Senior Data Scientist, Impact Modeling & Analytics - US Program (AI)

Location: Seattle, WA, or Washington, DC, United States. Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where the position is located. Immigration-related sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $209,100–$324,100 USD in Seattle and Washington, DC; the general salary range is $190,100–$294,700 USD.

Company

hirify.global is a nonprofit focused on reducing poverty, disease, and inequity through global health, education, and economic-impact initiatives.

What you will do

• Build and maintain impact accounting models, effect-size extraction frameworks, cost-effectiveness estimates, and scenario analysis tools for portfolio investment decisions.
• Lead predictive modeling and forward-looking analysis at strategy, initiative, and body-of-work levels.
• Synthesize research, market intelligence, and pilot data for the Insights Engine for AI Effectiveness.
• Establish reproducible, well-documented, auditable, and equity-aware modeling standards.
• Partner with program officers, strategy teams, measurement, learning, and evaluation colleagues to apply modeling insights to portfolio planning, grant design, and governance.
• Translate complex quantitative outputs into actionable guidance for non-technical audiences and leadership, and develop new modeling capabilities, tools, and data partnerships.

Requirements

• Advanced degree or equivalent demonstrated experience, preferably in economics, statistics, public policy, education research, or a related quantitative field.
• Mastery-level knowledge of quantitative modeling methods relevant to education and social-impact contexts, including causal inference, meta-analysis, effect-size estimation, cost-effectiveness analysis, and predictive modeling.
• Significant experience building and maintaining analytical models that inform investment or program strategy decisions in education, social policy, or adjacent fields, including moving from research synthesis to decision-relevant outputs.
• Significant experience serving as a technical resource to program or leadership teams on impact analysis, cost-effectiveness modeling, and decision analytics, including translating complex quantitative findings for non-technical audiences.
• Experience developing and applying reproducibility and documentation standards that support peer review, assumption auditing, and equity assessment of model outputs.
• Significant experience building collaborative partnerships with program teams, researchers, or institutional partners to co-develop analytical frameworks and integrate modeling insights into planning and governance processes.
• Unrestricted work authorization in the United States is required.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums.
• Generous paid time off, paid family leave, regional holidays, and foundation-paid retirement contributions.
• Opportunities to participate in employee communities and an inclusive workplace focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
• Candidate accommodations are available throughout the hiring and interview process.