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April 21, 2026
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User Experience Researcher

Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
$80K/yr - $100K/yr
Entry, Mid Level
Strata Decision Technology is focused on solving problems collaboratively and fostering continuous career growth. As a UX Researcher, you will collaborate with product managers and UX designers to uncover user needs and transform insights into actionable solutions that improve decision-making for leading hospitals and financial institutions.
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Responsibilities

  • Conduct generative and evaluative research to uncover user needs, behaviors, and motivations, guiding the product team through all stages of product development
  • Be the voice of the user in cross-functional team discussions, advocating for user needs while balancing business objectives and constraints
  • Help foster a user-centric culture by refining unclear questions into clear research opportunities, sharing insights across teams, and ensuring those insights help shape product decisions from discovery through launch
  • Feel comfortable sharing your expertise, offering research advice in group settings, growing into a trusted research partner to your stakeholders and team members
  • Fearlessly dig into existing research and new research you generate to understand our users' needs
  • Contribute to problem discovery activities, with your design and product manager peers, while learning how to refine ambiguous questions into clearer goals
  • Do all the research things: Create research plans, coordinate recruitment, talk to our users, share relevant insights with stakeholders, connect insights across studies and teams, with support from senior researchers
  • Become an expert in our research repository and help maintain it so our product teams have a source of truth to influence their decisions
  • Ask tough questions, identify assumptions, discuss new ideas, and remain open to opposing viewpoints
  • Actively contribute to the growth and development of the research function
  • Show initiative in end-to-end ownership of research studies, while seeking feedback and guidance from senior team members as you stretch into strategic work
  • Brainstorm research questions with other research team members
  • Work with your product manager and design partners to uncover where there are gaps in knowledge that you can contribute to
  • Review findings and recommendations with your design partner
  • Geek out over the latest trends in research and actively share your learnings with the team to spark discussion
  • Guide your team through the pros and cons of your research plan and questions along with your decision-making process
  • Try and get the fastest time on the latest NYT Pips game and share in Slack with pride

Qualification

Required

  • Relevant research experience within an agile team; SaaS, finance, or healthcare experience highly preferred, with 2+ years of professional user research experience on product teams
  • Ability to navigate both clear and ambiguous problem spaces, selecting appropriate research methods and adapting approach based on project constraints
  • Ability to synthesize findings into clear, actionable insights and recommendations that inform product decisions
  • Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritize work and independently drive research projects forward
  • A body of past work that showcases strong core research skills including generative research, evaluative research, analysis, and generating actionable insights
  • Experience incorporating quantitative data into research (e.g., product analytics, surveys, or behavioral metrics) to complement qualitative insights
  • Familiarity with product analytics tools (e.g., Pendo or similar) and an interest in leveraging usage data to inform research
  • Interest in incorporating AI tools into research workflows (e.g., synthesis, analysis, or operational efficiency), while maintaining research quality and rigor

Preferred

Benefits

  • Retirement benefits
  • Health and welfare benefits
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Life and accident insurance
  • Other voluntary and well-being benefits
  • Annual bonus based on both individual and company performance
Strata Decision Technology offers financial analytics, business intelligence, and decision support services for the healthcare industry.
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Founded in 1996
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201-500 employees
http://www.stratadecision.com