Senior UX Researcher

What you'll do

• Lead foundational, problem validation, and strategic research projects across your assigned product areas and beyond
• Drive both brand and product research — including buyer persona development, brand perception studies, and digital experience research — that directly informs positioning and messaging
• Be the expert on the users within your area of coverage: their behaviours, pain points, workflows, and goals
• Make connections across research initiatives, surfacing macro insights that no single study could reveal on its own
• Build trusted relationships with Product Design, Product Management, Brand, and Marketing counterparts, guiding them to the right research approach
• Advocate for and socialise actionable insights in a clear and compelling way that increases empathy across the organisation
• Independently drive research prioritisation across stage groups, balancing impact, product direction, and company objectives
• Mentor other researchers and actively shape how the Experience Research team works, through process iteration, documentation, and peer reviews

What you'll bring

• Empathetic, curious and open-minded
• Deep mixed-methods research experience across qualitative and quantitative methods
• A track record in both product research and marketing or brand research
• The ability to guide stakeholders — including senior ones — toward the right approach, even when they arrive with a firm opinion
• Strong instincts for prioritisation across multiple stakeholder groups in a fast-moving environment
• Clear, compelling communication that makes findings land with product, brand, and marketing audiences
• Experience working in a highly iterative, fast-paced environment, with the ability to pivot with sudden changes in direction
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fully remote, globally distributed team — with strong async communication habits
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organisational skills
• Ability to ramp up to a highly technical domain quickly
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values
• Able to conduct research in a fully remote setting and use GitLab as part of your daily workflow
• Experience working on AI products, particularly for enterprise dev tooling, is a plus
• Experience working on enterprise and/or developer tooling products is a plus

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

United States Salary Range

$130,000—$145,000 USD

How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application. ---

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