Senior Survey Scientist

Uber Uber · Consumer · New York, NY +1 · Data Science

Seeking a Senior Survey Scientist to design and conduct research studies using survey and behavioral data to inform Marketing, Ops, and Product strategies. The role involves developing survey instruments, analyzing data, and providing strategic advice to stakeholders. Expertise in research design, psychometrics, and quantitative methods is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as a strategic advisor to Marketing, Ops, and Product stakeholders through high-impact research.
  2. Design and conduct research studies of survey and behavioral data, 1st and 3rd party, to develop insights on our users. Develop an understanding of demographic, behavioral and attitudinal trends and the general population
  3. Develop survey instruments and sampling plans that produce reliable and valid data, and apply psychometric principles to ensure the accuracy of survey results.
  4. Oversee the end-to-end research lifecycle for the most complex, high-priority initiatives, ensuring technical excellence across the team.
  5. Synthesize and communicate insights to cross-functional teams to enable adoption of data-driven insights and recommendations

Skills

Required

  • survey design
  • psychometrics
  • quantitative methods
  • consumer behavior
  • market trends
  • regression analysis
  • factor analysis
  • cluster analysis
  • conjoint analysis
  • SQL
  • Python
  • R
  • Qualtrics

Nice to have

  • PhD in social science
  • statistics
  • brand marketing
  • experimental analysis
  • A/B testing

What the JD emphasized

  • designing and conducting survey-based research
  • novel survey methodologies and measurement frameworks