Remote UX Research Director

A Story of Curiosity, Creativity, and Customer Empathy

Picture this: A company that doesn’t just prioritize design but obsesses over it. One that treats user research as a cornerstone of product innovation rather than an afterthought. As a Remote UX Research Director, you'll become a catalyst for growth, crafting human-centered strategies that touch millions. From reshaping user journeys in real-time collaboration software to influencing next-gen enterprise UX, your ideas won’t just float—they’ll fly. Here, creativity is currency, and the user voice echoes in every product decision.

What You’ll Lead: Shaping Human-Centric Futures

🧠 Research Strategy & Execution

• Champion a unified UX research framework across multiple cross-functional teams.
• Build, manage, and scale the remote research roadmap in collaboration with product and design leads.
• Prioritize impactful studies to influence the product direction, brand evolution, and user satisfaction.
• Ensure research connects the dots between business goals, user behavior, and market trends.

👥 Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a globally distributed team of UX researchers.
• Align stakeholders around research insights using creative storytelling, visual reports, and engaging workshops.
• Serve as the go-to remote research expert across design, product management, engineering, and executive teams.
• Cultivate a user-first culture that’s both data-informed and empathy-driven.

📊 Insights-Driven Innovation

• Turn qualitative insights into actionable design principles.
• Help shape product experiments, prototypes, and customer engagement strategies.
• Translate remote user feedback into scalable design improvements.
• Collaborate on defining success metrics and KPIs rooted in human behavior.

Your Work Environment: Remote, but Deeply Connected

We're not just remote-friendly—we're remote-native. Your digital workspace is engineered for collaboration, autonomy, and global reach. You’ll hop into async discussions, lead real-time strategy sessions, and conduct usability studies from anywhere in the world. With flexible hours and a strong results-oriented culture, your ideas get center stage—no matter the time zone.

Tools and Technologies You’ll Master

From ethnographic interviews to remote A/B testing platforms, we give you a best-in-class toolkit:

• Dovetail, Maze, or UserTesting for remote usability testing
• Figma for design validation and collaborative annotations
• Airtable and Miro for data storytelling
• Slack, Zoom, and Loom for asynchronous communication
• SQL and Google BigQuery access for behavioral data exploration

Qualities That Set You Apart

🎓 Experience & Education

• Proven experience in a senior or director-level UX research role (remote preferred).
• Background in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Sociology, or similar fields.
• Portfolio of case studies showing influence over large-scale product decisions.

🛠 Skills That Matter

• Fluency in both generative and evaluative research methodologies
• Comfort leading moderated and unmoderated sessions across diverse user groups
• Strong knowledge of design thinking, journey mapping, and remote research ethics
• Ability to communicate complex findings with simplicity and storytelling flair

🌐 Remote Mindset

• High degree of autonomy, self-direction, and remote collaboration experience
• Exceptional cultural empathy with a user-centric worldview
• Skilled at navigating ambiguity and turning it into clarity

Salary & Growth: Your Impact, Your Reward

We reward excellence and vision. The annual salary for this role is $176,800, complemented by equity options and performance-based bonuses. Beyond compensation, you’ll have a seat at the table—driving strategy, mentoring rising stars, and contributing to a company that listens to its leaders. Career progression? It’s not just a path—it’s a launchpad.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• 🌎 100% remote with flexible working hours
• 💡 Influence over products used by millions
• 💬 A voice that matters in executive-level decisions
• 🎓 Ongoing learning support (conferences, certifications, personal coaching)
• 🤝 Supportive, collaborative, and innovation-hungry teammates
• 🧭 A culture where UX isn’t an afterthought—it’s the main event

Your Next Step: Design the Future With Us

You're not here to fill a seat. You’re here to steer the conversation, to ask bold questions, to reshape what users expect from modern digital experiences. If you’re a curious leader with a passion for purposeful design, we’d love to meet you.

Ready to lead with empathy, influence with data, and dream at scale?

Apply now and turn research into results.