Staff Design Researcher Job at DeWinter Group in San Francisco

Overview

Title : Staff Design Researcher

Duration : 10 / 14 through EOY

Location : Remote

Job Description :

As a Staff Researcher for Dash, you will be instrumental in shaping the product and organizational strategy for one of Dropbox’s most ambitious bets. You’ll lead strategic research initiatives and programs that illuminate new problem spaces, define long-term vision, and inspire product innovation across multiple teams.

This is a role focusing on identifying opportunities that expand the value, adoption, and scalability of Dash in a rapidly evolving landscape. Your work will extend beyond informing individual product decisions, and will guide how Dash evolves, scales, and delivers AI-powered experiences that redefine how knowledge workers discover, connect, and act on content.

In this dynamic and fast-paced environment, you’ll operate as both a craft leader and strategic thought partner, embedding deeply with cross-functional stakeholders across research, design, product, engineering, sales, and marketing. You’ll be expected to influence team-level execution and executive decision-making alike, ensuring Dash builds experiences that are deeply useful, magical, and grounded in human needs. Your work will influence Dash’s offerings and help create magical, reliable, and delightful experiences that redefine knowledge work.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-quarter research initiatives and programs that influence product and business strategy across Dash and adjacent areas.
• Drive strategic thinking across product, design, and leadership teams, using research to shape vision, goals, and product architecture.
• Identify foundational and emergent research opportunities that align with company priorities and fuel long-term innovation.
• Own and evolve research practices, mentoring other researchers, championing methodological excellence, and elevating research quality across the org.
• Deliver high-signal insights through rigorous triangulation across qual, quant, and behavioral data.
• Proactively influence decision-making at the executive and cross-functional leadership levels through compelling synthesis and narrative craft.
• Build enduring partnerships across product, design, engineering, sales, and marketing, fostering alignment and shared understanding.
• Represent Dash Research externally, contributing to thought leadership and helping Dropbox attract and retain top research talent.

Requirements

1 contexts, rapidly synthesizing ambiguity into clarity and direction.

Preferred Qualifications

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