Senior Survey Design & Methodology Expert

Obsidian; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks experienced professionals in survey research to evaluate and improve sophisticated survey-based research. You will assess methodological quality, detect biases, and ensure data quality in survey design and fielding contexts.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience designing and fielding surveys across market research, consumer insights, behavioural science, or related fields, with strong written communication to justify design decisions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in survey research or related field.
• Hands-on experience designing and/or fielding surveys.
• Strong understanding of questionnaire design and bias sources.
• Experience with respondent panels, sampling, screeners, quotas, or fieldwork.
• Ability to critically evaluate survey methodology rather than execute a predefined questionnaire.
• Strong written communication and ability to explain design decisions.
• High attention to detail and comfort making nuanced judgments with incomplete information.
• Experience with major survey platforms is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate surveys for methodological quality, clarity, and fitness for purpose.
• Assess questions for leading language, ambiguity, bias, and respondent burden.
• Evaluate screeners, eligibility criteria, flows, scales, and questionnaire structure.
• Identify potential sampling, measurement, response, and selection bias.
• Assess whether surveys will yield reliable data from the target population.
• Review fielding approaches, recruitment, quotas, and data-quality controls.
• Apply practical judgment to ambiguous survey-design problems.
• Provide clear rationales and recommendations for improvements.
• Help evaluate AI-generated survey content against professional standards.

Skills

Survey design

Fielding surveys

Questionnaire design

Bias assessment

Data quality control

Research platforms

Market research

Written communication

Tools

Qualtrics

SurveyMonkey

Alchemer

Decipher/Forsta

QuestionPro

Job description

Mercor seeks experienced professionals in survey research to evaluate and improve sophisticated survey-based research. You will assess methodological quality, detect biases, and ensure data quality in survey design and fielding contexts.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience designing and fielding surveys across market research, consumer insights, behavioural science, or related fields, with strong written communication to justify design decisions.