SME Decision Scientist

Prescient Edge; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with bonus

Comprehensive healthcare

Retirement plan

Career development opportunities

Engaging work environment

Job summary

Prescient Edge is seeking a SME Decision Scientist to understand and improve judgment and decision making across individuals, groups, and organizations. The role applies psychology to business and analytic processes to empirically evaluate those processes.

Responsibilities include policy planning support, workflow testing and redesign, and leading surveys to gather data and provide actionable recommendations. A TS/SCI/CI Poly clearance or ability to obtain one is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 20 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the labor category.
• Master’s Degree in an area related to the labor category from an accredited institution.
• Security clearance: TS/SCI/CI POLY or ability to gain a CI POLY.

Responsibilities

• Understand and improve judgment and decision making of individuals, groups, and organizations.
• Apply psychology to business, analytic and decision-making processes to improve and empirically evaluate those processes.
• Lead surveys to collect and analyze data, provide advice and recommend solutions.
• Define problems, supervise studies and lead data collection efforts.
• Provide strategic analytic guidance to senior government staff and policymakers.

Skills

Analytic leadership

Stakeholder guidance

Policy analysis

Survey design

Project management

Education

Master’s Degree

Job description

Prescient Edge is seeking aSME Decision Scientist

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon award.

Benefits:
At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description:

• Understand and improve the judgment and decision making of individuals, groups, and organizations.
• Apply principles of psychology to business, analytic and other decision-making processes to improve and / or empirically evaluate those processes.
• Activities may include assisting in policy planning; workflow procedures testing and evaluation, analytic workflow redesign, training, development, wargaming, scenario development, and simulation modeling.
• May work with management to prescribe workflow modifications that improve worker productivity and analytic judgment.
• Demonstrates ability to define problems, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
• Demonstrates analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft and techniques aligned with labor category mission.
• Demonstrates extensive ability to provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to Military Commander, Senior Government Staff (GG-15 and above), Defense Planners and policymakers (e.g. Undersecretary Level or Higher).

Job Requirements

Required Experience:

• Minimum 20 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

Required Education:

• Master’s Degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Security clearance:

• TS/SCI/CI POLY or the ability to gain a CI POLY.

Location:

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.