CareerPlan

Head of Research

San FranciscoFull-time$350k2026-10-05 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · United States

Core

Lead a mixed-method research practice (UX and Quantitative Market Research) to inform product roadmap decisions and drive strategic insights for customers.

Role type

Senior leadership, Head of Product Research

Builds

A unified research function spanning UX Research and Quantitative Market Research (QMR) for a human+AI collaboration platform

Domain

SaaS / Product Management / User Research

Required skills

Strategic roadmap definition, mixed-method research leadership, team building and scaling, executive storytelling, operational infrastructure design, B2B/B2B2C context navigation, AI tool adoption

Preferred skills

Familiarity with modern AI tools in product landscapes

Technologies

Modern AI tools for research

Responsibilities

Define and own the research agenda mapped to highest-priority product questions; Champion a mixed-method approach serving as a thought partner to leadership; Lead and unify UX Research and QMR functions; Hire, develop, and retain a high-performing team; Lead adoption of AI tools to increase research velocity; Own strategy and facilitation of the Beta program; Define and maintain a company-wide usability framework; Build scalable research operations across tooling and recruitment

Seniority

Executive, Head of Function