Skill
User Research
Design and Creative Software
User research is the practice of studying target users' behaviors, needs, and motivations through methods such as interviews, surveys, usability testing, and field observation. UX designers and researchers use it to inform product decisions, validate assumptions, and reduce the risk of building features users don't want or can't use.
User Research in the job market
Last checked October 27, 2026
- Open roles
- 47
- Employers
- 30
- Median pay
- $185,000
- Disclose pay
- 66%
on Career App
hiring for it
from 31 roles
of these roles
Open roles requiring User Research (47)
Senior Product Designer, Knowledge Graph | NASA | Remote
Grafana Labs
Full-time · United States (Remote) · $143,000 – $180,000
Grafana Labs seeks a Senior Product Designer to craft user interfaces for their Knowledge Graph platform, which helps engineers visualize system dependencies and resolve incidents faster. This role suits experienced B2B/enterprise designers comfortable with technical complexity, remote collaboration, and designing for highly skilled users in observability and infrastructure spaces.
Listed on Grafana Labs’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Product Manager, Claude
Menlo Ventures Portfolio
Full-time · New York, NY · $385,000 – $460,000
This Product Manager role leads the user experience strategy for Claude, Anthropic's consumer AI assistant, owning the roadmap for core features like memory, voice, and artifacts. You'll translate cutting-edge AI capabilities into intuitive experiences for millions of users while balancing rapid iteration with AI safety principles.
Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Staff Product Manager
Virta Health
Full-time · Remote · $210,000 – $301,000
Virta is seeking a senior product leader to define the member experience strategy across their digital health platform for metabolic disease reversal. This role combines consumer product expertise with healthcare domain knowledge, requiring someone who can synthesize data, clinical outcomes, and behavioral insights to drive engagement and health results at scale.
Listed on Virta Health’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Product Manager
Axios
Remote · $100,000 – $125,000
Axios seeks a mid-level product manager to own feature development and quarterly priorities across their news platform, collaborating with engineering, design, and editorial teams to improve reader and advertiser experiences. The role suits someone with 2–4 years of PM experience who can drive decisions with data and user research while mentoring junior team members.
Listed on Axios’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Product Manager
Geotab
Full-time · Detroit, MI
Geotab is hiring a senior product manager to shape the product strategy and roadmap for their IoT fleet management platform, working across cross-functional teams to discover market opportunities and drive product enhancements from conception through launch. This role suits an experienced PM with strong analytical skills who thrives in fast-paced environments and can mentor others while balancing strategic vision with data-driven decision-making.
Listed on Geotab’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Staff Product Designer, Discovery
Thrive Market
Playa Vista, CA · Remote
A Staff Product Designer role focused on search and browse experience at Thrive Market, an online membership marketplace for healthy products. This position suits someone with 6+ years of senior design experience who can own complex information architecture and cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution.
Listed on Thrive Market’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Product Manager
Sotheby's
Full-time · New York, NY · $80,000 – $90,000
You'll shape the product strategy for Sotheby's internal workflow tools, partnering with design and engineering teams to solve complex business problems in the auction world. This role suits someone who enjoys diving into operational details, gathering user insights, and balancing stakeholder needs with data-driven prioritization.
Listed on Sotheby's’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Sr. Product Manager - Advisor Experience
Blumberg Portfolio
New York, NY · $142,000 – $223,000
This role leads product strategy for wealth advisor features across Addepar's platform, owning the design and capabilities that help financial advisors acquire and serve clients. You'll partner with engineering and design teams to incorporate AI into advisor workflows, leverage user feedback to shape the roadmap, and communicate product value to go-to-market teams.
Listed on Blumberg Portfolio’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Creative Strategy Lead, Performance Marketing
Suno
Full-time · Los Angeles, CA · $150,000 – $200,000
Lead creative strategy for Suno's performance marketing, owning audience targeting and creative messaging across paid channels to drive subscriptions and user growth. This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on creative leadership, managing a team and partnering closely with paid media and data science to test, learn, and scale what resonates with millions of potential musicians.
Listed on Suno’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Staff Product Designer
Intuit
Mountain View, CA · $188,500 – $255,000
Intuit is seeking a strategic design leader to shape the next generation of their accounting software platform, guiding design vision across their accountant-focused product suite. This role suits experienced designers who can balance customer needs with business strategy, lead cross-functional teams, and communicate design decisions to senior stakeholders.
Listed on Intuit’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Asked for alongside User Research
Measured from the 47 open roles that name User Research — not from a curated list.
- Prototyping18 roles38.3%
- Figma15 roles31.9%
- Interaction Design14 roles29.8%
- Data Analysis13 roles27.7%
- Design Systems11 roles23.4%
- Usability Testing10 roles21.3%
- Information Architecture9 roles19.1%
- Wireframing9 roles19.1%
What employers state they pay
Median
$185,000
Middle half
$158,000 – $218,000
From 31 of 47 open roles — the 66% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
Who employers are hiring
- Entry2%
- Mid15%
- Senior46%
- Lead / Staff / Principal28%
- Management9%
From 46 roles whose posting states a level.
Where User Research roles are
Among the 32 of 47 open roles we could place on a map.
Roles that use User Research
Employers hiring for User Research
30 in total, most open roles first.
- The Home Depot7 roles
- Intuit3 roles
- The New York Times Company3 roles
- WDWarner Bros. Discovery3 roles
- BPBlumberg Portfolio2 roles
Moody's Corporation2 roles
Related skills
Curated neighbors in the taxonomy, whether or not employers ask for them together.