Program Operations Manager Research Coordinator
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Job Description
Introduction
We are a small but mighty design research practice in San Francisco looking for an Operations innovator with research chops to join our smart creative and warm team. This role is an opportunity to make your mark on a growing practice. If running a remote diary study in two languages; executing a field study in a major city with wearable technology; or delivering on a multicountry recruiting strategy sounds like a thrilling challenge we hope youll get in touch.
Overview
Sutherland Labs is an international team of researchers designers and creatives who work with leading brands to improve everyday experiences.
At Sutherland Labs we pride ourselves on delivering creative customized research solutions to answer complex questions with clarity and inspiration. This is an exciting opportunity to help us develop our Program Ops function while maintaining handson involvement with research activities as a research coordinator. We are especially interested in meeting candidates who enjoy finding ways to streamline processes through the smart use of technology.
If youd like to join a diverse set of UX researchers design researchers and creatives who love variety take care of each other and our clients then please look over the description below and see if we are a good match. Check out our website and read our blog see if we feel like kindred spirits. Wed love to hear from you.
Role Program Operations
- Create optimize and roll out processes and a toolkit to support our researchers in collaboration with other team members. An innovative mindset and ability to get the most out of Monday Dovetail and similar platforms is highly desirable.
- Act as a key liaison between project teams and our business manager delivering a seamless experience for clients during the sales and contracting phase of engagements while ensuring that legal compliance and finance requirements are met on a timely basis.
- Maintain our processes and Knowledge System and contribute to the development of documentation to aid the organization of research activities.
- Liaise with recruiters and project leads to ensure participant recruitment is on time and to budget. Coordinate multitrack recruiting strategies including guerrilla methods and user research platforms as necessary. Directly communicate follow up with or schedule research participants when necessary.
- Assist the process of estimating costs writing proposals and drafting contracts. Play a key role in managing the production review execution and delivery of documents.
- Reconcile and process invoices to clients and for vendors. Help identify and vet suitable vendors and suppliers for all our research needs from recruiters to local informants to technology vendors. Help position us to stay on the leading edge of research innovation through vendor relationships. Oversee vendor relationships from sourcing to onboarding through to signing off on invoices.
- Manage resource plans and calendars.
- Monitor project expenditures and highlight savings opportunities.
- Help create support materials and develop a traumainformed accessible and humancentric experience for research participants and our staff through all aspects of their engagement with Sutherland Labs. Coordinate and analyze participant feedback on their experience.
- Ensure compliance with data protection requirements throughout the course of client engagements.
- Support hiring onboarding and offboarding processes for research team members. Coordinate teambuilding activities.
Role Research Coordinator
- Manage asynchronous data collection activities e.g. diary studies and unmoderated research exercises including participation in the planning and execution of analysis.
- Manage the sourcing coordination and production of digital and physical research deliverables including video production operations (editing skills not required) production of workshop materials and research stimulus.
- Participate in research sessions and workshops as a technical concierge cofacilitator or notetaker. Help organize research notes recordings and other artefacts.
- Support incontext research and inperson workshops as a concierge scout or site coordinator.
Qualifications :
- Bachelors Degree; however exceptional candidates may instead have experience that serves as an equivalent.
- 3 years of Research Ops experience; or a strong point of view on how your experience would contribute.
- Entry level or early career qualitative research experience is a plus; enthusiasm for the research craft is essential.
- An eye for detail exemplary organizational skills and a drive to continually improve operational processes.
- A willingness to get spy and roll up your sleeves on occasion. (Were a small warm team who are passionate about our work.) We are pleased to offer our team a timeoffinlieu benefit in recognition that we occasionally work extended hours
- Strong verbal written and communication skills.
Further information
- Role is hybrid Must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area and able to attend our offices in downtown San Francisco at least 2 days a week
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
EEOC and Veteran Documentation
During employment employees are treated without regard to race color religion sex national origin age marital or veteran status medical condition or handicap or any other legally protected status.
At times government agencies require periodic reports from employers on the sex ethnicity handicap veteran and other protected status of employees. The purpose of this Administrative EEO Record is for statistical analysis only and is used to comply with government record keeping reporting and other legal requirements. Periodic reports are made to the government on the following information. The completion of the Administrative EEO record is optional. If you choose to volunteer the requested information please note that all
Administrative EEO Records are kept in a Confidential File and are not part of your Application for Employment or Personnel file.
Please note: YOUR COOPERATION IS VOLUNTARY. INCLUSION OR EXCLUSION OF ANY DATA WILL NOT AFFECT ANY EMPLOYMENT DECISION.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
