Job Description
Background
JP Morgan’s Digital Experience Design organization is on a mission to improve the experience of external clients and internal users across a broad variety of complex, essential, and high-value product and service journeys in the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB).
The User Research team is vital in leading research efforts that promote the voice of the user in the design and delivery of digital solutions.
Join our team of researchers and add to our deep expertise in journey mapping, usability testing, contextual analysis, data extraction and modelling and many more methods, as we collaborate, and work together to solve the tough research questions.
Job Summary
As a Senior User Experience Researcher in CIB Digital Experience Design, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of banking by delivering actionable insights via complex research initiatives. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, including UX Designers, Product Managers, Engineering and more, to design innovative digital solutions that enhance user experiences and drive business success.
Your work will directly impact the prioritization, planning, and execution of products & projects, ensuring that the voice of the user is at the forefront of decision-making. We expect you to have strengths across the core user research process, a passion for innovation, and a desire to continually broaden and improve your skills.
Job Responsibilities
- Structure and plan complex research initiatives, including generative and formative research
- Design, conduct, and analyze research studies, and produce associated materials (e.g., research agendas, discussion guides, generative exercises etc.)
- Capture findings, insights, and recommendations in compelling outputs that drive change; translate complex concepts into meaningful and actionable recommendations, including the design of visual frameworks and diagrams to support data
- Analyze and interpret behavioural data using advanced quantitative methods and translate insights into actionable recommendations to enhance user experience
- Support cross-functional Design Thinking exercises using research findings as a starting point
- Work with Product Management and Product Design in contributing to product requirements, including specifying desired outcomes for users
- Present findings to team members and stakeholders from multi-disciplinary backgrounds and varying organizational levels
- Incorporate business understanding into framing research and findings and recommendations
Required Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in relevant research or design discipline (e.g., Interaction Design, HCI, Anthropology, Cognitive Science), certification from credible bootcamp or similar accelerated learning program, or equivalent work experience
- Strong User Research experience across both generative and formative methodologies
- Data interpretation, statistical modelling, and visualisation skills, with an ability to extract meaningful insights from large datasets
- Experience planning and conducting a variety of methodologies and approaches, knowing the strengths and weaknesses of each
- Ability to lead a complex research study from beginning to end independently
- Prior work involves collaboration within design teams (e.g. UX Researchers, Product Designers) and cross-functionally (e.g. Product Management, Engineering)
- Comfortable in presenting findings and insights to team members and stakeholders from multi-disciplinary backgrounds
- Experience with UX Research tools for remote research, diary studies, insight repositories and usability testing
- Confident & proactive – with an ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities And Skills
- Strong project planning and management skills
- Previous experience in a large organization, working on complex multi-faceted products
- Experience with Python/R/Tableau & other analytics tools
- Experience with embedding & analysing behavioural analytics software such as Google/Adobe Analytics or similar
ABOUT US
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About The Team
J.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.
