[Hiring] Behavioral Scientist @The Predictive Index

Role Description

The Predictive Index is seeking a Behavioral Scientist to own the scientific integrity of a new venture. You will work on a lean, fast-moving team to explore, validate, and build a new market.

• Provide the scientific foundation and defensibility of the venture’s claims.
• Apply industrial-organizational psychology — assessment science, team dynamics, leadership, engagement, and job fit — to product, positioning, and research decisions.
• Design and validate any new psychometric instruments, scales, or scoring models required by the product.
• Run applied research with pilot customers — criterion and construct validation, efficacy studies, norm development.
• Translate peer-reviewed I/O and organizational behavior research into product features, UX, and go-to-market messaging.
• Own the scientific defensibility of the venture’s claims — technical manuals, validity evidence, white papers.

Qualifications

• A PhD (or equivalent applied experience) in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Psychometrics, or a closely related field.
• Deep hands-on experience in psychometric development: scale construction, IRT or CTT, validation design, and norm development.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct applied validation research in real organizational settings.
• Fluency translating rigorous science into language that product teams can build from and buyers can trust.
• Comfort working at the frontier, where the research agenda, product roadmap, and go-to-market strategy are still being written.
• Passion for using AI in every aspect of your work.
• A builder’s mindset; ability to cover surface area beyond your title.

Requirements

• This is not a support role embedded in a large organization; you’ll be part of a small team operating like a venture-backed startup.
• Report directly to the venture lead and collaborate with product, engineering, and go-to-market functions.
• Position is geo-flexible for candidates with the right fit.
• Exempt, salaried position ($120,000 - $140,000) with full access to PI’s benefits package, including unlimited PTO and 401(k).

Benefits

• Flexibility to work at the Westwood, MA headquarters, remotely, or a mix of both.
• Unlimited PTO.
• 401(k) plan.

Company Description

The Predictive Index is an award-winning best place to work, focused on “Better work, Better world.” We celebrate diverse backgrounds and encourage applications from underrepresented groups.