Principal, User Research

Mural · United States RemoteRemote$14,300–$20,428 USD/messenior

In short

▸Liderar una práctica de investigación de usuarios desde cero en una startup en crecimiento.
▸Combinar métodos cualitativos y cuantitativos para descubrir necesidades humanas en colaboración remota.
▸Ser el pilar estratégico que guíe innovación y decisiones de producto con enfoque basado en evidencia.

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What they ask for

✓10+ años de experiencia en investigación de usuarios
✓Experto en métodos cualitativos y cuantitativos
✓Capacidad para liderar estudios estratégicos con impacto en producto
✓Experiencia en creación de marcos y artefactos de investigación (viajes, modelos mentales)
✓Habilidades de comunicación para audiencias ejecutivas y multidisciplinarias
✓Capacidad de mentoría y escalamiento de prácticas de investigación

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Compensation: $171,598 – $245,140. ABOUT THE TEAM At Mural, we believe great collaboration starts with deep understanding. Our mission is to help teams think and work together better. The Design and Research team uncovers the truths that power that mission, guiding product, design, and strategy through rigorous, human-centered inquiry. We combine behavioral science, market insight, and creative exploration to shape Mural’s future for how teams ideate, align, and collaborate together across the world. YOUR MISSION As the Principal, User Researcher at Mural, you’ll start a UX research practice and lead foundational and strategic research that shapes how the company defines its next generation of experiences. You’ll partner across product, design, sales, marketing, and strategy to identify new opportunity spaces, clarify evolving user needs, and guide the organization toward long-term innovation. This is a primarily individual-contributor role focused on uncovering deep human collaboration insights that drive strategy, innovation, and long-term vision. You’ll also help shape and scale the UXR discipline at Mural by mentoring designers to confidently run tactical usability studies, and establishing the frameworks and best practices that elevate research across the company. Think of it as being the first research leader at a fast-growing startup, with the reach and resources of a global platform. WHAT YOU'LL DO Player Responsibilities (Individual Contributor Work): - Lead mixed-methods research (qualitative and quantitative) that explores user needs, behaviors, and motivations across multiple product areas. - Drive foundational studies that reveal how teams collaborate and what barriers exist in business collaboration, hybrid, and distributed work. - Design and execute medium to large-scale studies that combine qualitative depth with quantitative rigor (surveys, logs analysis, segmentation, and concept testing). - Develop a tempo where actionable insights are timely and urgently positioned to shape key product decisions. - Translate ambiguous questions into clear learning plans and frameworks that guide product and strategy decisions. - Build artifacts (archetypes, frameworks, journey maps, mental models) that make complex insights accessible and actionable across the company, leveraging Mural products. - Present insights to an executive, cross-functional audience and provide strategic recommendations based on these insights. Coach Responsibilities: - Build the research practice: mentor designers, and product partners in research best practices, helping to scale a culture of curiosity and evidence-based decision making. - Establish repeatable, high-quality research standards and methodologies across teams. - Partner with design and product leadership to shape Mural’s long-term research vision and roadmap. - Champion the role of research in early product strategy and company-wide initiatives. Hybrid Responsibilities (Both Player & Coach): - Collaborate closely with cross-functional leaders to prioritize research that informs Mural’s most critical next-generation bets. - Facilitate workshops and storytelling sessions that bring insights to life and influence direction across product, design, and business strategy. - Partner with Data Science and Market Research to integrate behavioral data, attitudinal insights, and business signals into cohesive, actionable narratives. - Shape how research connects to strategy, innovation, and experimentation at every level of the company. WHAT YOU'LL BRING - 10+ years of UX Research experience, including deep expertise in both qualitative and quantitative methods. PhD optional. - Proven track record leading foundational and strategic research that influenced product direction, vision, or long-term investments. - Ability to design and execute mixed-methods research independently: from ethnographic and in-depth interviews to survey design an

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