GoodParty.org · 11 hours ago
Sr. Political Data Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$136K/yr - $170K/yr
5+ years expGoodParty.org is a startup focused on empowering independent candidates to improve democracy. The Senior Political Data Scientist will utilize data and quantitative models to support independent candidates, helping them run smarter and serve their communities effectively.
MobileOpen SourcePoliticsSocialSoftware
No H1B
Responsibilities
Develop, test, and refine quantitative models of electoral outcomes, including vote propensity, voter support scoring, and pathways to victory for independent candidates
Model constituencies and public service outcomes by collecting, imputing, and analyzing public opinion data to help independent candidates and public officials better understand and serve their communities
Implement and iterate on public opinion measurement methods (e.g., surveys or in-product feedback) to build feedback loops on constituent priorities
Design and run surveys and political field experiments to understand how independents can best run, win, and serve once in office
Find opportunities for natural experiments in our product, user, and election result data
Improve measurements of electoral and public service outcomes
Identify new data sources and improve the usage of our existing data on campaigns, elections, voting, and constituencies (e.g., improving our nationwide election identification system by surfacing candidate and election data as far ahead of each election as possible)
Partner with engineering, operations, and product teams to incorporate new datasets and modeling into a scalable data pipeline and internal tools
Enhance product features for candidates and public officials through the application of political data and modeling best practices, while continuously improving our core political models
Work independently as a senior member of a small research team to drive measurable results quickly
Own a cycle of constant model improvement, aiming for steady, measurable accuracy gains and better decision-making week over week
Reports to the Research Director
Qualification
Required
You have 5+ years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree in a quantitative or social science field (e.g., political science, statistics, economics, public policy, data science) and 3+ years of applied work experience; or a PhD with evidence of experience working quickly with concrete deliverables
You have a strong background applying data science, statistics, or computation to politics. This expertise could take many forms, but may include several of: econometrics, causal inference, sampling and survey design, political applications of machine learning and AI, or social scientific simulations
You have experience with public opinion data: either designing and fielding surveys or analyzing combinations of data sources on public opinion or behavior and imputing data where appropriate. You've worked to develop statewide or nationwide pictures of voter/constituent thoughts and behaviors
You have experience designing and deploying field experiments, either in the context of a product, campaigns, or governance, or you have a fine sense for identifying natural experiments and opportunities for causal measurement in political data
You have experience with forecasts, predictions, or inferential models about politics. Examples could be counterfactual event simulation, propensity scoring or support scoring on campaigns, or data-journalistic predictive models of electoral success
You have hands-on experience with U.S. election data or other types of U.S. political data, and are comfortable working with messy, real-world datasets (election returns, voter files, or other types of administrative data)
You are able to scope questions, choose methods, ship analyses, and iterate independently
You have used a statistical programming language in a previous role (preferably R or Python), are comfortable writing queries in SQL, and have experimented with how cutting-edge AI models can be used to address political data and research questions
Preferred
You have experience working with elected officials or government agencies in a data or modeling intensive role
You have led the design or implementation of real field experiments, ideally through digital products such as apps or web tools
You have experience turning research ideas on the whiteboard into prototypes or minimum viable examples of software that can be scaled by an engineering team and deployed in a product
You've studied, worked, or volunteered in politics, civics, or democracy reform
You're sick of sitting on the sidelines watching our democracy fail to meet its potential
Benefits
100% coverage of health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents.
Unlimited PTO (sick and vacation) policy.
401(k) program available so you can contribute toward retirement savings (no employer match).
Individual learning & development budget to fund your growth.
Workspace setup stipend.
$50/month to help with your internet and other expenses.
Company
GoodParty.org
GoodParty.org is empowering Independents to run, win, and serve so we can transform civic leadership.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Farhad Mohit
Founder
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