Founding Lead – People Science & Psychometrics
Remote · India. Own the science behind how we measure a person: what signals we collect, which of them are defensible, and how a recommendation becomes explainable rather than a black box.
About the role
Most of this industry produces another assessment and stops there. We learned that the missing piece was continuity: behavioural evidence and longitudinal intelligence that follow a student instead of a report that ends when the test does. Building that needs someone who thinks in measurement, not in question banks.
You will own the questions that decide whether any of this is real. What signals should we collect about a person, and which of them are scientifically defensible? How do psychometrics, behaviour, simulations and conversation work together rather than sit side by side? How should a career simulation be scored? What should an AI be allowed to infer about a student, and what should it never claim? How do we validate across age groups, and eventually across countries?
This is a founding-team role because the answers become the company. You will shape the measurement IP, not decorate someone else’s.
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What you will do
- Define what signals we collect about a person, and defend which of them are scientifically sound
- Design how psychometrics, behaviour, simulations and conversation combine into one profile rather than four disconnected ones
- Build the scoring logic behind career simulations and experience-based assessment
- Set the boundary on what an AI may and may not infer about a student, and make every recommendation explainable
- Run validity and reliability work across age groups, and plan for validation beyond India
- Build real measurement IP instead of wrapping AI around existing tests
What we are looking for
- A background in Psychology, Psychometrics, Behavioural Science, I-O Psychology or Educational Psychology. Master’s or PhD preferred, though the degree is not the deciding factor
- Real depth in measurement, research methodology and assessment design
- Genuine curiosity about AI, and a clear view on where it helps and where it overreaches
- Comfort owning a function end to end in an early-stage company, including the parts nobody has defined yet
- The judgement to say when a claim is not supported by the evidence, including when it is our claim
We are not looking for someone to write more test items. We are looking for someone to build the measurement IP.
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