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3 Jan 2022

Full-Time Research Scientist Manager – User Experience @ Meta

Tal Galili – Posted by Tal Galili –  Redmond, Washington, United States

Job Description

At Facebook Reality Labs Research (FRL Research), our goal is to explore, innovate and design novel interfaces and hardware subsystems for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences.

We are looking for a skilled and motivated UX Research Science Manager to join our team, whose mission is to solve the human-centered optimization problem for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality interactions. Our team is a group of human-science focused researchers with backgrounds in human-computer interaction, UX, human factors, perception, cognitive, and data science. We are specifically looking for a candidate with passion in defining and building interactive technologies that solve real world problems and experience in leading and growing researchers.

Research Scientist Manager – User Experience Responsibilities
  • Grow, lead, and nurture a team of applied researchers by supporting their career growth, well-being, and productivity.
  • Build strong relationships with stakeholders across scientific, engineering, design disciplines within and across organizations to enable collaboration align on priorities.
  • Set clear expectations and goals for direct reports and collective team while holding individuals and the team accountable to deliver research outcomes influencing the design of XR interaction devices and experiences.
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to both your team members and peers within the organization in the area of user experience and set strategic directions in collaboration with other functional leads.
  • Conduct high quality experience-focused research for key strategic areas related to XR interactions.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Masters degree in the field of human computer interaction, psychology, human factors or a related field.
  • 5+ years experience conducting applied research on interactive devices or systems.
  • 3+ years experience owning the end-to-end research process of planning, recruiting, executing/facilitating, analyzing, and reporting the insights.
  • 2+ years experience in leading and managing an applied UX or relevant human-science research team in an industry setting.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Ph.D. in the field of human computer interaction, psychology, human factors or a related field.
  • Experience in managing a team delivering UX research for the V1 interactive hardware product throughout the entire product development life-cycle.
You can read more about the job here: https://www.facebookcareers.com/v2/jobs/601171760918939/

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Job Categories: Data Scientist / Statistician and Manager. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: Manager and user experience.

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