Lead Researcher Lisboa

Lead Researcher
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

What is Bounce

Bounce is a global luggage storage marketplace transforming the way people travel and explore. With over 15, 000+ trusted partners in 100+ countries, Bounce connects travellers with local businesses offering secure,
- demand storage solutions - letting travellers experience cities freely, without being weighed down by their things. We have over 2 million active customers relying on Bounce to simplify their journeys, offering them the flexibility to focus on what matters most, the freedom to explore.

To achieve this, Bounce is a
- paced and scrappy team. We believe that experimentation fuels innovation, so we move quickly, testing new ideas and adapting in
- time. If you’re ready to make an impact in a
- energy,
- knit and collaborative environment - Bounce is the place where you can move fast, think big, and shape the future of travel. Join us as we make the world a lighter, more accessible place!Bounce has been named the Inc5000’s fastest growing travel company in the USA in 2024 and are proudly backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and Sapphire. (Learn more about Bounce's Series B HERE and also learn about our Japan Expansion HERE)

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Researcher to help shape our company strategy by bringing deep customer insights into
- making. As a marketplace business, understanding both our customers and partners is crucial to our growth. You'll play a key role in identifying opportunities, uncovering unarticulated needs, and helping teams make
- centric decisions.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in
- driven B2C marketplaces, who thrives in a
- paced environment and is comfortable working autonomously. You’ll not only conduct research but also build scalable research processes that enable the company to move faster and smarter. If you’re passionate about
- methods research and democratizing insights across an organization, we’d love to hear from you.

Where you come in

• Lead
  -
  - end research across product, design, and strategy teams, applying both qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Identify and scope research needs across multiple product domains, ensuring we focus on the right problems.
• Formulate research strategies that uncover new opportunities, emerging customer needs, and behavioral patterns.
• Support usability testing, from study design to execution, ensuring product teams get fast, actionable insights.
• Develop and refine research deliverables, experimenting with new formats to fit different stages of product development.
• Build scalable research processes, enabling teams to conduct their own research where appropriate.
• Evangelize research insights, making them accessible and actionable for
  - functional teams.
• Drive initiatives to improve research efficiency, quality, and impact across the organization.

Your profile

• Proven experience in research roles within a tech B2C marketplace.
• Expertise in
  - methods research (qual & quant) with strong knowledge of when and how to apply different methodologies.
• Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to identify impactful research opportunities.
• Autonomous and proactive, able to set up research processes from scratch.
• Experience influencing strategy and integrating research into
  - wide
  - making.
• Comfortable working in a
  - paced, iterative environment.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, making insights compelling and actionable.

We offer

• The opportunity to contribute to a
  - funded and proven startup with ambitious goals.
• Competitive salary and a generous equity package.
• Private health insurance.
• Flexible vacation/time-off policy.
• Vibrant office in the heart of Lisbon, located in the bustling Santos neighborhood!
• Entrepreneurial culture that encourages pushing boundaries and taking calculated risks as part of everyday operations.
• Open communication channels with management and company leadership.
• Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.
• Regular team trips and rooftop parties.
• Gym subscription and parking allowance.

About Working at Bounce

At Bounce, we're dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment regardless of gender identity, orientation, or expression. Our mission is to eradicate exclusivity and barriers and encourage fresh thinking and perceptions in a space of belonging. We don't define ourselves by race, gender, or age. We are about people. Without our people harnessing their creativity and innovation, we are nothing.