Senior Researcher – Taxonomist

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $85 - $105 / hour

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Handshake

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

👥 HR Tech

🎯 Recruiter

🤝 B2B

HR Tech • Recruitment • B2B

Handshake is a platform that connects students with potential employers and career centers, offering tools to streamline the recruiting process for its users. It provides features such as job postings, talent engagement suites, and event management for both virtual and in-person recruiting events. Handshake is widely used by Fortune 100 companies and offers integrations with existing automated tracking systems. It aims to build early career networks and supports a diverse range of Gen Z talent with a focus on improving hiring outcomes through proprietary data and advanced recruiting strategies.

📋 Description

• Design, build, and continuously refine a scalable taxonomy of jobs, sub-domains, distinct user tasks, tools, and data used across various job roles. • Plan and execute both qualitative and quantitative user research to inform and validate the taxonomy. • Leverage AI-moderated user research tools to conduct, synthesize, and extract qualitative insights from large user cohorts efficiently. • Apply basic statistical methods to evaluate, rank, and prioritize tasks based on user importance, frequency, and current pain points. • Partner with Product, Design, AI Research, Operations and Engineering to ensure the taxonomy informs product strategy and feature development. • Translate complex, multi-layered research data into clear, actionable frameworks, user models, and documentation.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in UX Research, Information Architecture, Taxonomy, Applied Economics, Human Computer Interaction or a closely related field focusing on user behavior. • Proven ability to independently design and run rigorous qualitative and quantitative research studies. • Strong understanding of classification systems, hierarchical modeling, and frameworks like Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD). • Solid understanding of foundational statistics necessary for quantitative user research. • Experience with AI-moderated user research platforms to scale qualitative data collection. • Exceptional analytical and communication skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements • Professional development