Capital One

Lead,UserIntelligenceResearch

$165–188k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Lead, User Intelligence Research at Capital One. Skills: User Intelligence Research, Data Science, UX Research, Quantitative Analysis. Build Cumulative User Intelligence. Plan and conduct connected studies”

What You'll Achieve.

Accelerate learning velocity; Build cumulative user intelligence; Fuel product teams’ ongoing planning and decision-making; Maximize empathy and understanding; Identify critical correlations between user behavior and business success; Produce actionable insights; Encourage activation to ensure the development of useful and usable experiences

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Actionable insights; Data-driven decision making

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3 years of professional experience in User Experience Research, Data Science, or Customer Experience Research, 3 years of experience aggregating, collecting, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, 2 years of experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects or research programs

Nice to Have

4+ years of experience in User Intelligence, Human Factors, or behavioral data analysis, Experience conducting structured, quantitative jobs to be done studies, Experience building automated research workflows, Proven track record of triangulating multiple data sources, Advanced degree in Human Factors, HCI, Statistics, Data Science, or Behavioral Economics

What You'll Do.

Build Cumulative User Intelligence

Plan and conduct connected studies

Establish data acquisition mechanisms

Provide rapid testing within the product development lifecycle

Utilize and evolve research agents and research platforms

Extract insights from existing intelligence repositories

Conduct rapid discovery

Conduct concept testing

Conduct content testing

Conduct usability testing

Support Continuous Discovery

Partner with research ops to enable product teams

Support UX Measurement

Assist in developing mechanisms to collect/measure UX metrics

Conduct analysis using UX and other metrics

Conduct Data Triangulation & Synthesis

Utilize behavioral analytics

and qualitative insights

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Product teams; Research ops; CX; Data scientists; Analysts; Designers; Cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Compelling narratives; Senior leadership; Clarity in dialogue

Process & Methodology

Project leadership, Research programs

Full Job Description

Lead, User Intelligence Research ****Lead, User Intelligence Research**** ****Manager (** Individual contributor) delivering User Intelligence Research to support select product areas within a tower/domain** This is a Hybrid position, 3 days/wk onsite. ****Summary:**** Capital One’s Experience Design (XD) organization is focused on co-creating memorable, meaningful customer and associate experiences that build our brand with humanity and drive business advantage. As the User Intelligence Research Lead for your product areas, you will be responsible for accelerating learning velocity by supporting a structured, systems-oriented human intelligence system. You will execute the Research organization’s vision: shifting from discrete, episodic UX studies to structured, connected research efforts to build cumulative user intelligence. You will plan and conduct research studies, utilize AI agents/skills, and enable human access platforms to support discovery, rapid testing, and assessment of user experiences. This is a high-level individual contributor role that requires a mastery of project leadership, technical fluency, business acumen, and the ability to produce actionable insights and encourage activation to ensure the development of useful and usable experiences. ****Responsibilities:**** * Build Cumulative User Intelligence: Plan and conduct connected studies and establish data acquisition mechanisms that contribute to a collective body of user intelligence that fuels product teams’ ongoing planning and decision-making. * Provide rapid testing within the product development lifecycle: Utilize and evolve research agents and research platforms to accelerate learning velocity: extracting insights from existing intelligence repositories, conducting rapid discovery, concept, content, and usability testing. * Support Continuous Discovery: Partner with research ops to enable product teams to access their users to maximize empathy and understanding. * Support UX Measurement:

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