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Senior level senior user researcher jobs place experienced researchers in charge of study design, insight strategy, and the cross-functional decisions that shape product direction. Hiring covers Technology & Software and Consulting & Professional Services, with 100% remote or hybrid availability and employers like Xometry, Meta, and Gallup hiring at this level now.
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Senior User Researcher II
Location: Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid)
About Rubrik
Rubrik is a public company on a mission to secure the world’s data. With Zero Trust Data Security™, we have $1.57 Billion in ARR this year! We’re proud to be positioned as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and to have won prestigious design awards, including the Red Dot Design Award & the iF Design award. Rubrik helps organizations achieve business resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. Rubrik Security Cloud, powered by machine learning, secures data across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS applications. Rubrik helps organizations uphold data integrity, deliver data availability that withstands adverse conditions, continuously monitors data risks and threats, and restore businesses with their data when infrastructure is attacked.
About Team
At Rubrik, our UX team is a global collective of over 60 talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, including Product Designers, User Researchers, UX Writers, Visual Designers, Program Managers, and Technical Publications. We are deeply committed to understanding the needs, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of our users to inspire and inform our designs. With over 30 UX professionals based in our Palo Alto Design Studio, our team plays a crucial role in creating industry-leading cyber resilience products. We foster close collaboration within the UX team, as well as with engineering and product management, to deliver valuable products for our users and for Rubrik’s businesses. Sneak peek to our product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9949Q-_onc&t=9s
The Opportunity
We are growing our research team! We are looking for a highly-skilled Senior User Researcher to lead and take ownership of meaningful, strategic and impactful research that can help us drive towards making Rubrik a benchmark for enterprise design. We're a close-knit, collaborative group, guided by a highly iterative user-centered design process. Combining research, data, and thoughtful critique, as a researcher you will help discover needs and solve fundamental problems that impact how organizations around the world manage and protect their data. In this role, you will champion the voice of the customer throughout the entire product and design lifecycle. Your responsibilities will involve engaging directly with customers to understand their needs, defining user personas and use cases, and applying a variety of research methods to gather insights. Your research work will encompass formative inquiries, evaluative studies, rigorous usability testing, and data analytics. A key aspect of your work will be to synthesize your findings into actionable recommendations and communicate them through impactful artifacts to drive customer adoption and product success. Collaborating closely with product managers and designers, you will influence product strategy and validate design concepts through usability testing and behavioral data analysis.
What you will do
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Champion End-to-End User Research: You'll drive the entire research lifecycle by defining, planning, and executing studies to build a deep, empathetic understanding of customer needs. This includes identifying research goals, selecting appropriate qualitative or quantitative methods, and advocating for a consumer-grade user experience backed by a strong portfolio of impactful work.
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Collaborate to Build a Strategic Roadmap: Working in close partnership with product design, development, and product teams, you will identify key research topics and build a research roadmap. You'll be responsible for communicating this plan regularly to ensure it remains relevant and aligned with team priorities.
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Synthesize Data into Actionable Insights: A core function is to analyze and synthesize research findings into clear design and product recommendations. You will also develop metrics to measure user experience quality, effectively communicating results to influence decisions and advocate on behalf of the customer.
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Execute with Methodological Rigor: You must possess the ability to independently select the correct methodological framework for any given research question. This includes managing all logistics, from participant recruitment to scheduling, while effectively navigating shifting priorities and time constraints.
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Integrate AI into Workflows: You are expected to have experience with critically evaluating and incorporating AI into your workflows. This includes leveraging AI-powered tools, automating workflows, and analyzing AI-driven insights to enhance problem-solving and decision-making within your role.
What you will bring
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A degree (B.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) in Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, HCI, or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated expertise in an applied UX research role.
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7+ years of work experience conducting customer-centered research.
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End-to-end experience with all aspects of research (study design, recruiting, moderation, analysis, reporting and analytical tools) across multiple product areas.
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Deep knowledge of user interface design, usability evaluation techniques, task analysis, and experimental design.
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Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
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Experience in enterprise or B2B software is a plus, but not required—what matters most is your willingness to learn new technical concepts quickly and your proactive attitude.
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A strong team player who enjoys working in international, cross time-zone, cross-functional product teams and actively shaping UX strategies.
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Ability to drive vision and strategy discussions through research by analyzing, consolidating, or synthesizing what is known about user, product, service, or business needs.
If you are ready to embrace the rewarding challenge of setting the bar for industry-leading user experience, this could be the role for you. Please send your resume and user research portfolio to noopur.mer@rubrik.com
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Senior User Researcher II
Location: Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid)
About Rubrik
Rubrik is a public company on a mission to secure the world’s data. With Zero Trust Data Security™, we have $1.57 Billion in ARR this year! We’re proud to be positioned as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and to have won prestigious design awards, including the Red Dot Design Award & the iF Design award. Rubrik helps organizations achieve business resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. Rubrik Security Cloud, powered by machine learning, secures data across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS applications. Rubrik helps organizations uphold data integrity, deliver data availability that withstands adverse conditions, continuously monitors data risks and threats, and restore businesses with their data when infrastructure is attacked.
