Senior Statistician & Data Science Analyst

NORC at the University of Chicago; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Retirement plan

Job summary

NORC at the University of Chicago is seeking a Statistician III for its Statistics and Data Science department in a hybrid Washington, DC/Chicago office. The role emphasizes statistical design, data visualization, and AI-enhanced analytics across health, society, economics, and global research projects.

Qualifications include a Master’s degree in statistics or related field with 4+ years in statistics or analytics; proficiency in R and Python; experience in data visualization and data privacy.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in statistics, mathematics, data science, computer science, computational social science, or a related field required; Ph.D. preferred.
• 4 years of experience in statistics, analytics, survey research, or related field; or Ph.D.
• Experience leading data visualization design with tools like R, Tableau, and Power BI.
• Experience with data privacy methods including risk assessment for public data releases.
• Proficiency in R and Python; SAS proficiency is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide statistical expertise across projects, including study design and advanced methods; manage quality of work products.
• Lead survey statistics tasks: sample selection, weighting, nonresponse analyses, variance estimation.
• Develop robust data engineering and analytics pipelines to support reproducible, scalable analysis and ML/AI applications.
• Create dashboards and data visualizations; communicate results to stakeholders.
• Present results to clients and professional audiences; mentor early career staff.

Skills

Experience in statistics/analytics

Data visualization

Python

Tableau

Power BI

Education

Master's degree in statistics (or related field)

Ph.D. preferred

Tools

R

SAS

Job description

NORC at the University of Chicago is seeking a Statistician III for its Statistics and Data Science department in a hybrid Washington, DC/Chicago office. The role emphasizes statistical design, data visualization, and AI-enhanced analytics across health, society, economics, and global research projects.

Qualifications include a Master’s degree in statistics or related field with 4+ years in statistics or analytics; proficiency in R and Python; experience in data visualization and data privacy.