Are you a user researcher with product experience?

We’re looking for a UX Researcher to join our growing design team in Edinburgh. You’ll work with product teams to run and facilitate research studies and help us develop a strategy on how we centralise our findings to be consumed by the rest of the organisation. This is a full-time position.

About you and how you can excel in this role

Our ideal candidate is a confident user researcher who is skilled at multi-tasking and loves working in a collaborative environment.

You’ll have:

• Experience as a user researcher, with a deep understanding of a wide variety of user research methods
• A broad range of research methods in your toolbox, and you’re able to quickly assess which method, mix of methods, or new approach is required to answer the team’s critical questions.
• A curious mindset – you love to learn new techniques and practically apply them when relevant.
• A client-focused approach – you’re excited by learning how customers engage with our product features and will regularly present your findings in a succinct fashion so we can continue to elevate the customer’s experience.
• A relaxed communication style that you can effectively tailor to customers, stakeholders, and leadership while sharing your findings with data.
• A proactive working style – you’re a self-starter who can work autonomously but also works well in a team.

About the role

Our design team is centrally located in our Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. Whilst relatively new, our goals are lofty. Woodmac’s ongoing digital transformation aims to redefine how customers interact with our comprehensive, industry-leading data. We work with the latest technologies; you can expect to collaborate with designers in Abstract and see developers working in React. We’re not afraid to challenge our own assumptions, iterating on different ways of working just as we would products for our customers.

You’ll be helping lay the foundations for our long-term research strategy, and will deliver customer insights that assist in building exciting experiences across a variety of categories. You'll work with teams through discovery, design, and evaluation. You'll meet with leadership to understand and define the questions and ideas we have, and how we can use research to help answer them. You'll consult with designers and product managers on a variety of project to help drive superb product experiences for our customers. All the while you’ll champion the customer and what these experiences will mean for them.

We’re at the start of an exciting journey and your input would be critical in helping shape not only how we work but how our customers experience the products we build.

As a wider organisation, we operate a strong partnership between Product, Engineering, and QA. We win and fail together as a team; we don’t point fingers. Granted, we’d much rather win!

What you’ll love about Wood Mackenzie

For the past 45 years, we have established our reputation as a trusted source of knowledge and forward- looking insight for the world’s most innovative organisations.  

Our teams are located around the world, and deliver research and consulting projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies and economic indicators such as market supply, demand and price trends. As a result, we can count the world’s key energy institutions and governments among our most loyal clients.

We are committed to supporting our people to grow and thrive. We value different perspectives and aspire to create an inclusive environment that encourages diversity and fosters a sense of belonging. We value everyone’s contribution and support them to reach their full potential while sustaining an organisational culture of health and well-being. There are opportunities to get involved in our Wellness, Diversity and Inclusion, and Community Engagement initiatives. We actively support flexible working and are happy to consider alternative work patterns, taking into account your needs and the needs of the team or division that you are looking to join. 

Hear what our team has to say about working with us:

https://www.woodmac.com/careers/our-people/

We are part of a company that has been named as a Best Employer by Forbes Magazine and on the Forbes Most Innovative Companies list three years running. Verisk is one of only 15 out of 500 companies to appear on both lists. We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies!

What you’ll love about Verisk

Verisk Analytics has an amazing story to tell. In 2017, Forbes magazine named Verisk to its World’s Most Innovative Companies list for the third consecutive year and to its America’s Best Mid-Size Employers list. We also earned the Great Place to Work® Certification for the second consecutive year in recognition of our outstanding workplace culture.

Verisk is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, natural resources, and financial services. We’ve been delivering data, analytics, and decision support services to our customers for more than 45 years, helping them protect people, property, and financial assets. At Verisk, you’ll be part of an organization that’s committed to serving the long-term interests of our stakeholders, including the communities where we operate.

At Verisk, you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create a positive and lasting impact on the business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. Our culture of innovation means your ideas on how to improve our business will be heard. As key contributors to our success, our team members enjoy working in a business-casual, collaborative environment that offers state-of-the-art resources, advanced technologies, and an excellent benefits package.

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.

http://www.verisk.com/careers.html

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.