Manager, Research Analysis
Company: MetaMetrics, Inc
Location: Durham
Posted on: May 8, 2024
Job Description:
Description:The Manager, Research Analysis, is a leader within
the Research and Psychometric Services (RPS) team. This role
executes operational duties and manages statistical tools,
projects, and staff. It provides expertise in data management,
statistical concepts, and technical project management. The primary
responsibility of this role is to lead statistical analysis
projects for internal and external clients. These projects include
standard offerings as well as ad hoc activities requiring
requirement gathering, project planning and documentation, data
cleaning and exploration, code development and maintenance,
statistical analysis and interpretation, and documentation of
procedures and results.In addition to being an individual
contributor, this role directly supervises a small team of data
analysts within RPS. Management responsibilities include but are
not limited to mentoring and professional development, determining
staff assignments, contributing to project planning, project
oversight, and monitoring schedules and deadlines. The Manager,
Research Analysis, works with a high degree of independence under
the supervision of the Senior Director, RPS. As a member of the
Research & Development department, this role collaborates closely
with Program/Project Managers and also across departments with
Product Management, Customer Success, and IT/Engineering.Essential
Duties & ResponsibilitiesManagement
- Manages project and workload assignments for the Analysts in
coordination with Sr. Dir. RPS and Program/Project Managers.
- Trains and mentors staff to foster professional development;
creates training materials as needed.
- Coordinates with Researchers and Psychometricians regarding
analyses for research and operational projects. Technical
- Verifies and cleans data from internal and external sources as
needed for analyses.
- Conducts analysis of operational and research data using a
variety of statistical methods.
- Prepares summary statistics, data visualization, and other
statistical results.
- Develops and manages existing statistical codebase for
documentation, efficiency, and accuracy.
- Oversees and contributes to the development and maintenance of
statistical tools to facilitate production and improve efficiency.
Expertise
- Communicates both internally and externally on the
interpretation of analysis results; prepares and makes
presentations to stakeholders as needed.
- Works with researchers and teams outside of RPS; keeps Sr. Dir.
RPS apprised of task scope and progress.
- Oversees and contributes to the creation and maintenance of
documentation for tools and databases.
- Stays current with statistical methodology and analytic
technology.
- Serves as a technical owner for tools and data sources,
providing input and support as necessary.Supervisory
Responsibilities This position manages data analysis staff within
the Research & Psychometric Services
department.Requirements:Education and/or ExperienceAdvanced degree
in Statistics, Analytics, or related field is required, along with
5+ years of experience; 1-3 years of increasing project and staff
management responsibilities is also required.Computer
skillsExtensive experience with standard office and productivity
software (e.g., Google Suite, Microsoft Office). Expertise with the
R statistical software, relational database technology (e.g., SQL),
and version control systems (e.g., Git). Familiarity with Python
and SAS, education technology infrastructure and development,
including software development languages (e.g., C++) and
technologies (REST APIs), and program management (e.g. Agile) is
preferred.Statistical SkillsExtensive experience in application of
traditional statistical techniques (e.g., regression,
classification) and the ability to summarize and interpret
statistical procedures and results. Familiarity with machine
learning (cross validation, supervised learning), psychometrics
(e.g., classical measurement theory, item response theory), and
data visualization. Language SkillsAbility to read, analyze, and
interpret common scientific and technical journals and reports.
Ability to respond to common inquiries from researchers, customers,
or members of the general public. Ability to write presentations
and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and
format. Ability to effectively present information to colleagues,
management, and/or public groups.Reasoning AbilityAbility to apply
principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of
intellectual and practical problems. Ability to deal with a variety
of abstract and concrete variables.EligibilityApplicants must be
authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to
sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this
time.Compensation details: 95000-125000 Yearly
SalaryPIf084932417c8-35196-34121825
Keywords: MetaMetrics, Inc, Lynchburg , Manager, Research Analysis, Executive , Durham, Virginia
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