Senior User Experience Researcher - Podimo

Senior User Experience Researcher
We are the fastest-growing podcast and audiobook platform in Europe with the mission to enrich life through listening. We are now looking for an exceptional Senior UX Researcher to join our incredible product team.

This is the role
Does researching how users interact with audio content, listening habits, and subscription products sound exciting to you? Are you eager to be the voice of our listeners and content creators and help shape our product and business strategy?

Your primary job will be to gain an exceptional understanding of our users (including future ones!), their preferences, and behaviors. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead innovative research projects with a demonstrable impact on a global scale.

You will be responsible for defining, leading, analyzing, and socializing research studies that generate insights to empower product and business decisions across the company. You’ll work in cross-functional squads who are passionate about delivering the most engaging and innovative audio experiences across the main pillars of our product: community and listening.

Furthermore, you will work with other product managers, engineering managers, researchers and data scientists to uncover strategic and foundational research areas.

Your main responsibilities in this role:

• Identify, prioritize, and lead research projects (generative and evaluative) that generate insights to inform product and commercial strategies
• Present research projects to stakeholders and ensure that knowledge is stored in an accessible and organized way.
• Explore and identify new innovative opportunities to grow user engagement and growth
• You will be high-touch and hands-on with all aspects of the research process
  

This is you
First and foremost, you deeply understand user-centered research methodologies.

With your professional experience, you are able to collaborate with PMs and other stakeholders, understand metrics and business needs, and transfer these into concrete research plans that will bring timely and impactful insights.

Podimo is live in multiple markets which creates a great need for a cultural understanding of how we can create hyper-local experiences.

Experience we’re looking for:

• A strong professional toolbox within UX research/design
• 7+ years of qualitative and quantitative research experience supporting product development, such as UX research, consumer insights, or design research
• You are familiar with general quantitative research methods, comfortable with metrics and A/B tests, and are able to synthesize and connect quantitative data with qualitative data.
• A clear, demonstrable record of applying various research methods to solve complex business problems and deliver business impact
• Track record of collaborating with diverse teams toward a common goal
• Effective verbal and written communication style distilling multi-method research reports into understandable, compelling, actionable insights and recommendations
• Hands-on international research experience
• Professional working proficiency in German

Naturally, being passionate and knowledgeable about podcasts, audio content, media, and entertainment is a big plus!

These are the benefits

• Up to six months of fully paid parental leave for all new parents - no matter how you identify or where in the world you live
• ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) for all employees, no matter where in the world you live.
• Free online therapy sessions through We.Care
• Delicious lunch with great colleagues.
• Learning and personal development opportunities to help you thrive and enrich your skills in a fast-paced creator economy
• Opportunity to work flexible hours and remote
• The chance to make an impact at an international company and see your work pay off immediately
  

This is us
Founded in Copenhagen in 2019, Podimo is a platform for podcast and audiobook lovers as well as audio content creators. Our app puts a world of podcasts and audiobooks at your fingertips. Our revenue-sharing model rewards creators for making content that people want to hear – whether they have an established following or a niche audience.

We're a courageous and curious bunch. We recognize the value every individual brings and respect our coworkers’ ideas, opinions, and time. We approach our work with integrity and humility and believe that we are better together. We have zero time for brilliant jerks.

We’re fiercely passionate about discovering, creating, and obsessing over great stories. We support our creators deeply and have massive respect for their process as we help them bring their most exciting ideas and stories to life. We love what we do, but more importantly, we have a good time doing it.

We seek to build a company and culture that mirrors the diversity of the world we’re living in. This means; diversity of talent, voices, ideas, and thoughts. That goes both for our brand, our content, our creators, and our teams.

You are welcome at Podimo for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what stories you have playing in your headphones.

Department Product Locations Berlin Remote status Hybrid Remote Employment type Full-time

Contact Algirdas Zalatoris Tech Recruiter – Tech & Engineering