StudyFetch
Research Methods Lead
$140K–$170K
Beverly Hills, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years with the stated PhD; alternatively, fewer credentials with a track record of building evidence that held up to outside scrutiny.
- Education
- PhD in Learning Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychometrics, or a related quantitative field; alternatively, fewer credentials with a track record of externally scrutinized evidence.
About the job
Leads research strategy and study design to build independent, externally credible evidence of StudyFetch and Honen’s learning effectiveness.
What you'll do
- Set evidence priorities and standards; design independent outcome measures and experimental or quasi-experimental studies.
- Develop an externally releasable tutoring-effectiveness benchmark, including rubrics, codebooks, and rater reliability processes.
- Lead research ethics and governance, external reviews and publications, and reusable research processes.
What they ask for
- A PhD in Learning Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychometrics, a related quantitative field, plus 7+ years applying it to research programs; or fewer credentials with a track record of externally scrutinized evidence.
- Experience designing rigorous experimental and quasi-experimental research, including causal inference, sample and power analysis.
- Experience navigating IRB and human-subjects research.
- Experience producing clear research communications for internal and external audiences.
Nice to have
- Experience with children’s data and related governance rules.
- Experience publishing or presenting research externally.
Pay
$140,000–$170,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, R, SQL, ESSA/WWC, IRB
AI focus
Build and evaluate a tutoring-effectiveness benchmark using human and AI raters, and assess whether AI-assisted rating pipelines are trustworthy, including LLM-as-judge failure modes.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative