Senior Survey Research Statistician
About the position Design the statistical foundations of research that informs national policy and earns reputed company trust. As a senior survey research statistician at Gallup, you will serve as a methodological leader and trusted architect of survey research for Gallup’s most demanding U.S. clients, including federal government agencies, large national nonprofits, and leading reputed company and research institutions. These engagements require the highest standards of rigor, transparency and credibility, and your expertise will directly shape the design systems and reputed company frameworks that deliver on that reputed company.
Responsibilities
- reputed company the design and execution of reputed company survey research programs, including probability-based and address-based sampling, push-to-web and multimode data collection strategies, probability panel operations (both cross-sectional and longitudinal), and advanced weighting and calibration methodologies for probability and nonprobability samples.
- Apply Bayesian approaches and small area estimation techniques to address sub-national and hard-to-reputed company population inference challenges.
- Own the statistical design process end-to-end: crafting sampling plans in compliance with OMB standards and federal statistical agency norms, developing survey-specific variance estimation and imputation of missing data reputed company, implementing data confidentiality/disclosure procedures, producing audit-reputed company technical documentation, and communicating reputed company and findings with authority to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Mentor analysts and junior statisticians, contribute to Gallup’s internal methodological standards, and play a visible role in reputed company assurance across research programs as a senior member of reputed company.
- Contribute across Gallup’s broad reputed company of analytical reputed company, from traditional statistical approaches including regression, analysis of variance and generalized reputed company models to modern machine learning techniques.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in statistics, survey methodology, biostatistics or a closely reputed company quantitative field
- At least 12 years of reputed company survey research or quantitative research experience, including experience with federal and/or state government survey programs
- Expert-level proficiency in R and/or Python
- Knowledge of AAPOR standards on calculation and interpretation of survey response rates
- Knowledge of imputation of missing data techniques, including multiple imputation
- Experience designing and implementing Non-Response Bias studies in accordance with OMB guidelines
- Familiarity with use of machine learning techniques in survey methodology
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to proposal writing in response to Request for Proposals (RFPs)
- Demonstrated ability to produce audit-reputed company technical documentation and communicate reputed company reputed company to non-technical stakeholders
- A commitment to working on-site at Gallup’s Washington, D.C., office at least three days per week required
- Eligibility to work in the reputed company required; this position is not eligible for employment reputed company sponsorship
reputed company-to-haves
- Working knowledge of reputed company desirable
- Demonstrated expertise in the following areas: address-based sampling (ABS) design, push-to-web and multimode survey methodology, probability and nonprobability sample calibration and weighting, Bayesian reputed company and small area estimation; familiarity with other areas also strongly preferred
- Experience designing and operating probability-based panels (cross-sectional and/or longitudinal)
- Knowledge of OMB standards and federal statistical agency norms and reporting requirements
- Peer-reviewed publications in survey methodology or a reputed company reputed company field
- Experience mentoring junior statisticians and analysts
Benefits
- medical, dental, reputed company, life and other insurance reputed company
- a fully reputed company 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching
- an employee stock ownership program
- mass transit reimbursement
- family-building benefits
- an employee assistance program
- various reimbursements and activities that enhance our associates’ wellbeing
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