Senior UX Researcher
Posted on 7/19/2023
INACTIVE
Planet

1,001-5,000 employees

Provides daily global satellite imagery and insights
Company Overview
Planet is a global leader in daily satellite imagery and insights, offering a unique value proposition by imaging the entirety of Earth's landmass daily, a feat unmatched by competitors. The company's technology, developed by former NASA scientists, powers a vast fleet of imaging satellites and sophisticated online software, providing invaluable data to decision-makers across various sectors. This data aids in tackling global challenges, from optimizing agricultural practices to monitoring environmental changes and providing visual evidence of conflict zones, demonstrating Planet's significant industry impact and technical prowess.
Food & Agriculture
Data & Analytics
Hardware
Energy
Social Impact
Aerospace

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$777.7M

Founded

2010

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

15%

2 year growth

58%
Locations
Remote in USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
UI/UX Design
Communications
Data Science
CategoriesNew
UI/UX & Design
Requirements
  • 6+ years of experience as a user researcher in enterprise software products
  • Experience mentoring UX research teams and building customer-centric cultures within cross functional organizations
  • Experience developing foundational research practices, including but not limited to structuring research repositories, improving customer outreach in a B2B business model, and democratizing research across product team
  • Experience in building and leading research projects with a proven record of excellent leadership
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • A passion for Planet's mission to use space to help life on Earth
Responsibilities
  • Be the champion for Planet's users. Identify their challenges and opportunities via qualitative and quantitative methods, and infuse the knowledge into the product development cycle to help craft elegant solutions
  • Strive to make Planet an insights-driven company by collaborating with data science, marketing, design and product leadership
  • Encourage and build a research-drive culture that fuels innovation by engaging employees in decision-making and development of new product and process improvement ideas
  • Work with design leadership and cross-functional partners to define a lasting vision for the product, informed by research insights
  • Support an incredible UX team, balancing bottom-up and top-down decision making, and mentoring their career growth and development
  • Encourage high performance and innovation by engaging cross-functional colleagues in the development of product, process improvement ideas, definition of research strategy as well as drive its implementation
Desired Qualifications
  • Proven ability to build and lead teams that ship world-changing products in fast-paced environments
  • A growth mindset, and a desire to learn quickly
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguity
  • Executive presence and ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience working with distributed, global teams and management
  • Proven analytical skills and sense for balancing quantity & quality