Senior Behavioral Scientist, Gov
$184,000–$230,000 year
Hybrid · Chicago, Illinois, United States or New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Senior Behavioral Scientist at a hybrid, in-person-collaborative company seeking to partner with executive leadership to shape human capital strategies. You will design and own end-to-end measurement strategies, translate capabilities into defensible success metrics and ROI models, embed impact narratives into deal strategy, and produce executive-ready materials. You’ll lead advanced data analysis to identify meaningful patterns and outcome drivers, generate causal insights, and craft high-impact data narratives for senior agency stakeholders. You’ll act as a core partner to ensure clients realize value from their investment, surface risks to value realization, and uphold scientific integrity and governance across measurement and analytics work. The role emphasizes strong communication, storytelling, and ownership of outcomes, with preferred experience in high-growth SaaS or people-tech environments and optional federal/public sector exposure. Benefits include coaching, competitive compensation, comprehensive health coverage, flexible PTO, holidays, learning stipends, and retirement plan participation.
Required Qualifications
- PhD with 7+ years of experience in behavioral science or a related field (e.g., business, organizational leadership)
- Domain expertise in behavioral science AND HR (especially Talent Development or Talent Management, L&D, & OD)
- Facilitation and presentation skills, experience presenting to large audiences and executives both virtually and in person
- Experience researching and understanding businesses including business strategy, identifying business challenges, and applying business acumen
- Strengths in verbal and written communication, building and delivering presentations, and storytelling
- Expertise and comfort working with quantitative and qualitative data (basic statistics, examining patterns, developing recommendations based on data)
- Agility and comfort with ambiguity to adapt and adjust to the market, the state of the organization and quickly shifting priorities
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to craft and deliver a narrative that moves hearts and minds
- Comfort with ambiguity, a bias for action, and a drive to make things better, not just get them done
- Experience operating inside high-growth SaaS, human transformation platforms, or people tech companies is a plus
- Experience working with federal clients (e.g., federal consulting) or in public sector/federal agencies is strongly preferred, but not required
- A mindset rooted in outcomes, ownership, and long-term impact
- Bonus: federal client/public sector experience is preferred but not required
Desired Qualifications
- PhD with 7+ years of experience in behavioral science or a related field (e.g., business, organizational leadership)
- Domain expertise in behavioral science AND HR (especially Talent Development or Talent Management, L&D, & OD)
- Facilitation and presentation skills, experience presenting to large audiences and executives both virtually and in person
- Experience researching and understanding businesses including business strategy, identifying business challenges, and applying business acumen
- Strengths in verbal and written communication, building and delivering presentations, and storytelling
- Expertise and comfort working with quantitative and qualitative data (basic statistics, examining patterns, developing recommendations based on data)
- Agility and comfort with ambiguity to adapt and adjust to the market, the state of the organization and quickly shifting priorities
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to craft and deliver a narrative that moves hearts and minds
- Comfort with ambiguity, a bias for action, and a drive to make things better, not just get them done
- Experience operating inside high-growth SaaS, human transformation platforms, or people tech companies is a plus
- Experience working with federal clients (e.g., federal consulting) or in public sector/federal agencies is strongly preferred, but not required
- A mindset rooted in outcomes, ownership, and long-term impact
- Bonus: federal client/public sector experience is preferred but not required
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