User Experience Research Manager, Monetization (Menlo Park)

User Experience Research Manager, Monetization

Monetization is looking for a Research Manager with skills in user experience research, leadership, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders. This role requires a broad range of skills and expertise that strikes a balance between speed and rigor in their work, with a proven ability to transform research insights into design and product recommendations that drive decisions. Its not enough to answer interesting questions about user behavior; our team focuses on impact. You will lead a team of high quality researchers across a key product vertical, and across multiple research disciplines. We are looking for an experienced leader with a proven track record of building and managing teams. You must become a trusted, strategic partner to product stakeholders by communicating and demonstrating the value of user research, and by delivering insights that lead to measurable business value.

Responsibilities

Identify and prioritize short-term and long-term research that delivers the highest impact.

Allocate resources and talent to ensure we are always focusing on the highest priorities and influencing critical product decisions.

Deliver actionable and relevant insights aligned to both strategic and tactical product and designs decisions.

Hire, develop, and retain talent across different skillsets (qual and quant).

Guide research throughout the product life-cycle from early stage generative research, through iterative concept or prototype testing, and post-launch measurement.

Collaborate closely with Product Management, Design, Engineering and other cross-functional partners to ensure research is integrated into the product development process.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Sociology, or related field or significant experience conducting User Experience research with meaningful business impact.

18+ years of experience conducting and / or studying research post-Bachelors degree.

5+ years of experience directly managing, coaching and developing full-time researchers.

Experience directly managing across different research methodologies.

Experience directly conducting primary research (either qualitative or quantitative) end-to-end (e.g. designing, fielding, analyzing and reporting out data).

Experience building teams over time through hiring, growing, and retaining researchers.

Experience building and setting research strategy that connects with business strategy.

Track record of translating research into business impact and communicating research findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience working with a variety of cross-functional peers and stakeholders to achieve shared goals (For example, product managers, data scientists, designers, engineers, policy, communications, marketing).

Preferred Qualifications

Masters or PhD degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Sociology, or related field.

Experience working in advertising, monetization, or commerce topics.

Experience leading teams across timezones.

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible todaybeyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

$192,000 / year to $265,000 / year + bonus + equity + benefits. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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