Senior People Scientist, Talent Management

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About the role

  • Senior People Scientist advancing talent programs, measurement frameworks, and AI-enabled people analytics. Supporting StackAdapt’s AI-powered advertising platform through scalable talent infrastructure and insights.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design, management, and continuous improvement of company-wide talent programs, including bi-annual engagement surveys, performance review cycles, and job architecture initiatives.
  • Build measurement frameworks for performance quality, manager effectiveness, and employee engagement using psychometric and statistical methods.
  • Build or improve internal lightweight apps, dashboards, and AI agents using low-code AI-assisted tooling.
  • Establish working cadences with PBPs, People Analytics, Total Rewards, and senior stakeholders.
  • Translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations that inform people strategy.
  • Identify opportunities to automate workflows and serve as the human-in-the-loop for AI agents.
  • Oversee, validate, and maintain AI outputs to ensure reliability, trust, and reduced errors or manual intervention.
  • Navigate and manage people data and research ethics considerations.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in I/O Psychology, Organizational Behaviour, Social Psychology, Human Factors, Behavioural Science, or a related quantitative field — or equivalent applied depth.
  • Fluency in experimental design, psychometrics, survey methodology, and inferential statistics.
  • Proven track record of owning active program cycles end-to-end, revisiting assumptions with data, and optimizing processes.
  • Ability to use AI and low-code tools to ship self-serve dashboards, lightweight apps, and agents.
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills and ability to build working cadences across cross-functional partners.
  • Comfort working with data and building reproducible analyses.
  • SQL and/or Python knowledge is a strong asset.
  • Aptitude for maintaining AI oversight and workflow automation.
  • Experience translating complex findings into clear narratives for senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
  • Commitment to responsibly managing people data and research ethics considerations.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive salary
  • Retirement/ 401K/ Pension Savings globally
  • Competitive Paid time off packages including birthday's off!
  • Access to a comprehensive mental health care program
  • Health benefits from day one of employment
  • Work from home reimbursements
  • Optional global WeWork membership for those who want a change from their home office and hubs in London and Toronto
  • Robust training and onboarding program
  • Coverage and support of personal development initiatives (conferences, courses, books etc)
  • Access to StackAdapt programmatic courses and certifications to support continuous learning
  • An awesome parental leave program
  • A friendly, welcoming, and supportive culture
  • Our social and team events!
  • Annual bonuses, commissions, and equity awards may be available depending on the role
  • Accommodations available upon request during the recruitment process

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$100,000 - CA$137,500 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Tech skills

PythonSQL

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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