People Research Scientist, Recruiting

The role

You will use scientific methods to research recruiting funnels, interview effectiveness, candidate experience, and recruiting capacity. You will design research studies, develop metrics frameworks, and build analytical solutions to drive evidence-based people decisions.

What you will do

• Design and execute systematic research studies about recruiting funnel health, assessment quality, candidate experience, and quality of hire
• Generate and test hypotheses about sourcing strategies, interview design, and selection decisions
• Conduct mixed-method research to understand recruiting operations drivers and blockers
• Navigate research ethics considerations when studying candidate data
• Design and execute validation studies to assess the quality of interviews and selection tools
• Utilize psychometric techniques to improve interviewer calibration and rating consistency
• Lead investigative research into innovative approaches for candidate assessment
• Design the metrics framework for recruiting org health
• Establish governance and definitional rigor for metrics
• Architect analytical solutions to convert research insights into actionable products

Required qualifications

• Hold an advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in I/O Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, Behavioral Science, or a related research field
• Experience with selection research, assessment validation, psychometrics, or recruiting funnel analytics
• Comfortable working in the People Analytics tech stack and collaborating with data engineers
• Proficient in SQL and Python/R
• Experience in statistical analysis and machine learning
• Experience with data visualization
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and balance rigor with pragmatism
• Track record of challenging assumptions with data
• Ability to navigate sensitive topics diplomatically
• Demonstrate intellectual humility and comfort with iterative discovery
• Use data to improve how organizations find, assess, and hire talent

Nice to have

• 5 + years of experience in research, people analytics, or related quantitative fields
• Background in recruiting analytics specifically
• Experience running interview or assessment validation studies
• Experience building self-service analytics tools or dashboards
• Previous experience in high-growth technology companies or AI/ML organizations
• Familiarity with network analysis, machine learning, or advanced statistical methods
• Experience with BigQuery and modern data stack tools
• Experience with Greenhouse, Gem, ModernLoop, or similar recruiting tools

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation
• Parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas, but not for every role and candidate
• If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.