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Research Operations & Enablement Manager

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💎 Seniority level: Manager, 5+ years

📍 Location: United States

💸 Salary: 122000.0 - 260000.0 USD per year

🔍 Industry: SaaS

🏢 Company: Figma

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 5+ years

🪄 Skills: Project ManagementSQLFigmaSnowflakeCross-functional Team LeadershipCommunication SkillsStakeholder managementProcess improvementResearch skillsData managementBudget management

Requirements:
  • 5+ years of experience in research operations, program management, or a similar role, preferably in a SaaS or tech environment.
  • Expertise in participant recruitment, including sourcing, screening, scheduling, and managing participant databases with privacy compliance.
  • Strong process optimization and scaling skills, with experience developing efficient workflows, documentation, and knowledge-sharing systems.
  • Familiarity with research tools like User Interviews, Great Question, Sprig, or Snowflake, along with vendor management experience.
  • Excellent organizational and stakeholder management skills to work cross-functionally with researchers, designers, PMs, and engineers.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to create self-service resources, training materials, and frameworks to enable teams to conduct effective research.
Responsibilities:
  • Develop and manage scalable workflows for participant recruiting, incentive management, and research project tracking.
  • Oversee the research tooling stack, ensuring tools like Sprig, Great Question, and Snowflake are effectively maintained and optimized for team use.
  • Partner with researchers to provide operational support, including managing participant recruitment and incentives, enabling them to focus on delivering impactful insights.
  • Maintain high operational standards through effective documentation, knowledge sharing, and process improvement.
  • Own the research operations budget, including vendor negotiations, renewals, and procurement processes.
  • Work closely with product, design, and engineering teams to align research needs with organizational goals and priorities.
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