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Job description
- Own strategic quantitative research initiatives from scoping business needs and designing surveys to synthesizing data and communicating actionable recommendations to influence product decisions.
- Utilize a variety of research methods to embed quantitative insights into the end-to-end product development lifecycle (e.g., discovery opportunity sizing, prioritization, concept testing, tracking and measurement after launch).
- Partner cross-functionally at a strategic level with product, design, engineering, data science, and marketing to develop and own a research roadmap, identify high-impact research opportunities, and align insights to business priorities.
- Analyze and translate complex data sources (e.g., surveys, behavioral data, and market intelligence) to build cohesive, evidence-based perspectives that guide product decisions.
- Champion user-centered decision-making by embedding research into product strategy, advocating for user needs, and influencing leaders across functions.
- Elevate the quantitative practice by mentoring peers, refining methods and tools, and scaling approaches that increase the visibility and impact of user insights across Firefox.
Requirements
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8+ years of experience in user research, product research, or an applied research setting or similar, with a strong focus on quantitative research.
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Extensive experience leading survey research across multiple phases of the product development lifecycle, using quantitative insights to influence product decisions.
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Deep expertise in empirical survey methods (e.g., planning, sampling, weighting, statistical analysis) and applications (e.g., discovery, product needs, prioritization, concept testing, panel surveys, intercept surveys, write-in analysis, post-release measurement).
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Highly proficient in R for statistical programming and analyzing survey data.
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Extensive hands-on experience manipulating behavioral data using SQL and integrating into survey methods to tell a cohesive user-focused story.
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Demonstrated ability to craft compelling narratives using quantitative data and visualizations.
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Demonstrated success operating in fast-paced, agile environments, adapting to shifting priorities while maintaining research impact.
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Strong judgment in balancing research depth and speed, delivering insights that are both actionable and impactful for product and business decisions.
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Hands-on experience with mixed methods and qualitative research, able to collaborate with qualitative researchers to enable mixed methods research designs and roadmaps.
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Collaborative and influential communicator, skilled at building partnerships with cross-functional teams and driving alignment through evidence-based insights.
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Experienced in supporting iterative, user-centered product development, ensuring research continuously informs design and strategy.
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Commitment to our values:
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Welcoming differences
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Being relationship-minded
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Practicing responsible participation
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Having grit
Benefits & conditions
- Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team
- Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute)
- Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a pause together
- Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday
- One-time home office stipend
- Annual professional development budget
- Quarterly well-being stipend
- Considerable paid parental leave
- Employee referral bonus program
- Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country)
About Mozilla
Mozilla exists to build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe that open and free is better than closed and controlled. When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of Web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the Web as the platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online.