Senior UX Research Operations Manager

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55403-2542, Minneapolis, MN
94K-169K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Other • Retail
The Role
The Senior UX Research Operations Manager will optimize research tools, manage participant recruitment, and enhance research processes to improve efficiencies in user insight generation. This role supports UX Research leadership and works closely with other research teams to ensure impactful design solutions across Target's digital enterprise.
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The pay range is $93,800.00 - $168,800.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

About Target:  

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here. 

Target’s Global UX team is a group of design, content, research, and accessibility practitioners and experts, with a passion for improving and innovating our digital experiences for Target’s guests, team members, and partners. Here, we pride ourselves on designing tangible, inspiring, and impactful solutions that serve all aspects of our business– and being a part of the team means you will play a critical role for Target’s digital experience by increasing ease, simplicity, value, and delight for every touchpoint.  

About the role:  

As a Senior Research Operations Manager supporting our UX Research team, you’ll play a critical role in shaping Target’s evolving digital and enterprise experiences by enabling researchers to focus on uncovering user insights that drive impactful design solutions.

In this role, you will optimize the tools, processes, and partnerships necessary for scaling user research across the enterprise, ensuring high-quality outputs while improving efficiency and visibility of research work.

 

Our Research Operations practice focuses on enabling teams to scale user research by supporting participant management, tools and systems, and vendor relationships. You will work closely with UX Research leadership to improve research planning, execution, and outcomes, creating consistent, repeatable processes that empower teams to focus on delivering insights that align with business and guest needs of our product teams.

 

Responsibilities: 

  • Manage and optimize research tools and platforms (e.g., participant recruitment, knowledge management, survey panels, and usability testing tools) 

  • Ensure UX research studies are powered by the right participants, managing recruitment workflows, building diverse participant pools, and creating seamless, efficient processes that deliver results 

  • Identify and implement new tools or enhancements to improve research workflows and scalability 

  • Champion an enterprise-wide survey program, ensuring high-quality data collection and reporting for 200+ teams that use it  

  • Establish mechanisms to increase visibility of research contributions across the enterprise and to leadership 

  • Collaborate with Enterprise Insights and other research teams to streamline tool usage and enhance capabilities 

  • Partner with the broader UX Operations team to create aligned, efficient systems across the UX portfolio 

 

About you:  

  • Proven experience in research operations or a related field, such as program management or research coordination. 

  • Passionate about exploring, evaluating, and optimizing tools and processes that elevate the role and value of user research—and you’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves and experiment 

  • Experience working with UX research tools and supporting teams who use them (e.g., User Testing, Medallia, Qualtrics, dScout, other knowledge management systems and survey tools) 

  • Experience managing vendor relationships and ensuring alignment to organizational goals 

  • A deep understanding of UX research methodologies and practices, and how they are leveraged within the product model to support iterative design and development processes 

  • Strong analytical and storytelling skills to demonstrate the impact of UX research at scale 

  • High attention to detail ensures nothing falls through the cracks—spot potential issues before they arise and take a proactive approach to resolving them 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to [email protected].

Application deadline is : 01/19/2025

Top Skills

Dscout
Medallia
Qualtrics
User Testing
The Company
HQ: Minneapolis, MN
172,344 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Target is an American retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and more.

Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.

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