Manager, UX Research

Alteryx is leading the transformation in data, automation, and AI. They are seeking a Manager, UX Research to build and scale a high-impact research team that connects human insight with behavioral data to inform product decisions across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Build a team culture where impact over output is the standard; success is measured by what changes because of research
• Develop researchers who form and communicate strong points of view, not just report findings
• Stay close to your team’s work, performance, and growth; give direct, constructive feedback
• Create a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Refine and scale how research works across teams, including intake, prioritization, and delivery
• Guide research from early discovery through validation and post-launch assessment
• Strengthen how research connects to product decisions
• Ensure research outputs are decision-ready, with clear implications, confidence, and next steps
• Enable PMs and designers to run research with clear tools, frameworks, and guardrails
• Connect research with telemetry and customer feedback to create a unified view of the customer
• Own the UXR relationship with product and design leadership
• Set clear expectations for how and when to engage research
• Represent UXR in planning with a clear point of view on where research reduces risk and accelerates decisions
• Challenge assumptions and reframe requests around decision value, using clear, constructive communication in moments that require leadership and influence
• Ensure clear ownership and escalation paths when research is bypassed, misused, or creates risk
• Apply AI-assisted research methods where they improve speed, scale, or synthesis quality (ex. automated tagging, clustering, large-scale qualitative analysis)
• Maintain high standards of rigor as methods evolve
• Research informs decisions that lead to measurable improvements in product adoption, retention, or customer experience
• Product teams consistently engage UXR early in the development process
• Time-to-insight decreases without sacrificing quality or depth
• Insights are connected across research, telemetry, and customer feedback

Requirements:

• 7+ years of UX research experience, including direct people management in a product organization
• Demonstrated ownership of team performance and talent development
• Experience shaping how research programs work within a product organization
• Demonstrated impact on product decisions or measurable outcomes
• Strong ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative research and behavioral data
• Trusted partner to product and design leadership in complex environments
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building structure where it does not yet exist
• Experience in data, analytics, or AI platform products
• Experience with product adoption, onboarding, or PLG environments
• Experience working closely with telemetry or product analytics teams
• Hands-on experience applying AI in research workflows, including emerging methods such as AI-moderated studies or synthetic users