At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to revolutionize commerce globally to make moving money, selling and shopping, personalized and secure. Job Description Summary: As VP XD Insights for our Experience Design (XD) organization, you’ll help us achieve that mission in a high-impact, high-visibility role that transforms UX research, experience measurement, and experience strategy into strategic plans, learning agendas, and next-generation initiatives for the entire company. Reporting directly to our Chief Design Officer, you’ll lead a full-spectrum design research, testing, and measurement practice that teams with a product, Engineering, Operations, and division leaders to surface customer needs and collectively solve challenges for every PayPal customer — across consumers, merchants, and developers. What you’ll do: Success in this role finds you continuously connecting insights from design research and human-centered methodologies into work across PayPal. You’ll influence roadmaps, product, and design decisions: gathering and synthesizing UX research, leveraging behavioral science, and moving usability and desirability testing upstream to drive product decision-making early in the process. As a design executive, you will also support strategic recruiting efforts across the company by inclusively sourcing top talent and building a diverse, world-class bench of future leaders. Job Description: Work with XD executive leadership to determine design and research strategy direction, and priorities. Lead, grow, and develop a global, full-spectrum research group (qualitative, quantitative, user researchers and managers) that supports product and technology teams across the entire company. Connect customer insights to strategic planning and initiatives across PayPal. • Establish a behavioral science and design function. Develop a robust experience measurement and optimization function. Provide visibility for the Insights group across PayPal and ensure deep customer insight is fueling XD efforts. Drive and develop processes, team ceremonies, and a shared sense of purpose across the PayPal research community Drive qualitative and quantitative functions and frameworks that measure customer-experience health and drive measurably positive changes for users of our products and services Collaborate with Design Operations to inform, build, and scale programs and infrastructure that keep the customer’s voice at the center of critical initiatives. Build research programs, platforms, and tools that empower all PayPal employees to learn, apply, and effectively conduct quality research. Become a trusted strategic partner to our Product, Marketing, and Engineering teams. Communicate and demonstrate the value of user research and deliver insights that lead to demonstrable business value. Inspire and motivate a diverse team of researchers to do the best work of their careers by continuously improving how they employ UXR methods and drive product development using research insights Develop programs that disseminate research broadly across PayPal and ensure users’ voices remain at the forefront of key strategic initiatives Play an integral role in cross-functional strategic planning efforts to understand and bridge business priorities with Design and Research investment and output Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, along with 15 years of proven experience in design research, design strategy, experience strategy, design thinking, behavioral science, and humancentered design 10 years of management experience: hiring, developing, and leading diverse and inclusive teams, and positively inspiring others to do their best work. Executive-level communication, presentation, storytelling, influence, and interpersonal skills Deep familiarity with service and experience design, and the ability to inject fresh ideas into a world-class experience design organization. Able to balance methodological rigor with scrappiness and urgency. Driven to positively influence the lives of our users above and beyond what the company asks. Towering strengths in conceptual thinking and creative problem-solving Visible, driving presence in the larger design and research community, with unique ideas about design leadership and the creative process. Extraordinarily skilled in written and verbal communication, with strong organizational skills and dedicated attention to detail Strong bias for action: You can juggle multiple priorities with ease and effectively deliver in a fast-paced, dynamic environment Expert facilitator, with experience leading workshops at the executive level Extensive experience leveraging research techniques and data for design decisions Compelling storyteller, who can educate as well as entertain. • An exceptional portfolio demonstrating all the above PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience. The total compensation for this position may include annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For More information visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is $250K-$360K. Additional Job Description: Subsidiary: PayPal Travel Percent: 0 Our Benefits: At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you. We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com Who We Are: Click Here to learn more about our culture and community. PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit https://www.paypal.com , https://about.pypl.com and https://investor.pypl.com. PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. 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