
Senior People Scientist
WEX
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $110,700 - $129,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Manage the execution of enterprise-wide as well as topic-driven or function-specific employee surveys (e.g., engagement, pulse, lifecycle), including timeline coordination, vendor administration, and quality control.
- Develop and own a multi-year employee listening strategy and roadmap, aligning the program with WEX and HR priorities.
- Lead survey design, item validation, and sampling strategies aligned to surveys that support business and people priorities.
- Prepare clear, accurate survey insights for HR partners and business leaders.
- Maintain benchmarks, norms, and trend analyses across survey cycles.
- Manage the administration and ongoing evaluation of assessment tools and interview resources used across hiring, development, and other talent programs.
- Serve as the methodological authority / internal expert on psychometric standards, validation strategies, and legal standards to support rigorous decisions around people assessment.
- Maintain documentation on assessment and interview practices to ensure consistency, fairness, and defensibility.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition and HRBPs to ensure assessments and interview tools are implemented as designed and interpreted appropriately by recruiters and hiring managers.
- Translate survey and assessment findings into compelling, data-driven narratives for the executive leadership team, HR leadership team, and HR business partners.
- Act as an internal consultant to senior leaders and HR business partners, helping them interpret data and translate it into interventions to support key talent outcomes.
- Contribute to recurring listening insights (e.g., engagement drivers, focus areas) used in action planning.
- Support continuous improvement of listening programs by identifying opportunities to simplify, automate, or improve data quality.
- Play a role, as needed, in evaluating AI decision support tools, ensuring that any implemented AI systems meet legal and compliance standards.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience in people analytics, organizational research, assessment, or a related field (beyond academic training) is strongly preferred.
- Academic background (Master’s or PhD) in I/O Psychology or other Quantitative Psychology discipline is required.
- Working knowledge of survey and assessment design fundamentals, as well as advanced statistical techniques (IRT, SEM, EFA/CFA, multilevel modeling) is required.
- Strong ability to work with data in Excel/Google Sheets, and proficiency leveraging either Python or R for statistical analysis are required.
- Basic AI literacy (familiarity with LLM tools, prompt engineering, output interpretation) and related skills (critical thinking, evaluative judgement, cognitive flexibility) is preferred.
- Strong written communication and oral presentation skills are needed, especially the ability to translate technical findings to layman’s terms for stakeholders.
- Strong professional maturity to manage relationships with senior stakeholders, maintain discretion and confidentiality when needed, and understand nuanced organizational dynamics to ensure findings and recommendations are contextually relevant.
Benefits
- health, dental and vision insurances
- retirement savings plan
- paid time off
- health savings account
- flexible spending accounts
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- tuition reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
people analyticsorganizational researchassessment designstatistical techniquesIRTSEMEFACFAmultilevel modelingdata analysis
Soft Skills
written communicationoral presentationcritical thinkingevaluative judgementcognitive flexibilityprofessional maturityrelationship managementdiscretionconfidentialityorganizational dynamics