Onsite Senior Director, UX Research

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About the role

  • Senior Director of UX Research at Elsevier, shaping product strategy through world-class user insights and leading research initiatives across the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the overall UX Research strategy, aligned to company and product objectives.
  • Lead and govern UX research across the organization, ensuring high standards of quality and impact.
  • Partner with Product, Design, and Visual leadership to influence product strategy and roadmap decisions.
  • Champion user and customer needs at senior leadership level and across the wider organisation.
  • Oversee the delivery of complex, high‑impact research programmes addressing strategic business challenges.
  • Use data, insights, and testing outcomes to inform decisions, priorities, and future strategy.
  • Build, develop, and deploy research teams with complementary skills to maximize effectiveness and learning.
  • Establish and track research KPIs, identifying gaps and introducing new methods or tools where needed.
  • Represent UX Research internally and externally, including at industry events and leadership forums.
  • Commission and manage external research partners and agencies as required.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience leading UX Research at scale within complex, product‑led organizations.
  • Deep expertise in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and their practical application.
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate insights into business and product impact.
  • Strong strategic thinking skills, with experience tackling complex and ambiguous problem spaces.
  • Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, and capability building.
  • Experience collaborating closely with Product, UX Design, and Engineering teams.
  • Strong data literacy, with experience defining metrics and using evidence to guide decision‑making.
  • Familiarity with modern UX research tools and platforms (e.g. Qualtrics, UserTesting, Lookback).
  • Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with diverse audiences, from practitioners to executives.
  • Track record of fostering a culture of learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

  • Country specific benefits

Job title

Senior Director, UX Research

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$118,300 - $219,800 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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