Constanze Kolbe, Ph.D.

UX Research @ Google

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

🔍 User Experience Researcher | Qualitative Research | Innovation | Market Analysis | Cross-Cultural Insights 🌍 I am a User Experience Researcher with a strong background in qualitative, innovation, and market research and experience in triangulating data for evidence-based impact. I am an analytical thinker and problem solver and am happiest in leading projects from strategic explorative research to testing solutions. I am a cultural hybrid and a cross-cultural communicator proficient in conducting research in six countries and in five languages and want to bring an informed cultural view to designing new solutions. Experience in agentic shopping experiences , healthcare technology , e-commerce (grocery, retail, omnichannel), business intelligence and analytics software, and hardware design research.

Experience

  • Google (Full-time · 5 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior User Experience Researcher
      May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Google Shopping

    • User Experience Researcher
      Apr 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Corporate Engineering

  • UX Researcher at Migros Online
    Sep 2020 - Apr 2021 · 8 mos

    Redefining omnichannel grocery shopping for one of Switzerland's leading supermarkets.

  • User Experience Researcher at Blink
    Aug 2020 - Sep 2020 · 2 mos

    User Experience Consulting for Amazon physical stores (Amazon Fresh)

  • User Experience Researcher at Microsoft
    Feb 2020 - Aug 2020 · 7 mos

    Part of the Windows Experiences UX Research Team. Conducted competitive, evaluative and generative research for future applications within Windows and Win 10X.

  • User Experience Researcher at Accolade, Inc.
    Sep 2019 - Feb 2020 · 6 mos

    UX researcher in the field of healthcare technology.