Capital One

Lead,UserIntelligenceResearch

$150–171k Plano, Texas, 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 Analysis, UX Research. Build Cumulative User Intelligence. Plan connected studies”

What You'll Achieve.

Accelerate learning velocity; Build cumulative user intelligence; Fuel product teams planning; Fuel product teams decision-making; Maximize empathy; Maximize understanding; Inform product roadmaps

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Actionable insights; Data-driven decision making

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3 years User Experience Research, 3 years Data Science, 3 years Customer Experience Research, 3 years aggregating quantitative data, 3 years analyzing quantitative data, 3 years aggregating qualitative data, 3 years analyzing qualitative data, 2 years leading complex projects, 2 years leading research programs

Nice to Have

4+ years User Intelligence, 4+ years Human Factors, 4+ years behavioral data analysis, Structured quantitative jobs to be done studies, Building automated research workflows, Triangulating multiple data sources, Advanced degree Human Factors, Advanced degree HCI, Advanced degree Statistics, Advanced degree Data Science, Advanced degree Behavioral Economics

What You'll Do.

Build Cumulative User Intelligence

Plan connected studies

Conduct connected studies

Establish data acquisition mechanisms

Provide rapid testing

Utilize research agents

Evolve research platforms

Extract insights from repositories

Conduct rapid discovery

Conduct concept testing

Conduct content testing

Conduct usability testing

Support Continuous Discovery

Enable product teams access users

Support UX Measurement

Identify domain-specific UX metrics

Develop mechanisms to collect UX metrics

Develop mechanisms to measure UX metrics

Conduct analysis using UX metrics

Conduct analysis using other metrics

Identify correlations between user behavior

Identify correlations between business success

Conduct Data Triangulation

Conduct Data Synthesis

Produce actionable insights

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Product teams; Research ops; CX; Data scientists; Analysts; Designers; Analysts; Design; Product

Communication Scope

Compelling narratives; Senior leadership

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 located in Plano, TX. Relocation to Plano, TX is required if you're not located in the Dallas, TX area. ****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

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