Product Psychometrics Specialist

Healthy Gamer, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

Healthy Gamer, LLC is seeking a Contract Psychometrician in Houston to adapt validated psychological assessments into simplified, product-friendly questions for client intake and profiling. You will preserve construct validity while creating short-form items for tagging and personalization across our platform.

You will collaborate with Product and Clinical teams to define response scales, scoring, and traceability back to original scales, ensuring fidelity during pilot testing and data

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Psychometrics, Psychology, or Educational Measurement (or equivalent experience).
• Demonstrated experience in test construction, adaptation, and validation (e.g., reliability, construct validity).
• Strong grasp of psychological constructs like motivation, emotion regulation, and wellbeing.
• Ability to simplify complex assessments for lay audiences without losing validity.
• Excellent written communication and clear documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Review validated assessments (e.g., PHQ-9, GAD-7, BFI, etc.) and identify core constructs relevant for our client profiling model.
• Simplify and rephrase items into short, accessible questions while maintaining construct alignment and internal consistency.
• Develop short-form versions (3–6 questions per domain) suitable for tagging and personalization logic.
• Collaborate with Product and Clinical teams to define response scales, scoring logic, and tag mappings.
• Document rationale and traceability between simplified items and original validated scales.
• Provide feedback on psychometric soundness during pilot testing and data collection phases.
• Validate the modified (shortened/product-friendly) questions against the original validated instrument to ensure fidelity.
• Run and shape analysis on our existing product impact data, including our outcomes study.

Skills

Psychometrics

Test adaptation

Data analysis

Academic research

Education

Master’s or PhD in Psychometrics, Psychology, or Educational Measurement

Job description

Healthy Gamer, LLC is seeking a Contract Psychometrician in Houston to adapt validated psychological assessments into simplified, product-friendly questions for client intake and profiling. You will preserve construct validity while creating short-form items for tagging and personalization across our platform.

You will collaborate with Product and Clinical teams to define response scales, scoring, and traceability back to original scales, ensuring fidelity during pilot testing and data