Lead Design Researcher

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November 22

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General Motors

Transport • Energy • Enterprise

General Motors is a leading multinational corporation in the automotive industry, committed to creating a future with zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. With operations and facilities worldwide, GM focuses on innovation across various areas including engineering, manufacturing, and information technology. The company emphasizes diversity, inclusion, and the development of sustainable technologies to shape the future of mobility.

10,000+ employees

Founded 1908

🚗 Transport

⚡ Energy

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $500M Grant on 2024-07

📋 Description

• Lead research that supports our strategic vision across complex workflows and customer journeys. • Manage a small team of design researchers, providing mentorship and fostering excellence in research craft, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration. • Develop and drive a shared research roadmap aligned with business priorities, ensuring high-quality execution across generative and evaluative studies. • Facilitate strategic conversations with senior stakeholders, translating research into actionable insights and durable decisions. • Elevate the team’s storytelling and influence by crafting compelling narratives that shape product direction and business strategy.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven leadership in managing and mentoring researchers, setting a high bar for research quality, insight depth, and strategic impact. • Mastery of generative and evaluative methods, with the ability to guide others in method selection, execution, and synthesis. • Strong collaborator with experience influencing product, design, engineering, and business partners. • Growth mindset and adaptability in a fast-paced, evolving environment. • Ability to direct and produce great work in short timeframes, multi-task across different projects and platforms and adapt to the ever-changing priorities of the business.

🏖️ Benefits

• From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.

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