Principal User Researcher
Workplace: Malmö, Sverige
Expires: January 28, 2026
Lead user research efforts in a AAA video game company, mentor team members, and align research activities across projects to drive player-centric game development.
Main requirements:
- 8+ years experience in user research or usability testing
- Experience in mentoring or leading teams
- Bachelor's degree or higher in experimental/social/cognitive psychology, human-computer interaction, or equivalent industry experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Extensive experience with user interviews, surveys, moderating research sessions, and usability tests
- Strong analytical skills with background in descriptive and inferential statistics
- Passion for video games; experience in game development or entertainment industry preferred
Responsibilities:
- Share knowledge actively and maintain key stakeholder relationships
- Develop, promote, and enforce good user research practices
- Design studies using experimental design and research methodology
- Provide User Researchers with necessary tools and resources
- Conduct tests, analyses, reports, and presentations
- Guide game teams on user research strategies throughout game lifecycle
- Promote collaboration between Data, UX, Design, and Marketing teams
- Provide consultative support and guidance to senior stakeholders
- Mentor and upskill User Researchers in all craft areas
- Support development teams in adopting user-centered, evidence-based research approaches
Required hard skills:
- User research and usability testing methods
- Experimental design
- Research methodology
- Data analysis including descriptive and inferential statistics
- Moderating user interviews and surveys
- Reporting and presentation skills
Recommended hard skills:
- Experience with shooter or live service games
- Quantitative research methods
Soft skills:
- Mentoring and leadership
- Effective communication
- Collaboration and stakeholder management
- Problem-solving
- Passion for gaming industry
Natural languages:
- English (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
- Inclusivity
- Team collaboration
- Shared ownership mindset
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