UX Researcher | India

About AnswerLab

AnswerLab helps pioneering leaders Own the Unknown, transforming uncharted territory into clarity, direction, and competitive advantage. We build strategic insight through deep human understanding and validating future possibilities with real people in real contexts. We believe that the future of experience strategy relies on continuous learning and cross-functional expertise, enabling us to guide clients through unprecedented challenges across every phase of the product lifecycle.

Role Summary

As a UX Researcher, you will join our Rapid Research program, a dedicated, embedded research team that delivers fast, high-quality insights (typically within 1–2 weeks) to a major global technology client.

Rapid Researchers are based across the US, EMEA (UK, Zurich), and APAC (India, Korea), providing global research coverage for the client's key audiences, including General Populations, Content Creators, Teens, and accessibility-focused populations.

This remote role is based in India and adds dedicated coverage and Hindi-language research capabilities to the program, enabling the team to conduct research with both Hindi and English-speaking participants, and to better support stakeholders across the region and in other international markets, including US-based stakeholders.

You'll spend the majority of your time leading Rapid Research studies end-to-end, with the opportunity to contribute to longer-form Custom Research projects (e.g., diary studies, benchmarking, or focus groups), as needed.

You are passionate about research: you love learning new methods, testing new tools and technologies, and thinking deeply about the human-centered issues we face as researchers. You see yourself as a partner to stakeholders, bringing them into the research process and listening closely to their needs.

You're proactive, adaptable, and organized, with time management skills to keep multiple fast-moving studies on track simultaneously. Rapid Researchers are typically prepping their next study while fielding and reporting on the current one.

Ideal candidates have at least 4 years of hands-on experience leading research studies and partnering with stakeholders or clients throughout the research process.

Key Responsibilities

Rapid Research Delivery

Lead Rapid Research studies end-to-end, delivering fast, high-quality insights within a 1–2 week (or accelerated 1-week sprint) timeframe.

Consult on research methodology and scope, and develop kickoff/alignment documents and moderator guides

Moderate remote and in-person interviews (In-Depth Interviews, unmoderated studies, heuristic evaluations) with Viewers, Creators, Teens, or accessibility-focused participants

Conduct literature reviews and competitive analyses as needed

Deliver end-of-day session summaries during fielding and lead key-takeaway alignment with stakeholders

Analyze findings and develop final reports (slide decks of ~30 slides, or written docs) with clear, actionable recommendations

Present findings in stakeholder readouts

Client Stakeholder Partnership

Build trusted relationships with stakeholders, bringing consultative guidance to every study.

Provide consultative guidance and proactively recommend solutions to keep research moving forward

Coordinate closely with the recruiting team on participant screening and scheduling, flagging special or advanced recruit needs early

Support Hindi-language studies and localization needs, serving as a regional point of contact for India specific research questions

Program & Process Excellence

Keep projects on track and contribute to the continuous improvement of the Rapid Research program.

Keep projects on schedule and within scope, managing multiple concurrent studies at different stages (prep, fielding, reporting)

Explore creative solutions to research challenges, including recommending improvements to internal processes or best practices

Continue developing your research and consultative skills, and contribute to AnswerLab's knowledge library and internal training initiatives

Contribute to Custom Research projects (2+ week timelines) as a nice-to-have, such as focus groups, diary studies, benchmarking, surveys, card sorting, contextual inquiry, or Critical User Journey (CUJ) audits

Key Relationships

Reports to

Research Manager (UK-based)

Close collaboration with

UX Research peers across all markets (APAC, EMEA, US), Research Manager (US-based), Project Manager

Client engagement

Active coordination with client stakeholders

Knowledge, Skills, & Experience

We know outstanding candidates come from a range of backgrounds. We are looking for people with the personal characteristics to thrive in a growing, client-focused, purpose-driven business. The ideal candidate will meet many of the criteria below.

Experience

4+ years of hands-on experience conducting qualitative UX or market research, including experience leading studies end-to-end

Native/fluent fluency in Hindi and business-level fluency in English, with the ability to moderate research sessions and write deliverables in both languages

Experience partnering with clients/stakeholders in a consulting or agency environment, or an equivalent research background

Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage competing priorities across concurrent studies, and meet fast-moving deadlines

Research Craft

Skilled in core Rapid Research methodologies

In-depth interviews

Unmoderated studies

Heuristic evaluation

Literature review

Competitive analysis

Familiarity with a broader range of methodologies is a nice-to-have

Focus groups

Diary studies

Benchmarking

Surveys

Card sorting

Contextual inquiry

Critical User Journeys

Strong presentation skills, including building decks and presenting results and recommendations to senior stakeholders

Organization & Communication

Highly organized with excellent attention to detail and a strong commitment to accuracy and completeness

Exceptional time management s