Deputy Director of Research

At the Center for Open Science (COS), we conduct metascience research, build tools, and advocate for policy changes to make it possible and easy for the research community to make research data and outcomes open, transparent, and reproducible. Our team is dedicated to improving the alignment between scientific values and scientific practices to improve the accumulation and application of knowledge. The COS team moves quickly, identifies problems and creates solutions, encourages risk-taking, blends science and technology, and is collaborative, data-driven, and dedicated to openness. 

COS is looking for a Deputy Director of Research with interest and experience in metascience and managing projects and teams. The position will provide an essential role in supporting operational, technical, financial, and other aspects of leadership to the research team to enable high performance, efficiency processes, and effective delivery of research projects to meet organizational goals. The research team collects evidence for developing, testing, and revising COS’s Theory of Change. Research and practice are two components of a virtuous cycle in which metascience provides evidence of the current state of research to inform product and policy interventions that are then evaluated to enable improvement of these interventions. This includes conducting metascience projects that assess the current state of practice, trials of potential solutions, and testing new designs and alternatives to the current systems of science. This role is ideal for an experienced metascience researcher or practitioner who is passionate about open science and is ready to support a high-performing team of over ten staff members to execute the COS research vision and strategy.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Manages staff through effective coaching, mentoring, onboarding, performance management, and processes to build capacity in leadership, management, planning, and execution of the research vision and strategy.
• Institutes, models, and ensures that execution of projects aligns with organizational principles regarding rigor, integrity, openness, and reproducibility.
• Provides operational oversight and support in execution throughout all stages of the research cycle, including project/grant proposal, research design, tool and process development, training of research personnel, data collection, quality assurance, ethical conduct, data management and analysis, developing knowledge products for a variety of audiences, and engaging in strategic and impactful dissemination.
• Supports increased financial insights and planning, including  to ensure projects are staying within budget constraints to achieve organizational sustainability goals.
• Institutes, models, and ensures continued strong bidirectional communication within and across teams to remove silos and increase open, transparent information flow.
• Alongside the Senior Director of Research, defines specific objectives and areas to pursue for each year, working within the available time and financial resources.
• Supports collaborations, including assisting with contracts with partner organizations, and identifying new opportunities in metascience research.

Required skills:

• Deep experience leading, mentoring, and managing teams (e.g., hiring, managing, performance reviews)
• Demonstrated experience leading and executing multi-year research projects involving in-house teams and research collaborators 
• Strong familiarity and experience in research methodology
• Strong familiarity with metascience
• Experience with project management and partnership development
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to problem-solve, productively address and reconcile conflicts that arise
• Strong writing and presentation skills
• Experience cultivating teams and leading strong team project performance 
• Strong work ethic and high attention to detail and timing
• Ability to adapt to varied and changing priorities
• Values transparent, rigorous, and reproducible research

Required experience and/or degree:

• Expertise (PhD or equivalent) in experiment-oriented research domain.
• 5-7 years experience providing leadership and executing multi-year research projects involving internal and external collaborators.
• Experience with personnel management.

Pay range: $120,000 - $130,000 Annually

This is a fully remote position with a requirement to attend around 4 in-person meetings per year. 

COS supports flexibility in work scheduling. Individuals who would like to work outside a 9am - 5pm Eastern Time (ET) schedule must work with their managers to establish core hours of availability. Modifications for different time zones will be considered for team collaboration.

Please apply by submitting a resume and answering the 5 qualifying questions in lieu of a cover letter. Answers to the qualifying questions should be succinct, please limit responses to approximately 250 characters. Questions about the position and COS are welcome and can be directed to jobs@cos.io. For information on COS, including more information on employee benefits and our company culture, visit our website at https://www.cos.io/careers.

Please note, in order to be considered for this position you must be authorized to work in the United States and have a U.S. address and bank account. Remote workers must be located within the U.S.

This position will remain open for applications until December 6th, 2024. Interviews will begin mid-December.

COS is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also strongly encourage applications from members of groups underrepresented in science and technology industries.