Public Sector Data Science Lead - Policy & Impact

AlphaX; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaGov delivers public-sector analytics consulting for cities, counties, school systems, and utilities. We operate with a remote-first approach and travel as needed to client sites. Our teams assemble expert collaborators for live pursuits and avoid speculative staffing banks.

You will lead analytics engagements, frame questions with domain experts, and produce decision-ready analyses for executive audiences and agency staff. Strong writing and data skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of applied data science, analytics, or quantitative public-policy work.
• Demonstrated delivery of at least two public-sector analytic products.
• Strong statistical literacy and clear writing for non-technical audiences.
• Remote US work with occasional travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead or co-lead public-sector analytics engagements—forecasting, performance measurement, data quality, and dashboards.
• Frame analytic questions with domain experts and translate findings for executives and stakeholders.
• Build reproducible analyses on administrative and public datasets; document methods.
• Advise on data governance, privacy constraints, and handoffs to agency staff.
• Produce decision-ready products for cities, counties, state agencies, and school systems.
• Coordinate with SMEs when scopes overlap and contribute content to proposals.

Skills

Applied data science

Public-sector analytics

Statistical literacy

Written communication

Education

Master's degree (preferred) in statistics, data science, public policy

Tools

Python

R

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

BigQuery

Job description

AlphaGov delivers public-sector analytics consulting for cities, counties, school systems, and utilities. We operate with a remote-first approach and travel as needed to client sites. Our teams assemble expert collaborators for live pursuits and avoid speculative staffing banks.

You will lead analytics engagements, frame questions with domain experts, and produce decision-ready analyses for executive audiences and agency staff. Strong writing and data skills are essential.