Senior Psychometrician - Lead Educational Measurement

MetaMetrics, Inc; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MetaMetrics, Inc. is seeking a Senior Psychometrician to lead validation and fairness efforts across educational assessments.

You will apply advanced psychometric methods, guide analyses, and collaborate with research, product, engineering, and customer success teams to advance measurement quality. The role emphasizes development of plans, evaluation of data, and dissemination of findings to internal and external stakeholders, with a focus on reliability, validity, and fairness in measurement

Qualifications

• Ph.D. required; minimum 5 years of psychometrics experience.
• Experience with educational assessment and standard psychometric procedures.
• Familiar with education technology infrastructure, databases, APIs, and Agile program management.

Responsibilities

• Develops plans and executes psychometric projects and research according to priorities and resource availability.
• Directs creation and maintenance of project schedules, client communication, evaluation of external data, and review of results.
• Conducts linking/equating studies and develops white papers and research summaries.
• Implants and improves psychometric research methods per best practices and literature.
• Keeps abreast of psychometric literature on test forms, methods, and computational psychometrics.
• Provides expert consultation to clients and stakeholders regarding methods and results.

Skills

Python

R

WINSTEPS/FACETS

REST APIs

Agile

Education

Ph.D. in educational statistics, measurement, psychometrics, or related field

5+ years of experience as a practicing psychometrician

Tools

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Relational databases

C++

Job description

MetaMetrics, Inc. is seeking a Senior Psychometrician to lead validation and fairness efforts across educational assessments.

You will apply advanced psychometric methods, guide analyses, and collaborate with research, product, engineering, and customer success teams to advance measurement quality. The role emphasizes development of plans, evaluation of data, and dissemination of findings to internal and external stakeholders, with a focus on reliability, validity, and fairness in measurement