Industrial Organizational Psychologist
pymetrics, United States
Job Description
pymetrics is seeking an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist to join our client facing I/O team. The future of work is changing and pymetrics is helping companies prepare for it. No matter your role at pymetrics, you will face engaging challenges and become an integral part of bringing our vision to life. Make a difference in the lives of thousands of people by ensuring everyone is matched to their best fit job, accurately and fairly. We are disrupting the talent industry with our diverse team that embraces different ways of thinking, working, and succeeding together. We are all driven by this incredible mission and are looking for others to join us!
pymetrics is headquartered in New York with employees in London and Singapore and we are funded by leading investors including General Atlantic, Khosla Ventures, Workday, Salesforce Ventures.
Instead of relying on resume data or traditional assessments, we apply data science approaches to reinvent the way that companies recruit, hire, and retain talent. pymetrics is thoughtful about utilizing an approach that harnesses the power of machine learning while carefully avoiding adverse impact and documenting construct, content, and criterion-related validity. We are strongly committed to scientific rigor and developing the best possible selection algorithms optimized for accuracy and fairness.
If you are a client-centered I/O Psychologist and wish to help empower organizations to leverage the benefits of newer ways of assessing and selecting talent, we encourage you to apply! The person selected for this position will have a direct impact on the client experience and our evolving products and processes.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with clients and potential clients to understand their key challenges and how best to utilize pymetrics’ products for success
- Work with our Customer Success team to ensure client success post contract and identify further opportunities for clients to benefit from our expanding suite of products
- Create and deliver insights presentations to help organizations to understand their workforce
- Conduct scalable job analyses and communicate results to stakeholders
- Design and deliver client impact studies, demonstrating the benefits pymetrics has been able to deliver
- Work with our data science team to guide procedures and interpret outcomes for our clients
- Assist in the development of new tools and processes as needed
- Reinforce the company’s thought-leadership initiatives within the I/O Psychology community
Requirements
- Ph.D. or MA in I/O Psychology, or closely related field, with experience consulting to clients and helping to create solutions to complex challenges
- Experience in working in HR or consulting to HR functions
- Positive, solution oriented mindset which seeks to understand the needs of clients with empathy, and devise client-friendly solutions
- Knowledge and understanding of US regulatory requirements for making employment decisions
- Understanding of statistical techniques, fairness testing and validation of assessments
- Experience in OFCCP auditing
- Open-mindedness and excitement about improving the way it’s always been done.
- Comfort in a fast-paced, start-up environment.
- Comfort working with a global, virtual team
Benefits
- Health care plan (medical, dental amp; vision)
- Flexible paid time off
- Family leave (maternity, paternity)
- 401k
- Stock option plan
- Commuter transportation benefits
- Fun, diverse and intellectually eager coworkers
Finally, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We cannot support candidates from any international locations except the UK, Singapore, and Australia.