Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.
Microsofts Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.
Within Azure Data, the messaging and real-time analytics team provides comprehensive solutions and a robust platform that enables users to ingest high granularity signals (real-time & observability) and complex data, converting those into a competitive advantage in real-time for both end users and modern applications.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with a high-performing UX Research team with expertise in all types of research including qualitative, survey, usability, metrics, plus partnering with big data experts for analyses of behavioral data.
Foster relationships with PM and design teams throughout the Azure Data Organization so you stay close to our cross functional partners and their challenges.
Conduct a mixture of qualitative and quantitative research activities to inform product design, including but not limited to ethnographic explorations, usability studies, heuristic evaluations, interviews, contextual inquiry, surveys, user journey maps, benchmarks or any method that answers the most important research questions.
Create insight syntheses and connect these to product leaders through stories and other creative means to incite product growth directions.
Snap to organization-wide priorities and success criteria to design and execute a research program that meets the organizations needs.
Requirements: Required/Minimum Qualification
Advanced degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors Engineering, Computer Science, Information Science, Behavioral Science, Social Sciences, or related technical field AND 5+ year(s) User Experience Research experience
Preferred/Additional Qualifications
Ability to learn complex technologies and understanding the needs of technical users.
Excellent communication and project management skills.
Experience conducting research globally and working with global stakeholders.
Other Requirements
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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