UX Research
UX Research is an individual-contributor career path within Design & Content. Professionals progress from guided execution to independent delivery, senior problem solving, cross-team leadership and enterprise-level expertise without requiring people management.
- Función
- Design & Content
- Arquetipo
- Research
- Nivel más alto
- L7 · Distinguished UX Researcher
Para qué existe
Enables the organization to deliver reliable outcomes in ux research by building progressively deeper expertise, judgment, ownership and business impact.
Responsabilidades típicas
Execute discipline-specific work; apply professional standards; solve increasingly complex problems; collaborate with stakeholders; improve quality and efficiency; share expertise; at senior levels, shape practices and decisions beyond the immediate team.
Dónde se trabaja
Common in Design & Content teams across technology companies, shared-services organizations, consulting firms, multinational operations and other employers that require ux research capability.
Cómo avanza la carrera
Associate UX Researcher → UX Researcher → Senior UX Researcher → Staff UX Researcher → Principal UX Researcher → Senior Principal UX Researcher → Distinguished UX Researcher
Niveles de esta carrera
Seis etapas estándar. La séptima existe solo donde la carrera la contempla.
- L1Associate UX Researcher
- L2UX Researcher
- L3Senior UX Researcher
- L4Staff UX Researcher
- L5Principal UX Researcher
- L6Senior Principal UX Researcher
- L7Distinguished UX Researcher
Nivel distinguido opcional. No todas las carreras llegan acá.
Qué se espera en L6 · Senior Principal UX Researcher
Senior-principal enterprise expert; influences multiple domains, geographies or major business outcomes. The focus is successful individual contribution at this stage, not people management.
Las cinco dimensiones que cambian
- Autonomía
- Acts as an enterprise expert with broad autonomy.
- Alcance
- Enterprise-wide or multi-business scope.
- Complejidad
- Systemic, novel and high-consequence challenges.
- Influencia
- Enterprise leaders, communities of practice and major external stakeholders.
- Impacto en el negocio
- Enterprise transformation, standards, risk reduction and sustained business impact.
- Ambigüedad
- Very high.
Cómo se ve un buen desempeño
Senior Principal UX Researcher consistently demonstrates the expected autonomy and judgment for L6, delivers outcomes appropriate to the scope of the role, applies required Human, Professional and Technical skills at the mapped proficiency, and produces evidence of impact rather than relying on tenure alone.
Evidencia típica
Completed work with measurable quality/outcome; stakeholder feedback; examples of problems solved and decisions made; reusable artifacts or improvements; demonstrated skill proficiency; mentoring/influence evidence at senior levels.
Habilidades esperadas en L6
Agrupadas en humanas, profesionales y técnicas. La proficiencia meta usa la escala P1–P7, y cada fila dice qué significa ese nivel para esa habilidad.
Humanas25
| Humanas | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| AccountabilityExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Active listeningCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| AdaptabilityExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Clear verbal communicationCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Clear written communicationCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| CollaborationCollaboration & Relationships | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Continuous learningExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Critical thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Cross-functional collaborationCollaboration & Relationships | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Decision makingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Executive communicationCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Executive presenceInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Influencing without authorityInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Organizational awarenessInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| ProfessionalismEthics & Professional Conduct | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Stakeholder alignmentInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Strategic thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Structured problem solvingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Systems thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Time managementExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Change championingInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Giving constructive feedbackCommunication & Language | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Knowledge sharingCollaboration & Relationships | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| MentoringCollaboration & Relationships | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| NegotiationInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
Profesionales9
| Profesionales | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| UX writing practiceDesign, Research & Content Practice | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Content designDesign, Research & Content Practice | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Resource managementProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Schedule managementProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Scope managementProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Service design methodologyDesign, Research & Content Practice | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Status reportingProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Technical documentation methodologyDesign, Research & Content Practice | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| User research planningDesign, Research & Content Practice | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
Técnicas7
| Técnicas | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| AI-assisted content creation toolsAI Productivity & Knowledge Tools | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| AI-assisted research toolsAI Productivity & Knowledge Tools | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Adobe InDesignDesign, Research & Content Tools | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Design system toolingDesign, Research & Content Tools | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Documentation-as-codeDesign, Research & Content Tools | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Microsoft CopilotAI Productivity & Knowledge Tools | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Wireframing toolsDesign, Research & Content Tools | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
Qué cambia al pasar de L6 a L7
Moving from Senior Principal UX Researcher to Distinguished UX Researcher means demonstrating sustained performance at a larger scope with greater autonomy, complexity, influence and business impact—not simply spending more time in role.
Cómo se demuestra que ya estás
Repeatedly performs key aspects of Distinguished UX Researcher before promotion; demonstrates the required skill increases; handles novel problems with few precedents.; receives credible stakeholder evidence; shows measurable outcomes at the next-level scope.
Cómo prepararse
Take stretch assignments at the next-level scope; deepen the listed skill gaps; seek feedback from experienced practitioners; document measurable outcomes and decisions; mentor/share knowledge where appropriate; pursue relevant learning or certification when it strengthens capability.
Carreras cercanas
Calculadas por habilidades compartidas. Es una señal para explorar, no una garantía de contratación ni de elegibilidad.
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Marco de carreras v21, activo desde 17 de agosto de 2026.