Lead Researcher

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🕒 August 14

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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ImagineX

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

💰 Private equity on 2023-11

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

ImagineX is a digital transformation services firm that forms dedicated, AI-assisted teams to build custom, mission‑critical enterprise software and cloud platforms. They specialize in software engineering, data and AI solutions (including GenAI and multi-agent orchestration), cloud‑native modernization, and enterprise cybersecurity (DevSecOps, identity and vulnerability management). ImagineX works primarily with enterprise clients across industries like financial services, retail, and hospitality, delivering product engineering, quality automation, and agile transformation to accelerate secure, data-driven outcomes.

📋 Description

• Own research strategy and execution across one or two concurrent client engagements, from framing the question through supporting the decision • Design and run mixed-methods programs including generative interviews, contextual inquiry, concept and usability validation, surveys, literature review, and competitive or market analysis • Select methods based on the decision at risk and balance speed with research rigor • Serve as the primary research and strategy partner for client stakeholders, managing expectations and alignment from product owners through executives • Synthesize qualitative, quantitative, and secondary sources into recommendations on product priorities • Develop and maintain service blueprints connecting user journeys to backstage processes, systems, and operational realities • Facilitate discovery workshops, opportunity mapping, and assumption-testing sessions with cross-functional client teams • Establish research operations including recruiting, screening, incentives, consent, and repository practices • Leverage AI-assisted tools for desk research, synthesis, and reporting • Coach designers and researchers through study plan reviews, synthesis support, and readout feedback • Contribute to internal research and product strategy practices and the shared methods library

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in user research, design research, or product strategy, including time leading research on complex initiatives • Demonstrated range across qualitative and quantitative methods, with judgment about when to bring in specialist support • Proven ability to partner with senior client stakeholders and sustain relationships through disagreement • Portfolio or case examples showing research measurably changed a product decision • Experience embedded in client, consulting, or multi-client environments without owning the roadmap • Fluency with service design artifacts including blueprints, journey maps, and ecosystem models • Strong facilitation skills across mixed-seniority groups, from working teams to executive audiences • Working knowledge of Dual-Track Agile, Continuous Discovery, or Double Diamond • Familiarity with research and testing platforms, repositories, and participant privacy practices • Clear writing and presentation skills, translating findings into business and technical language • Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident • Must not require visa sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote work opportunity • AI-assisted tools to accelerate desk research, synthesis, and reporting • Coaching and feedback opportunities for designers and researchers