Senior Executive Assessment Scientist

Boeing•Seattle, WA

25d•Onsite

About The Position

The Boeing Global Talent, Development & Employee Experience (GTD&EE) organization is seeking a highly skilled Senior Executive Assessment Scientist to join the Employee Listening, Organizational Research and Assessments team in Seattle, WA; Arlington, VA; Berkeley, MO; Chicago, IL or North Charleston, SC. This senior role is critical to designing, delivering, and validating executive‑level assessments for candidate selection and employee development. The role owner will be accountable for scientific integrity, psychometric validation, operational delivery, rigorous quality control, and strong program and project management for executive assessments, 360° feedback, and leadership evaluation methodologies, partnering with HR leaders and senior executives to inform talent decisions and development.

Requirements

Master’s Degree or PhD in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology, Psychometrics, Organizational Behavior, or closely related field
5+ years of progressive experience in assessment science, including executive or senior‑leader assessment programs and demonstrated psychometric expertise
5+ years of experience designing and executing validation studies, including adverse‑impact / DIF analyses
5+ years of experience with assessment instruments and methodologies (simulations, assessment centers, interviews, cognitive/personality measures, 360° feedback)
Experience in at least one statistical/programming environment (e.g., R, Python, SPSS, SAS)

Nice To Haves

10+ years of experience leading enterprise assessment programs
Hogan certification and hands‑on Hogan administration/debrief experience
Strong program/project management (managing complex, cross‑functional initiatives)
Experience selecting/integrating simulation‑based executive assessments and assessment centers
Experience running executive assessment certification programs or Communities of Practice to scale capability
Experience conducting executive interviews and leading competency/leadership model development
Stakeholder engagement with senior leaders and cross‑functional teams
Experience building internal capability to reduce external consulting spend and deliver measurable ROI
Exceptional written/verbal communication; executive summaries and technical validation reporting
High assessment quality standards with meticulous attention to data quality, documentation, and compliance

Responsibilities

Executive assessment strategy & governance: Define vision, strategic objectives, success metrics, and a prioritized roadmap for the executive assessment portfolio, and establish governance (steering committee, decision rights, escalation paths).
Program leadership & delivery oversight: Set resourcing and vendor strategy (make vs. buy), allocate budget to high‑impact initiatives, track ROI, provide strategic oversight of delivery (milestones, KPIs, risks, stakeholder engagement), and lead operational execution.
Psychometrics, validation & quality assurance: Design and execute validation studies (content, construct, criterion validity, reliability, norming), develop analytic plans and run statistical tests (regression, ROC, cross‑validation, DIF/adverse‑impact), provide methodological sign‑off, and maintain audit‑ready documentation and QA processes. Oversee validity, fairness, scoring algorithms, and cut‑score procedures for formal instruments (e.g., personality inventories, cognitive tests, simulations) and ensure interpretation guidelines are defensible and documented.
Assessment design & vendor management: Build job‑aligned assessment batteries (interviews, simulations, tests, assessment centers, 360° feedback), and select and manage vendors to ensure deliverables meet Boeing’s quality, security, and psychometric standards. Direct oversight of formal commercial assessments and simulation providers (e.g., Hogan, Raven’s/Cognitive measures, leadership simulations): licensing, administration standards, debrief protocols, vendor SLAs, and integration into assessment batteries. Ensure licensed instruments are used per publisher agreements and that vendor data handling meets Boeing DPAs and privacy requirements.
Data, operations & test security: Oversee administration, data collection, test security, reproducible scoring, and reporting, and implement data‑quality controls, versioning, and review processes to prevent errors.
Assessor capability & calibration: Recruit, train, calibrate, coach, and evaluate assessors and debriefers, and maintain competency records and certification/Community‑of‑Practice programs to scale capability. Develop and enforce standardized debrief and feedback protocols for results from formal instruments and simulations.
Stakeholder engagement & communication: Act as primary technical partner to senior HR leaders, participants, and vendors, translating technical assessment results into clear business recommendations, pragmatic coaching guidance, and executive‑quality deliverables.
Compliance, privacy & ethical use: Establish policy‑level controls and partner with Legal and Global Privacy to ensure legal/privacy compliance, ethical data use, and ongoing fairness monitoring.
Continuous improvement & outcome monitoring: Monitor assessment program outcomes (performance, retention, promotion), lead periodic effectiveness reviews, and iterate assessments and processes based on evidence and documented measurement limitations.

Benefits

Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

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