Technical & Methodology Lead – Analytics & Research

Alphahire; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaGov, a division of Casa Moon LLC, seeks a Technical / Methodology Lead to guide analytical quality across consulting engagements. You will develop research approaches, oversee projects, interpret findings, and direct work of external experts.

You will establish standards for documentation, reproducibility, and evidence, and translate insights into practical recommendations for agency leaders. Strong quantitative skills and experience with public datasets are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative skills with ability to assess data quality and limitations.
• Experience designing applied research or analytical consulting engagements.
• Proficiency with public datasets and reproducible analysis.

Responsibilities

• Translate client questions into defensible research plans.
• Define data sources, sampling, and analytical methods.
• Guide analysts through data collection, preparation, and interpretation.
• Establish standards for documentation, reproducibility, and evidence.
• Review models, instruments, and analytical outputs.
• Identify data gaps and methodological risks.
• Coordinate external experts for defined tasks.
• Translate findings into practical recommendations for agency leaders.
• Support client presentations and stakeholder workshops.
• Contribute methodological approaches to proposals.
• Build reusable methodologies and training materials.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

R

Python

SQL

Excel

Technical writing

Team leadership

Education

Graduate degree in economics or public policy

Experience with public-sector clients

Tools

R

Python

SQL

Excel

Job description

AlphaGov, a division of Casa Moon LLC, seeks a Technical / Methodology Lead to guide analytical quality across consulting engagements. You will develop research approaches, oversee projects, interpret findings, and direct work of external experts.

You will establish standards for documentation, reproducibility, and evidence, and translate insights into practical recommendations for agency leaders. Strong quantitative skills and experience with public datasets are essential.