Staff Behavioral Scientist

PURPOSE: The Predictive Index, a leader in workplace behavioral science, is an award-winning best place to work (Inc., Glassdoor, Boston Business Journal, The Boston Globe). Our mission is "Better work, Better world," and we take great pride in PI's power to supercharge workplace relationships and culture to achieve the unthinkable. We're our own best case study! That includes how we work in an AI world. We're rethinking roles, teams, and careers around people and AI working together, and we're applying what we learn inside PI to the products we build for our clients. You'll be working toward a mission that inspires you, and you'll be surrounded by fun, smart, driven people day in and day out. There's a reason more than 10,000 companies, including The LA Clippers, Hugo Boss, Nissan, Pendo, AstraZeneca, and Bosch, trust PI to help them hire top talent, design winning teams, and develop leaders at every level. Come discover how we empower our clients to solve their biggest challenges and make their business dreams come true. The Predictive Index is a place where people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives collaborate on amazing, important work. We celebrate our differences, knowing that they are fundamental to our success as an organization. "Better Work, Better World," starts here, in an organization where every member of the PI community is valued, respected, and welcome. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We’re assembling a small, elite team to build something new — a venture that operates with the independence of a startup and the credibility of a 70-year-old science brand. This is a ground-floor opportunity to define what responsible, rigorous behavioral science looks like in a brand-new product. The Opportunity Science isn’t a feature on this team. It’s the foundation. We’re looking for a Staff Behavioral Scientist to own the scientific integrity of a new PI venture from day one. You’ll be working on a lean, fast-moving team chartered to explore, validate, and build a new market — and you’ll be the person who makes sure every claim we make, every instrument we ship, and every insight we surface can withstand the scrutiny of the most skeptical HR buyer, legal team, or academic reviewer. This role is for someone who sees I/O psychology not as a credential, but as a craft. What you’ll do Provide the scientific foundation and defensibility of the venture’s claims. • Apply industrial-organizational psychology — assessment science, team dynamics, leadership, engagement, and job fit — to product, positioning, and research decisions. • Design and validate any new psychometric instruments, scales, or scoring models the product requires, holding them to the same scientific bar as PI’s existing assessments. • Run applied research with pilot customers — criterion and construct validation, efficacy studies, norm development — to prove the product produces the workplace outcomes it promises. • Translate peer-reviewed I/O and organizational behavior research into product features, UX, and go-to-market messaging that HR leaders and business leaders will trust. • Own the scientific defensibility of the venture’s claims — technical manuals, validity evidence, white papers — so the new product inherits the credibility bar PI is known for. What you bring If you’ve got all of the below, drop what you’re doing and apply. If you’ve got most of it, we still want to hear from you. • A PhD (or equivalent applied experience) in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Psychometrics, or a closely related field. • 8-10 years of applicable experience, particularly in an early stage company or on an early stage product that does not yet have product market fit. • Dee