SME Decision Scientist
Spotted 2d agoFull-time
Job details
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 20+ years
- Education
- Master's degree
- Posted
- Nov 11, 2026
- Last confirmed open
- Nov 11, 2026
- Job function
- Software/Internet/AI › Data & Analytics › Data Scientist
Job description
About this role
Job Description:
Prescient Edge is seeking a SME Decision Scientist
Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon award.
Benefits
At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:
- A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
- A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
- Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
- A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.
Description:
- Understand and improve the judgment and decision making of individuals, groups, and organizations.
- Apply principles of psychology to business, analytic and other decision-making processes to improve and / or empirically evaluate those processes.
- Activities may include assisting in policy planning; workflow procedures testing and evaluation, analytic workflow redesign, training, development, wargaming, scenario development, and simulation modeling.
- May work with management to prescribe workflow modifications that improve worker productivity and analytic judgment.
- Demonstrates ability to define problems, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
- Demonstrates analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft and techniques aligned with labor category mission.
- Demonstrates extensive ability to provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to Military Commander, Senior Government Staff (GG-15 and above), Defense Planners and policymakers (e.g. Undersecretary Level or Higher).
Job Requirements
Required Experience:
- Minimum 20 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
Required Education:
- Master’s Degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Security clearance:
- TS/SCI/CI POLY or the ability to gain a CI POLY.
Location:
- Charlottesville, VA.
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