Lead Researcher

Set up design research from scratch, inside a new innovation team a global group is building in the UK. You'd go into people's homes, watch how they really live with the products, and turn what you find into what the industrial designers and engineers build next.

This is one of the UK's best-known home appliance brands, part of a large, profitable global group. The group is bringing its innovation for the category to the UK and building a concept-led team here, with advanced development, industrial design and design research side by side. It's fast and hands on, built around design, build and test.

The role

You'll lead the design research discipline and run the work yourself: home visits, contextual inquiry, usability testing, concept validation and co-creation sessions. You'll turn what you learn into opportunities, design principles and innovation roadmaps. You'll sit alongside the industrial designers and advanced development engineers, and work closely with product management. A big part of the job is telling the story, so the business acts on what you find.

You'll set the methods and standards from a near standing start. If you're a senior researcher ready for your first lead role, this is a discipline to make your own.

What you'll need

• Proven experience leading design research on physical products, including goi...