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About Faire
Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — independent retailers around the globe are doing more revenue than Walmart and Amazon combined, but individually, they are small compared to these massive entities. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.
By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.
About this role
Faire is a company invested in building great products—as a lead UX Researcher, you’ll join a tight-knit, collaborative Research team that cares deeply about Faire’s customers and ensuring they have great experiences. Our team is at the center of user experience at Faire, improving our product for the thousands of independent retailers and brands growing their businesses in our marketplace.
In this role, you’ll help shape Faire’s Retailer experiences, working with team members across product management, product design, analytics, engineering, and marketing. You'll work across product teams to drive research projects, as well as consult on research activities led by teammates. Your work will directly impact experiences to help retailers find inspiration, discover new products and brands, build wholesale orders, as well as the services that deliver value to Retailers. As one of our research team members, you’ll be an integral part of developing the culture and practice of research at Faire.
We’re looking for team members that are great mixed methods researchers, excel at informing and influencing product development, come with a growth mindset, and bring a genuine desire to learn and help others learn about our customers. We’re specifically seeking candidates with experience developing and implementing UX measures, and utilizing creative research approaches to develop and test early product hypotheses.
We're looking for candidates open to working in San Francisco, CA.
What you’ll do
- Collaborate with partners across design, product, engineering, and data science to deliver insights that allow them to define and build products and features that are valuable to our customers
- Conduct generative and evaluative research across Faire products in collaboration with product teams.
- Develop and deliver clear and actionable data-driven insights, narratives, artifacts
- Effectively socialize insights and opportunities to inform strategic and product decisions.
- Contribute to strategic thinking at the product, marketing, and company level
- Mentor and support cross-functional team members research activities
- Contribute to and positively shape Faire’s culture through collaboration, feedback, and proactive participation
Qualifications
- You’re a trained researcher and have an advanced degree in a field related to UX research (e.g. Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, HCI etc.) or an equivalent form of relevant research training.
- 4+ years of experience researching digital products and systems. 2+ years of experience as an embedded researcher with a growth stage company.
- You have a breadth of knowledge about UX research, from methods to effective storytelling and have expertise in quantitative and qualitative approaches.
- You have experience working closely with data science and analytics teams to drive outcomes for customers.
- Great communication skills. You present research insights and recommendations clearly and confidently, regardless of audience.
- A collaborative approach. You’re a great partner to others and your cross-functional teammates.
- A growth mindset. You’re open and receptive to feedback and can adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment.
- A product-centric researcher. You think about the value of research in terms of product development and outcomes.
Salary Range
San Francisco, CA: the pay range for this role is $167,000 - $230,000 per year.
This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule - Faire employees will be expected to go into the office 2 days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, effective the week of January 13, 2025. Additionally, in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year.
Applications for this position will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days from the posting date.
Why you’ll love working at Faire
- We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is taking part in the founding process.
- We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.
- We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
- We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.
Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.
Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (https://bit.ly/faire-form)
Faire San Francisco, California, USA Office
100 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA, United States, 94103
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