Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology.
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Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s welcomed.
Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture
Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time.. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.
Business Unit Overview:
The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable VA to increase the usage, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.
Primary Responsibilities:
In this role, you will serve as an emerging individual contributor within a team, expanding your leadership, guidance and mentoring skills. With the support and guidance of leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule and delivery requirements. You will interact with stakeholders and utilize influential skills to drive improvements in research processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Researcher III include:
- Exhibits influential skills to build relationships with team members, government and company stakeholders, and program management team members
- Leads cross functional efforts for delivery team members and team leads
- Responsible for both program tactical assignments, as well as strategic initiatives to meet delivery requirements
- Manages, plans and facilitates feedback sessions based upon the product team’s questions and goals, with or without support from senior team members
- Analyzes data to create recommendations, and communicates them in ways that are effective for stakeholder needs and the team goals
- Ability to navigate ambiguous requirements and environments to support delivery
- Supports the development and communication of milestones; and delivers upon their area of expertise
- Willingness to partner with Senior Researchers, and be receptive to mentorship
- Collaborates with a multi-disciplined team to facilitate discussions and articulate goals in order to deliver upon requirements
- Demonstrates the ability to coach and mentor researchers, with a focus on providing actionable feedback that helps individuals grow within the research discipline
- Ability to identify risks and communicate to leadership; provides recommendations to mitigate identified risks
Basic Qualifications:
- BS/BA degree preferably in a technical discipline, or equivalent training, education
- 5+ year or experience
- Experience working with qualitative research
- Consultive mind set
Benefits
- Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Use What You Need Vacation Policy
- 401K with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we’ve outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $100,000 – $120,000 and information on benefits offered is here. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. APPLY HERE