[Hiring] Technical / Methodology Lead Engineer @AlphaHire

Role Description

We are seeking a Technical / Methodology Lead to guide the analytical quality of AlphaGov’s consulting engagements.

• Develop research approaches, oversee analytical work, interpret findings, and help our internal team build repeatable capabilities.
• Identify where specialized expertise is needed and direct the work of external experts.
• Translate client questions and solicitation requirements into defensible research and analytical plans.
• Define data sources, sampling approaches, comparison groups, assumptions, and analytical methods.
• Guide internal analysts through data collection, preparation, analysis, and interpretation.
• Establish standards for source documentation, reproducibility, limitations, and evidence supporting conclusions.
• Review models, calculations, survey instruments, interview protocols, and analytical outputs.
• Identify methodological risks, data gaps, and conclusions that exceed the available evidence.
• Select and coordinate specialized experts for clearly defined technical assignments.
• Translate findings into practical recommendations for agency leaders.
• Support client presentations, technical discussions, and stakeholder workshops.
• Contribute technical approaches, staffing assumptions, and effort estimates to proposals.
• Build reusable methodologies, analytical templates, and training materials.
• Work with the independent QA lead to resolve findings before delivery.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in one or more relevant fields: labor economics, workforce analytics, public policy research, compensation analysis, economic development, or program evaluation.
• Experience designing and delivering applied research or analytical consulting engagements.
• Strong quantitative skills and the ability to evaluate data quality, assumptions, and methodological limitations.
• Experience using public datasets and documenting analytical work so another qualified reviewer can reproduce it.
• Ability to connect analytical findings to operational or policy decisions.
• Experience supervising analysts or coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Strong technical writing and the ability to explain complex findings to nontechnical audiences.
• Relevant education or equivalent professional experience supported by completed work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate education in economics, statistics, public policy, public administration, or a related discipline.
• Experience serving government agencies or other public-sector clients.
• Familiarity with workforce and economic data sources such as BLS, Census, and state labor market information.
• Proficiency in relevant analytical tools, such as R, Python, SQL, or advanced Excel.
• Experience with mixed-method research, survey design, compensation benchmarking, or evaluation design.
• Experience developing reusable analytical methods and mentoring delivery teams.

What Success Looks Like

• Each engagement uses methods appropriate to the client’s question and available evidence.
• Findings are traceable, reproducible, and clearly qualified.
• Recommendations are useful to decision-makers.
• Specialists contribute where their expertise adds value.
• Internal analysts become increasingly capable of performing rigorous work independently.