Sr. Decision Scientist

Prescient Edge • Charlottesville, VA

22h

About The Position

Prescient Edge is seeking a Senior Decision Scientist to support a federal government client. The position’s availability is contingent upon contract award. The role focuses on understanding and improving judgment and decision-making by individuals, groups, and organizations. It applies psychology to business, analytic, and other decision-making processes to improve or empirically evaluate those processes. Activities may include policy planning; workflow procedure testing and evaluation; analytic workflow redesign; training and development; wargaming; scenario development; and simulation modeling. The role may also work with management to prescribe workflow modifications that improve worker productivity and analytic judgment.

The Senior Decision Scientist demonstrates in-depth knowledge of labor-category activities and mission requirements, mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies, and awareness of developments that affect tradecraft methodology. The position defines comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches for rigorous assessments, analyzes analytic operations and knowledge-management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries, and clearly communicates key findings. It requires the ability to work independently with minimal to no oversight and to review analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions, routinely testing their analytic rigor.

Requirements

• At least 12 years of experience related to the specific labor category, with at least some experience within the last 2 years.
• A related master's degree from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; alternatively, a related bachelor's degree plus 5 additional years of related senior experience, for a total of 17 years, may substitute for the master's degree.
• TS/SCI/CI POLY clearance, or the ability to obtain a CI POLY.

Responsibilities

• Understand and improve the judgment and decision-making of individuals, groups, and organizations.
• Apply principles of psychology to business, analytic, and other decision-making processes to improve or empirically evaluate those processes.
• Assist with policy planning; workflow procedure testing and evaluation; analytic workflow redesign; training and development; wargaming; scenario development; and simulation modeling.
• Work with management, as needed, to prescribe workflow modifications that improve worker productivity and analytic judgment.
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of labor-category activities and the mission requirements they support.
• Use and pursue developments in qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies that affect tradecraft methodology.
• Define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches to enable rigorous assessments addressing high-level tasks.
• Analyze analytic operations and knowledge-management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries, and articulate key findings.
• Work independently with minimal to no oversight.
• Review analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely test their analytic rigor.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• Retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• Positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior