Transportation Data Lead — Hybrid Policy & Analytics

California Public Utilities Commission; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 9,600 - 12,000; Full time

Job summary

California Public Utilities Commission seeks a Regulatory Analyst to design and maintain systems for large transportation datasets, blending technical data work with policy analysis. You will translate regulatory questions into reproducible analyses and actionable recommendations within a hybrid work setting.

The role supports the Transportation Licensing & Analysis Branch, focusing on TNCs and AV providers, with collaboration across policy staff and data teams to ensure robust regulatory

Responsibilities

• Manage ingestion, validation, cleaning, storage, retrieval, and curation of large TNC and AV datasets to ensure data quality and usability.
• Maintain and improve data pipelines, storage and retrieval systems, and cloud-based data environments used to organize and analyze TAS data.
• Conduct research and develop reproducible analyses using programming, query, statistical, and visualization tools to answer regulatory and transportation policy questions.
• Work closely with transportation policy and program staff to translate policy, regulatory, planning, and operational questions into analytical approaches, data requirements, and useful work products.
• Communicate analytical methods, findings, limitations, and recommendations to technical and nontechnical audiences, including managers and senior decision-makers.
• Improve TLAB's data practices by documenting workflows and evaluating new technical approaches and automation to enhance reliability and efficiency.

Job description

California Public Utilities Commission seeks a Regulatory Analyst to design and maintain systems for large transportation datasets, blending technical data work with policy analysis. You will translate regulatory questions into reproducible analyses and actionable recommendations within a hybrid work setting.

The role supports the Transportation Licensing & Analysis Branch, focusing on TNCs and AV providers, with collaboration across policy staff and data teams to ensure robust regulatory