Lead User Experience Researcher

Job overview

The Lead User Experience Researcher role is an onsite position based in Dunwoody, GA, with a salary range of $134,900.00 - $224,900.00 per year. This role supports the Cox Automotive product development team by driving research strategy and long-term product direction. This role exists to define portfolio-level research strategies and lead multi-team research programs. It contributes to the company's goals by establishing methodological standards, mentoring senior researchers, and applying advanced AI techniques to build repeatable insight systems that inform product decisions.

What you'll do

• Define portfolio-level research strategies
• lead multi-team research programs
• develop personas and journey architectures
• apply agentic AI for insight synthesis
• partner with Research Operations on governance
• facilitate alignment workshops
• mentor senior researchers
• oversee repository consistency
• influence product roadmaps.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

dunwoody ga

cox automotive

ux research

lead role

ai integration

ethnography

journey mapping

product strategy

$134.9k-$224.9k/yr

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Flexible vacation, seven paid holidays, 160 hours paid wellness, bereavement leave, parental leave.

Why this role

Focus on agentic AI integration and portfolio-level strategy.

About the employer

Cox Automotive is hiring for this role. Industry: Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling. Sector: 54.