Senior Research & Program Evaluation Lead

LMI Government Consulting; Tysons (VA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Government Consulting is seeking a Research Analyst/Program Evaluation Lead to strengthen evidence and decision quality across VA modernization initiatives. The role will establish evaluation standards, baselines, and interpretation approaches for diverse outcomes while operating in a hybrid model with ~25% onsite presence at Tysons, VA.

The ideal candidate brings rigorous, pragmatic methods to design credible evaluation strategies within federal data constraints and timelines, translating

Qualifications

• Design baselines, comparison methods, and evidence standards.
• Interpret results and communicate uncertainty clearly.
• Coordinate evaluation plans across multiple VA initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define evaluation frameworks and decision criteria.
• Review data fitness, denominators, bias and validity threats.
• Design before/after, quasi-experimental, and mixed-methods evaluations.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Uncertainty & bias

Mixed methods

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

Master's/doctoral preferred

Tools

Python

R

SAS

SQL

Job description

LMI Government Consulting is seeking a Research Analyst/Program Evaluation Lead to strengthen evidence and decision quality across VA modernization initiatives. The role will establish evaluation standards, baselines, and interpretation approaches for diverse outcomes while operating in a hybrid model with ~25% onsite presence at Tysons, VA.

The ideal candidate brings rigorous, pragmatic methods to design credible evaluation strategies within federal data constraints and timelines, translating