Senior UX Researcher, Consumer Product

Reddit, Inc. is a community of communities built on shared interests and authentic conversations. As a Senior UX Researcher, Consumer Product, you will lead research to shape Reddit’s core consumer experiences and partner with cross-functional teams to inform product strategy and guide product decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead high-impact foundational, generative, and evaluative research that informs strategy for Reddit’s consumer product experiences
• Investigate user behaviors, motivations, and needs across key discovery, consumption, engagement, and contribution experiences
• Design and execute rigorous qualitative research, including interviews, usability studies, concept testing, diary studies, and other methods appropriate to the product question
• Integrate qualitative insights with quantitative signals, behavioral data, surveys, experimentation, and product metrics to develop a holistic understanding of user behavior
• Partner closely with product, design, engineering, data science, and other cross-functional teams to shape roadmaps, identify opportunities, and influence product direction
• Communicate research findings through clear narratives, actionable recommendations, and compelling storytelling tailored to cross-functional partners and leadership audiences
• Proactively identify research opportunities across a broad product area and help teams connect user insights to product impact

Requirements:

• Master's degree, Ph.D., or equivalent experience in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Behavioral Science, Sociology, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field
• 6+ years of experience conducting consumer-focused UX research, preferably as an embedded researcher on a product team
• Deep expertise in qualitative research methods and strong judgment about when to apply different methods across the product development lifecycle
• Fluency with mixed-methods research, including the ability to connect qualitative insights with quantitative data, product metrics, survey findings, or experimentation results
• Demonstrated experience influencing product strategy and driving product or user experience impact through research
• Strong product sense, including comfort working with engagement metrics, experimentation, tradeoffs, and ambiguous product questions
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to synthesize complex findings into clear recommendations for cross-functional and leadership audiences
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt as product and business needs evolve