Job Description
As a user researcher at Abridge, youโll play a pivotal role in informing how we build products that liberate healthcare professionals from clerical overhead, returning the focus to whatโs important: excellent patient care.
Working closely with a multidisciplinary team of data scientists, engineers, clinicians, product managers, and product designers, you will immerse yourself in the workflows and needs of our key stakeholders, including doctors, nurses, administrators and patients, and distill key insights to pave a path forward for innovative product development.
What You'll Do
- Conduct in-depth user interviews, on-site shadowing, and usability testing sessions to understand how doctors and other clinicians currently use Abridge, as well as their unmet needs and aspirations.
- Synthesize your findings into actionable recommendations that guide the product vision and roadmap.
- Collaborate with our client success team to monitor new product features and iterations, using a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods.
- Explore insights, analytics & other output from our data science and machine learning researchers to validate your hypotheses and support your storytelling.
- Partner with product management & design to translate findings into flows, wireframes, and prototypes that can be validated with end users.
- Evangelize a user-centered design approach across the organization, building empathy and understanding for our users.
What You'll Bring
- 5+ years of experience conducting user research to support digital product development, preferably in healthcare or a similarly complex domain.
- Strong background in user research methodologies, from ethnographic studies to usability testing.
- Excellent written & visual communication skills to turn research findings and their implications into compelling narratives and recommendations.
- Tolerance for ambiguity and a love for collaborative exploration.
- Passion for improving the healthcare experience for both patients and providers.
Bonus Points Ifโฆ
- You have experience with multimodal workflows (e.g. voice driven interfaces).
- You are comfortable guiding discussions & research activities with executive stakeholders.
- You feel comfortable assisting the product design team in a pinch, creating basic wireframes or prototypes, recommending copy, and participating in critiques.
Base Salary: $165,000 USD - $200,000+ USD per year + Equity
The salary range provided is based on transparent pay guidelines and is an estimate for candidates residing in the San Francisco and New York City metro areas. The actual base salary will vary depending on the candidate's location, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and other job-related factors. Additionally, this role may include the opportunity to participate in a company stock option plan as part of the total compensation package.
Must be willing to work from our SF or NYC office 2-3x/week (Relocation assistance is available for candidates planning to move to San Francisco or New York)
We are actively seeking candidates based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area and/or the New York Tri-State area. This position requires a commitment to a hybrid work model, with the expectation of coming into the office 2-3 times per week.
Must be willing to travel up to 10%
Abridge typically hosts a 3 day builder team retreat every 3-6 months. These retreats often feature internal hackathons, collaborative project sessions, and social events that provide the team with opportunities to connect.
We value people who want to learn new things, and we know that great team members might not perfectly match a job description. If youโre interested in the role but arenโt sure whether or not youโre a good fit, weโd still like to hear from you.
Why Work at Abridge?
- Be a part of a trailblazing, mission-driven organization that is powering deeper understanding in healthcare through AI.
- Unlimited PTO for salaried team members, plus 13 paid holidays
- Comprehensive and generous benefits package
- Learning and Development budget of $3,000 per year for coaching, courses, workshops, conferences, etc.
- 16 weeks paid parental leave, for all full-time employees
- Flexible working hours โ we care more about what you accomplish than what specific hours youโre working
- Remote work environment
- Equity for all new employees
- Generous equipment budget for your home office setup ($1600)
- Opportunity to work and grow with talented individuals, and have ownership and impact at a high growth startup.
- Plus much more!
Compensation Range: $165K - $200K