**Description** **You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.** With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally. At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong. Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together. How we serve our customers is constantly evolving and is a challenge we gladly accept. Whether you’re finding new ways to prevent identity fraud or enabling customers to start a new business, you can work with one of the most valuable data sets in the world to identify insights and actions that can have a meaningful impact on our customers and our business. And, with opportunities to learn from leaders who have defined the course of our industry, you can grow your career and define your own path. Find your place in risk and analytics on #TeamAmex. **How will you make an impact in this role?** Researchers at Amex help to elevate knowledge and understanding of our users across UX, product and engineering, and play a critical role in building the world's best user experience. As a UX Researcher, you'll autonomously lead research programs, working independently, in conjunction with multiple researchers, or collaboratively with our vendor partners to deliver research across the globe. A skilled research evangelizer, you have the opportunity to make a deep contribution in an area of your own specialty. **Key Responsibilities** + Leads research efforts in close collaboration with product and design colleagues + Facilitates workshops with design and product stakeholders to align on learning needs and to frame the research approach + Executes research studies using a variety of methods to explore user needs, pain points, and opportunities to create more value + Triangulates data from multiple sources to generate insights that elevate stakeholder understanding of our users + Leads the creation of research artifacts that brings user needs and insights to life, and ensures insights are communicated effectively to influence product and design strategies + Provides support for research leadership presentations and supports presenting of research programs and new ideas to cross-functional partners and leaders + Coaches and mentors others in the end-to-end research process and maintains compliance with data privacy and tooling standards **Qualifications** + You have at least 3 years of hands-on experience in research + You are proficient in using dscout and User Testing to support a variety of methods across the lifecycle + You can demonstrate your understanding of fundamental UX research theories, principles and concepts gained through practical experience in industry or academia, on-the- job training, or formal education + You are a proactive, energetic communicator, with an impressive attention to detail in written communications (e.g., slack messages, emails, and research documents), and a clear and engaging verbal presentation style + You approach work, your colleagues and life in general with curiosity, humility, and an openness to learning **Qualifications** Salary Range: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 annually bonus benefits The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors. We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include: + Competitive base salaries + Bonus incentives + 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan + Free financial coaching and financial well-being support + Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits + Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need + 20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy + Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) + Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program + Career development and training opportunities For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site . 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If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters. **Job:** Design **Primary Location:** US-New York-New York **Schedule** Full-time **Req ID:** 25002224