Industrial and Organizational Research Associate

American Institutes for Research

I/O Psychology Research Associate supporting research, assessment development, and client work for AIR. Contributing to job analyses and project tracking in a detail-oriented and collaborative role.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeRemote • California, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $68,000 - $83,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conduct literature reviews and contribute to evidence syntheses.
Conduct quantitative and/or qualitative data collection under the guidance of senior researchers.
Clean, code, and analyze data from interviews, observations, surveys, and administrative data using appropriate research methods and software.
Support psychometric coordination and field test planning.
Create, maintain, and use tracking systems.
Process and coordinate item development report feedback from the client.
Conduct item-level and passage-level test development quality-control reviews.
Organize recurring test development and technical meetings.
Draft and contribute to technical reports, policy briefs, memos, and presentations.
Support project management tasks.
Contribute to business development activities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master's Degree in I/O Psychology.
Background in supporting educational assessment, admissions testing, workforce assessment, program evaluation, or another structured research or measurement environment.
Experience reviewing technical or psychometric documentation carefully and synthesizing feedback from multiple stakeholders.
Familiarity with operational assessment programs, field test workflows, calibration or equating summaries, item development processes, quality-control review, or comparable activities.
Demonstrated skill in preparing materials for client meetings or participating in client-facing discussions involving technical content.
Proficiency using statistical or analytical software (e.g., R, Python, SAS, or Stata) to prepare data summaries, review outputs, or support troubleshooting.
Proven success working in a deadline-driven environment in which priorities must be balanced across multiple contributors or projects.
Strong collaboration skills across technical, content, and project-management functions.
Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.

Benefits

Comp & perks

AIR’s Total Rewards Program, designed to reward our staff competitively and motivate them to achieve our critical mission.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data collectiondata analysisliterature reviewspsychometric coordinationitem developmentquality-control reviewstatistical softwarequantitative researchqualitative researchevidence synthesis

Soft Skills

collaborationproject managementcommunicationsynthesis of feedbackorganizational skillsclient-facing discussionsdeadline managementtechnical writingmeeting organizationbusiness development

Certifications

Master's Degree in I/O Psychology