Manager, User Experience Research
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
The Client Experience and Digital Design (CXDD) team at RBC Insurance is seeking a Manager, User Experience Research to design and lead user research initiatives aimed at enhancing how clients and advisors interact with RBC Insurance’s digital products and services. In this role, you will plan and conduct studies of moderate to high complexity, turning research into insights that shape design and product decisions. Your work will contribute to making servicing easier, reducing friction, and improving clarity for both clients and advisors. As a key collaborator, the manager partners closely with designers, product owners, product managers, and business stakeholders to ensure that evidence, not assumption, drives experience design across RBC Insurance’s digital ecosystem.
What will you do?
- Plan and conduct single stage user research to evaluate concepts, prototypes, and live experiences for client and advisor users.
- Select and apply suitable methods such as usability testing, interviews, surveys, card sorting, or tree testing to answer specific design and product questions.
- Coordinate research recruitment. Identify target participant groups, manage outreach, schedule sessions, and track participation.
- Create research readouts that tell a clear story for stakeholders, with practical recommendations.
- Partner with designers, product owners, and journey teams to embed research findings in design decisions and backlogs.
- Maintain research artifacts and help build a reusable body of knowledge for advisor
What will you need to succeed?
Must-have
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in psychology, Human Computer Interaction, Design, Human Factors, or a related field.
- 2 to 5 years of experience in UX research.
- Practical experience with common research methods and tools, including usability testing, A/B testing, interviews, surveys, card sorting, and tree testing.
- Strong analysis skills. Able to turn raw notes and recordings into themes, insights, and recommendations.
- Strong communication and presentation skills. Able to tailor messages for designers, product owners, product managers, and business stakeholders.
- Experience working on cross functional teams in an Agile or iterative delivery environment.
Nice-to-have
- Ability to choose the right method for the research question at hand.
- Experience supporting both discovery research and evaluative research.
- Experience with research repositories or knowledge management (nice-to-have)
- Able to manage several requests and deadlines at once in a fast-paced setting.
- Proficiency with standard office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
What's in it for you?
We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
- A Total Rewards program that includes flexible benefits, work/life balance and career development programs and investment and retirement savings plans
- Competitive pay and high-earning potential
- All the tools, training, and team support you need to grow your career
- Flexible work/life balance options
- RBCI software tools to boost your productivity
Job Skills
Agile Methodology, Evaluative Research, Human-Centered Design, Human-Centered Design Thinking, Information Architectures, Online Qualitative Research, Qualitative Research, Qualitative Research Analysis, Qualitative Research Design, Qualitative Research Methods, Qualitative User Research, Quantitative Research, User Experience (UX) Research, User Insights
Additional Job Details
Address:
180 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO
City:
Toronto
Country:
Canada
Work hours/week:
37.5
Employment Type:
Full time
Platform:
INSURANCE
Job Type:
Regular
Pay Type:
Salaried
Posted Date:
2025-11-12
Application Deadline:
2025-11-28
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.
Manager, User Experience Research
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
The Client Experience and Digital Design (CXDD) team at RBC Insurance is seeking a Manager, User Experience Research to design and lead user research initiatives aimed at enhancing how clients and advisors interact with RBC Insurance’s digital products and services. In this role, you will plan and conduct studies of moderate to high complexity, turning research into insights that shape design and product decisions. Your work will contribute to making servicing easier, reducing friction, and improving clarity for both clients and advisors. As a key collaborator, the manager partners closely with designers, product owners, product managers, and business stakeholders to ensure that evidence, not assumption, drives experience design across RBC Insurance’s digital ecosystem.
What will you do?
- Plan and conduct single stage user research to evaluate concepts, prototypes, and live experiences for client and advisor users.
- Select and apply suitable methods such as usability testing, interviews, surveys, card sorting, or tree testing to answer specific design and product questions.
- Coordinate research recruitment. Identify target participant groups, manage outreach, schedule sessions, and track participation.
- Create research readouts that tell a clear story for stakeholders, with practical recommendations.
- Partner with designers, product owners, and journey teams to embed research findings in design decisions and backlogs.
- Maintain research artifacts and help build a reusable body of knowledge for advisor
What will you need to succeed?
Must-have
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in psychology, Human Computer Interaction, Design, Human Factors, or a related field.
- 2 to 5 years of experience in UX research.
- Practical experience with common research methods and tools, including usability testing, A/B testing, interviews, surveys, card sorting, and tree testing.
- Strong analysis skills. Able to turn raw notes and recordings into themes, insights, and recommendations.
- Strong communication and presentation skills. Able to tailor messages for designers, product owners, product managers, and business stakeholders.
- Experience working on cross functional teams in an Agile or iterative delivery environment.
Nice-to-have
- Ability to choose the right method for the research question at hand.
- Experience supporting both discovery research and evaluative research.
- Experience with research repositories or knowledge management (nice-to-have)
- Able to manage several requests and deadlines at once in a fast-paced setting.
- Proficiency with standard office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
What's in it for you?
We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
- A Total Rewards program that includes flexible benefits, work/life balance and career development programs and investment and retirement savings plans
- Competitive pay and high-earning potential
- All the tools, training, and team support you need to grow your career
- Flexible work/life balance options
- RBCI software tools to boost your productivity
Job Skills
Agile Methodology, Evaluative Research, Human-Centered Design, Human-Centered Design Thinking, Information Architectures, Online Qualitative Research, Qualitative Research, Qualitative Research Analysis, Qualitative Research Design, Qualitative Research Methods, Qualitative User Research, Quantitative Research, User Experience (UX) Research, User Insights
Additional Job Details
Address:
180 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO
City:
Toronto
Country:
Canada
Work hours/week:
37.5
Employment Type:
Full time
Platform:
INSURANCE
Job Type:
Regular
Pay Type:
Salaried
Posted Date:
2025-11-12
Application Deadline:
2025-11-28
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.