Education Research Scientist — Remote Impact

Talkingpts; United States; Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 130.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

401K match

Remote-friendly

Resumo da vaga

TalkingPoints is seeking a Research and Learning Scientist to join our mission-driven team. You will lead rigorous research on how TalkingPoints improves student outcomes through family–school partnerships, and support R&D for home learning products.

Reporting to the Director of Research, you will manage projects from design to dissemination, apply learning science and mixed-method designs, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for product, partnerships, and fundraising.

Qualificações

• PhD in education, learning sciences, developmental or educational psychology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of applied research experience, including product, R&D, and funder-facing work.
• Learning science expertise in literacy and/or math, home learning, and families as learning partners.
• Expertise in mixed methods, experimental and quasi-experimental design, and measure validation, with honest communication of tradeoffs.
• A record of translating evidence for non-research audiences and delivering with little oversight.
• Proficiency in R, working knowledge of SQL and/or Sigma, comfort using AI tools, and experience with public education datasets and PII.

Responsabilidades

• Drive research for at-home learning and personalized recommendations programs and contribute to studies.
• Support product R&D by applying learning science and behavior-change principles and test features.
• Advise on AI-powered family recommendations, signaling mapping and data sufficiency.
• Design and run mixed-method studies from rapid-cycle, descriptive, and correlational analyses to quasi-experimental designs and randomized trials.
• Manage, clean, and analyze platform, partner, and public data (NCES, state systems).
• Develop measures of family and educator outcomes linked to student success.
• Turn findings into impact stories and strategic recommendations for product, partnerships, fundraising.
• Represent research with districts, funders, external researchers; mentor others.

Conhecimentos

Learning science

Mixed methods

Experimental design

Measure validation

R programming

SQL

Sigma

AI tools

PII data handling

Public education datasets

Formação

PhD in education or related field

8+ years applied research experience

Ferramentas

R

SQL

Sigma

AI tools

Descrição da vaga

TalkingPoints is seeking a Research and Learning Scientist to join our mission-driven team. You will lead rigorous research on how TalkingPoints improves student outcomes through family–school partnerships, and support R&D for home learning products.

Reporting to the Director of Research, you will manage projects from design to dissemination, apply learning science and mixed-method designs, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for product, partnerships, and fundraising.