People Research Scientist

OpenAI
San Francisco, Mountain View
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 198,000 - 220,000 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: mastersSkills: ["Deep curiosity","Attention to detail","Creative problem-solving","Communication","Sound judgment"]

Design and lead evidence-based research for critical People programs, turning ambiguous employee and talent questions into rigorous study designs and actionable recommendations. Use advanced statistical modeling, causal inference, and experimentation to evaluate recruiting, organizational health, manager effectiveness, and employee experience. Partner with People Ops and data teams to ensure high-quality, governed datasets, and build scalable people-science infrastructure and reusable analytical pipelines while communicating insights to leaders.

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People Research Scientist

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Job Summary

Design and lead evidence-based research for critical People programs, turning ambiguous employee and talent questions into rigorous study designs and actionable recommendations. Use advanced statistical modeling, causal inference, and experimentation to evaluate recruiting, organizational health, manager effectiveness, and employee experience. Partner with People Ops and data teams to ensure high-quality, governed datasets, and build scalable people-science infrastructure and reusable analytical pipelines while communicating insights to leaders.
Location: San Francisco, Mountain View
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • ā€¢Design rigorous research and evaluation strategies for recruiting, organizational health, manager effectiveness, employee experience, and talent outcomes.
  • ā€¢Apply advanced statistical modeling, machine learning, and research methods to inform program design and quantify business impact.
  • ā€¢Partner with People Operations and data/people systems teams to define data requirements, improve data quality, and govern reproducible, privacy-preserving datasets.
  • ā€¢Build scalable people-science infrastructure, including self-service agentic tools, automated validation workflows, and reusable research datasets/pipelines.
  • ā€¢Create research playbooks and communicate findings via concise, executive-ready narratives.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 198,000 - 220,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • ā€¢Strong research design, experimentation, measurement, causal inference, and statistical modeling with hands-on experience across methods such as psychometrics, survey methodology, structural equation modeling, and multilevel modeling.
  • ā€¢Experience applying research methods to evaluate effectiveness, including randomized controlled experiments, A/B testing, quasi-experimental design, validation studies, and machine learning evaluation.
  • ā€¢High proficiency in R or Python and SQL, with experience working with complex, messy datasets.
  • ā€¢Experience building measurement systems, research programs, data products, reusable analytics frameworks, and governed analytical workflows/self-service tools.
  • ā€¢Sound judgment for handling sensitive employee data, including privacy, fairness, bias, and responsible research practices.
Experience:People analyticsHRTalent management
Education:Master's
Skills:Deep curiosityAttention to detailCreative problem-solvingCommunicationSound judgment
Tech Stack:RPythonSQLMachine learningA/B testingStructural equation modelingMultilevel modelingRandomized controlled experimentsQuasi-experimental design

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALLĀ·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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