Staff Behavioral Scientist - Remote, AI-Driven Product

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote

Startup environment

Ownership over research

Cross-functional teamwork

AI tools training

Job summary

Partner Company in the United States is seeking a Staff Behavioral Scientist to lead psychometric development and apply industrial-organizational psychology to product strategy. You will own validation studies, design scoring models, and ensure scientific integrity across assessments and claims.

Working with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams, you will translate research into practical features and messaging while driving the research agenda and roadmap in a fast-moving startup

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Psychometrics, or closely related discipline.
• Approximately 8–10 years of relevant professional experience, ideally in an early-stage company or product.
• Deep expertise in psychometric development: scale construction, IRT/CTT, validation design, norm development.
• Applied validation research in real organizational settings, beyond academia.
• Strong understanding of assessment science, workplace behavior, and evidence-based measurement.
• Ability to translate findings into actionable guidance for product development and messaging.
• Comfort in evolving priorities and product direction in a startup context.
• Strong collaboration and communication with product, engineering, and commercial teams.
• Proactive, builder-oriented mindset with ownership beyond job description.
• Enthusiasm for AI and integrating AI tools into work.

Responsibilities

• Apply I-O psychology principles to product, research, and positioning decisions.
• Design and validate psychometric instruments and scoring models.
• Ensure assessments meet rigorous scientific standards.
• Conduct applied validation research with pilot customers.
• Evaluate product impact on workplace outcomes with evidence.
• Translate research into practical product features and messaging.
• Communicate complex concepts accessibly to product, HR, and business leaders.
• Own scientific defensibility of product claims and develop supporting docs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape research priorities and roadmap.
• Contribute to market exploration and validation of a new offering.

Skills

Psychometrics

IRT/CTT

I-O psychology

Validation design

Scientific communication

Education

PhD or equivalent

Job description

Partner Company in the United States is seeking a Staff Behavioral Scientist to lead psychometric development and apply industrial-organizational psychology to product strategy. You will own validation studies, design scoring models, and ensure scientific integrity across assessments and claims.

Working with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams, you will translate research into practical features and messaging while driving the research agenda and roadmap in a fast-moving startup