About Team
At Rubrik, our UX team is a global collective of over 60 talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, including Product Designers, User Researchers, UX Writers, Visual Designers, Program Managers, and Technical Publications. We are deeply committed to understanding the needs, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of our users to inspire and inform our designs. With over 30 UX professionals based in our Palo Alto Design Studio, our team plays a crucial role in creating industry-leading cyber resilience products. We foster close collaboration within the UX team, as well as with engineering and product management, to deliver valuable products for our users and for Rubrik’s businesses. Sneak peek to our product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9949Q-_onc&t=9s
The Opportunity
We are growing our research team! We are looking for a highly-skilled Senior User Researcher to lead and take ownership of meaningful, strategic and impactful research that can help us drive towards making Rubrik a benchmark for enterprise design. We're a close-knit, collaborative group, guided by a highly iterative user-centered design process. Combining research, data, and thoughtful critique, as a researcher you will help discover needs and solve fundamental problems that impact how organizations around the world manage and protect their data. In this role, you will champion the voice of the customer throughout the entire product and design lifecycle. Your responsibilities will involve engaging directly with customers to understand their needs, defining user personas and use cases, and applying a variety of research methods to gather insights. Your research work will encompass formative inquiries, evaluative studies, rigorous usability testing, and data analytics. A key aspect of your work will be to synthesize your findings into actionable recommendations and communicate them through impactful artifacts to drive customer adoption and product success. Collaborating closely with product managers and designers, you will influence product strategy and validate design concepts through usability testing and behavioral data analysis.
What you will do
-
Champion End-to-End User Research: You'll drive the entire research lifecycle by defining, planning, and executing studies to build a deep, empathetic understanding of customer needs. This includes identifying research goals, selecting appropriate qualitative or quantitative methods, and advocating for a consumer-grade user experience backed by a strong portfolio of impactful work.
-
Collaborate to Build a Strategic Roadmap: Working in close partnership with product design, development, and product teams, you will identify key research topics and build a research roadmap. You'll be responsible for communicating this plan regularly to ensure it remains relevant and aligned with team priorities.
-
Synthesize Data into Actionable Insights: A core function is to analyze and synthesize research findings into clear design and product recommendations. You will also develop metrics to measure user experience quality, effectively communicating results to influence decisions and advocate on behalf of the customer.
-
Execute with Methodological Rigor: You must possess the ability to independently select the correct methodological framework for any given research question. This includes managing all logistics, from participant recruitment to scheduling, while effectively navigating shifting priorities and time constraints.
-
Integrate AI into Workflows: You are expected to have experience with critically evaluating and incorporating AI into your workflows. This includes leveraging AI-powered tools, automating workflows, and analyzing AI-driven insights to enhance problem-solving and decision-making within your role.
What you will bring
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A degree (B.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) in Human Factors, Cognitive Psychology, HCI, or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated expertise in an applied UX research role.
-
7+ years of work experience conducting customer-centered research.
-
End-to-end experience with all aspects of research (study design, recruiting, moderation, analysis, reporting and analytical tools) across multiple product areas.
-
Deep knowledge of user interface design, usability evaluation techniques, task analysis, and experimental design.
-
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
-
Experience in enterprise or B2B software is a plus, but not required—what matters most is your willingness to learn new technical concepts quickly and your proactive attitude.
-
A strong team player who enjoys working in international, cross time-zone, cross-functional product teams and actively shaping UX strategies.
-
Ability to drive vision and strategy discussions through research by analyzing, consolidating, or synthesizing what is known about user, product, service, or business needs.
If you are ready to embrace the rewarding challenge of setting the bar for industry-leading user experience, this could be the role for you. Please send your resume and user research portfolio to noopur.mer@rubrik.com
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Senior Level Senior User Researcher Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level senior user researcher job?
Employers hiring at this level look for researchers who can independently scope and lead studies, not just execute them. A strong portfolio shows end-to-end ownership: research framing, method selection, stakeholder influence, and measurable product impact. Experience mentoring junior researchers and driving research operations or standards within a team gives candidates a clear edge over those with equivalent years but narrower scope.
Which companies hire senior level senior user researchers?
Companies hiring senior level senior user researchers right now include Xometry, Meta, and Gallup, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Hiring at this level tends to come from organizations with established design functions that need researchers who can lead programs, not just contribute to them.
Are there remote senior level senior user researcher jobs?
Yes, remote and hybrid work is common at this level. About 100% of senior level senior user researcher openings are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, reflecting how broadly distributed research teams have become. Senior researchers are often trusted to work independently, which makes fully remote arrangements more accessible at this stage than earlier in a research career.
What makes a senior user researcher role senior level?
Senior user researcher roles are defined by scope, not just tenure. At this level, researchers own the research agenda for a product area, choose methods without direction, and translate findings into strategic recommendations that influence roadmaps. They also mentor junior researchers, shape team practices, and operate as credible partners to product, design, and engineering leadership rather than supporting those relationships from the outside.
Which industries hire the most senior level senior user researchers?
Senior level senior user researcher roles concentrate in Technology & Software and Consulting & Professional Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. These sectors tend to have mature product organizations where user research is embedded in the decision-making process rather than treated as a one-off activity, creating sustained demand for senior-level researchers who can lead that work.