Overview
In this role you drive the development of analytical infrastructure—monitoring indicators, forecasting models, and knowledge databases—to support strategic decisions across global portfolios. You work at the junction of research, data engineering, and analysis, shaping reproducible methods and scalable systems. You will implement and refine indicator systems, modelling templates, and elicitation protocols to underpin evidence-based decisions. Join a mission-driven team that values methodological rigor and impactful, data-driven insights.
Leistungen / Benefits
- flexible teleworking arrangements
- competitive remuneration
- intellectual ownership of analytical frameworks
- environment of methodological rigor
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Design and maintain monitoring indicator systems for diverse portfolios
- Build, automate, and document knowledge databases and reporting tools with reproducible workflows
- Support integration of retrieval-augmented generation architectures and database-backed systems
- Contribute to quarterly indicator updates and milestone-tracking
- Design and estimate modelling templates for expected programmatic outcomes
- Develop structured elicitation protocols and expert-judgment frameworks
- Build and apply statistical modelling workflows for country case studies (specification, estimation, validation, aggregation)
- Translate modelling outputs into rigorous, decision-oriented analytical reports
- Contribute to development and communication of research agendas
- Ensure high standards of reproducibility, documentation, and methodological transparency
Zentrale Anforderungen
- Master's degree in economics, statistics, or closely related quantitative discipline
- Minimum five years of relevant professional experience
- Proven track record in statistical modelling and empirical research
- Programming proficiency in R and Python
- Strong command of advanced statistical techniques
- Basic knowledge of SQL
- Familiarity with Stan, PyMC, or comparable Bayesian modelling frameworks
- Experience with reproducible research tools (Git, Quarto)
- Familiarity with database systems (DuckDB) and API integrations
- Fluency in English
- German B1/B2 desirable
- Spanish B1 desirable
- French highly welcome
- cross-functional collaboration
- clear communication of complex analyses
- attention to detail and methodological rigor
- R
- Python
- SQL
Program Manager / Research Associate – Knowledge & Modelling Infrastructure in Zürich Arbeitgeber: HUMANIS
Als Arbeitgeber bieten wir eine dynamische und unterstützende Arbeitsumgebung, die auf Zusammenarbeit und Innovation ausgerichtet ist. In dieser Schlüsselrolle als Program Manager & Head of Knowledge haben Sie die Möglichkeit, Ihre analytischen Fähigkeiten in einem bedeutenden Kontext einzusetzen und aktiv zur evidenzbasierten Entscheidungsfindung beizutragen. Wir fördern kontinuierliches Lernen und bieten zahlreiche Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten, um Ihre Karriere voranzutreiben, während Sie in einem engagierten Team arbeiten, das sich für Exzellenz und Impact einsetzt.
