Managing Director, Assessment & Human Capital (AI)

Location: Remote within the United States or from AIR offices in Arlington, Virginia; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Sacramento, California; or Austin, Texas. U.S. territories are excluded. Open to U.S. citizens only. NBIS clearance is required upon hire.

Anticipated annual salary: $170,000–$230,000 USD.

Company

hirify.global is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization conducting behavioral and social science research and delivering technical assistance in the United States and globally.

What you will do

• Set strategic and operational direction for Assessment & Human Capital work, including growth, impact, performance, research, technical assistance, partnerships, talent, and business development.
• Advance responsible AI-enabled assessment, measurement, and human performance research focused on validity, fairness, transparency, security, and trust.
• Develop approaches for measuring AI literacy, human–AI collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, professional judgment, and other emerging competencies.
• Lead business development and capture efforts across federal, state, philanthropic, and commercial markets.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain senior research, technical, operational, and project leaders while coordinating multidisciplinary expertise.
• Oversee complex, high-impact projects and build relationships with agencies, education systems, employers, assessment organizations, technology organizations, foundations, and professional associations.

Requirements

• At least 15 years of experience plus a Ph.D. in education, psychology, psychometrics, measurement and evaluation, statistics, public policy, industrial/organizational psychology, workforce development, social science, data science, or a related field with substantial senior-level experience; or a Master’s degree with significant related leadership experience.
• Experience leading a collection of complex projects, including direct leadership of major projects and responsibility for strategy, financial performance, staff, and project delivery.
• Significant leadership experience in education and workforce assessments, measurement research, AI/data science, or a closely related field.
• Strong knowledge of assessment and measurement, including large-scale K–12, postsecondary, workforce, skills-based, or competency-based assessment.
• Knowledge of generative AI and emerging AI applications in education and/or workforce assessment or measurement research.
• Ability to identify emerging market trends and translate them into organizational strategy, research agendas, capabilities, partnerships, or business opportunities.
• Strong strategic leadership, organizational management, business development, client engagement, relationship management, communication, and multidisciplinary team leadership skills.
• Ability to connect technical and research expertise with client needs, market opportunities, and organizational strategy; communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences; collaborate across organizational and disciplinary boundaries; and manage multiple priorities.
• Commitment to technical rigor, responsible innovation, evidence-based practice, equity, and continuous learning.

Nice to have

• Experience developing or implementing innovative assessment or measurement approaches, including AI-supported, performance-based, simulation-based, adaptive, or automated-scoring approaches.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a nonpartisan, not-for-profit research organization focused on expanding opportunity and improving lives.
• Collaborate across assessment, psychometrics, data science, AI, education, workforce development, behavioral science, technology, and program implementation disciplines.
• Remote work is available within the United States, alongside options to work from designated U.S. offices.
• Equal employment opportunity, accessibility accommodations, child safeguarding, drug-free workplace, reference checks, and background checks are maintained.