented in completing assigned tasks, able to adapt to changing work efforts and manage impact of shifting priorities.
Preferred:
- Experience with agile and design tools, Example. Jira, Confluence, Figma, etc.
- Human Centered Design certification.
- Human Factors Engineering experience.
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- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote UX research lead jobs.
- 5 or more years of UX research experience with at least one year in a lead or senior role
- Proficiency in both qualitative and quantitative research methods across the full product lifecycle
- Experience mentoring junior researchers and driving research operations at team scale
- Ability to present research findings and strategic recommendations to executive stakeholders
- Familiarity with usability testing platforms, survey tools, and research repository software
- Bachelor's or master's degree in human-computer interaction, cognitive science, psychology, or a related field
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Show your async research communication skills
Remote ux research lead hiring managers look for candidates who can communicate findings without a room to present in. Include writing samples, research briefs, or synthesis decks in your portfolio that demonstrate clear, self-contained research storytelling.
Build a portfolio around independent research ownership
Remote employers want evidence you can run a research program without daily check-ins. Highlight projects where you scoped the research question, chose the method, recruited participants, synthesized findings, and drove a product decision, all with minimal oversight.
Prepare for remote research ops questions in interviews
Distributed teams screen for how you manage participant recruitment, session moderation, and synthesis across time zones. Be ready to walk through your remote research stack, naming tools like Dovetail, Lookback, or Maze, and explain how you keep stakeholders aligned asynchronously.
Remote UX Research Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote ux research lead job?
Remote ux research lead roles go to candidates who can demonstrate strong self-direction, structured async communication, and the ability to run end-to-end research without in-person collaboration. Remote employers screen for experience leading research roadmaps independently, writing clear research briefs and synthesis docs, and influencing product decisions through written artifacts. Proficiency with tools like Dovetail, Maze, or Lookback, and a portfolio showing impact without hand-holding, gives candidates a real edge.
Which companies hire remote ux research leads?
Employers currently hiring remote ux research leads include SupplyHouse, ICF, and LMI, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote ux research lead roles are most common at remote-first software companies, distributed product organizations, and digital health or fintech firms where research teams operate across time zones.
Can you get a remote ux research lead job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level ux research lead roles are harder to land because distributed teams expect you to manage your own research process from day one without close supervision. Early-career candidates have the best shot at smaller remote-first startups willing to invest in growth. A portfolio of self-directed research projects, case studies showing synthesis and stakeholder communication, and familiarity with remote research tools can open the door.
Do you need a degree for remote ux research lead jobs?
Not always. Remote employers in this role weigh demonstrated research skills, a portfolio of mixed-methods work, and evidence of leading research programs over formal credentials. Degrees in psychology, human-computer interaction, cognitive science, or related fields are common but not always required when a candidate can show real research output, clear written communication, and the ability to operate independently.
Which industries hire the most remote ux research leads?
Most remote ux research lead openings sit in Technology & Software, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors hire ux research leads remotely because their product and design teams are built around distributed collaboration, making async research workflows a natural fit.
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