<p><a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/dayforce">Dayforce</a> is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.</p><p>Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce.</p><p>Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better™ - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.</p><p>About the opportunity <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/dayforce">Dayforce</a> is looking for a highly motivated and strategic Sr. User Research Manager to shape the future of human-AI workforce experiences and lead a team of researchers who deliver strategic insight, influence product direction, and help create exceptional experiences for customers and users</p><p>Design at <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/dayforce">Dayforce</a> is evolving beyond traditional enterprise software toward intelligent, human-centered experiences that help organizations and their people navigate increasingly complex work. As <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/dayforce">Dayforce</a> transforms into an AI-powered and agentic human capital management (HCM) platform, we are reimagining how technology can augment work and aid human decision-making, while preserving human control and judgment where it matters, enabling operational efficiency, and delivering trust and compliance that are essential in HCM. Research plays a critical role in this transformation, helping the organization understand where AI creates meaningful value, where human oversight remains necessary, and how trust, transparency, and accountability can be designed into experiences that people and organizations can confidently adopt. Crucial to this evolution will be a Sr. Manager, UXR, leading a team of researchers who ensure customer and user needs remain at the center of product decisions while advancing the quality, responsibility, and impact of our AI-enabled experiences.</p><p>Given the scale and potential for impact, this role is for people with existing management experience. We’re looking for a leader with a strong diplomatic bent, using their relationship skills to bring cross-functional collaborators into the work, and uphold the values and quality standards in a stakeholder-rich environment.</p><h3>What you’ll get to do</h3><ul><li>People management for a team of 5-7 researchers, including 1:1s, regular coaching and feedback on project work, professional development, performance reviews, etc.</li><li>Bring a B2B strategic mindset that helps researchers connect their work to business value to drive impact</li><li>Lead the research direction of your team, establishing a vision for how research informs product strategy, AI innovation, and experience quality across