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
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