Spotify · 2 weeks ago
Mixed Methods Researcher - Music Mission
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$108K/yr - $154K/yr
5+ years expSpotify is a leading audio streaming subscription service that empowers creators to grow, engage, and monetize their fan bases. They are seeking a Mixed-Methods Researcher to design and implement studies that uncover insights about creators and listeners, collaborating with various teams to influence product decisions.
AudioCloud ComputingMusicMusic StreamingPodcast
Responsibilities
Independently design and implement mixed-methods studies, beginning with qualitative discovery and following through with quantitative validation
Translate rich qualitative findings into representative, scalable quantitative hypotheses, and design methods and sampling strategies to validate them at scale
Triangulate behavioral data with attitudinal or survey data to identify behavioral patterns and explain underlying motivations and perceptions
Act as a consultant to collaborators, advising on when a qualitative, quantitative, or mixed approach is most appropriate to answer a specific business question
Communicate insights clearly and compellingly through dashboards, visualizations, and narratives that lead to actionable recommendations
Collaborate closely with product, design, engineering and data science to ensure insights influence product roadmap decisions and experimentation design
Qualification
Required
You have a degree in Behavioral Science, Psychology, Sociology, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field
You have 5+ years of experience conducting user research in a product development or agency environment, with a proven record of using both qualitative and quantitative methods
You are proficient in qualitative methodologies, including semi-structured interviews, diary studies, and usability testing
You are proficient in the end-to-end survey process: from rigorous design (logic, branching, quotas) and bias mitigation to analysis using applied statistics (e.g., ANOVA, regressions, T-test, ) to uncover impactful insights
You have an outcome-centric attitude and a strong product sense, allowing you to bring structure and clarity to areas of uncertainty
You possess strong storytelling abilities and can turn complex, multi-source data into clear, persuasive insights
You are passionate about music and excited by the opportunity to shape how people experience Spotify
Preferred
Experience evaluating the quality, accuracy, or utility of algorithmic outputs and model-generated content
Experience using SQL and statistical tools (like R or Python) to analyze and visualize datasets
Benefits
Health insurance
Six month paid parental leave
401(k) retirement plan
Monthly meal allowance
23 paid days off
13 paid flexible holidays
Paid sick leave
Company
Spotify
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital content from a range of record labels and artists.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.09BKey Investors
ValueAct CapitalManhattan Venture Partners (MVP)Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
2023-02-10Post Ipo Equity
2021-02-25Post Ipo Debt
2018-04-03IPO
Leadership Team
Alex Norstrom
Co-CEO
Daniel Ek
Chairman & CEO
Recent News
Music Business Worldwide
2026-02-03
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