Public Sector Analytics Lead: Forecasting & Dashboards

Alphahire; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaGov is seeking a Public-Sector Data Science & Analytics Lead for project-based engagements with cities, counties, state agencies, transit authorities, school systems, and related public employers.

You will design and deliver forecasting, data-quality, performance-measurement, and analytics-implementation work that produces decision-ready products for government clients. This is applied analytics consulting — not staff-augmentation coding, pure academic research, or product SaaS sales.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of applied data science or analytics in government/public-sector work.
• Demonstrated delivery of at least two public-sector analytic products.
• Strong statistical literacy and ability to write for non-technical audiences.
• Willingness to work project-based as a collaborator on proposals.

Responsibilities

• Lead or co-lead public-sector analytics engagements (forecasting, performance measurement, data quality, dashboard/implementation support).
• Frame analytic questions with domain experts and translate findings for executives and elected/appointed stakeholders.
• Build reproducible analyses using administrative and public datasets; document methods and limitations.
• Advise on data governance, quality controls, and sustainable handoff to agency staff.
• Contribute technical write-ups, scopes, and proposal content for AlphaGov pursuits.
• Coordinate with evaluation, LMI/workforce, and operations SMEs when scopes overlap.

Skills

Applied data science

Public-policy analytics

Statistical literacy

Technical writing

Tools

Python

R

Power BI

Tableau

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Job description

AlphaGov is seeking a Public-Sector Data Science & Analytics Lead for project-based engagements with cities, counties, state agencies, transit authorities, school systems, and related public employers.

You will design and deliver forecasting, data-quality, performance-measurement, and analytics-implementation work that produces decision-ready products for government clients. This is applied analytics consulting — not staff-augmentation coding, pure academic research, or product SaaS sales.