Public Policy Research Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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Comcast

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10,000+ employees

📡 Telecommunications

🏛️ Government

Telecommunications • Data Management • Government

Comcast is a leading telecommunications company that offers a wide range of services including data management, analytics, digital transformation, and strategic planning for both private and public sector clients. They specialize in enhancing citizen experience and engagement through evidence-based policy analysis and organizational transformation strategies. With a focus on utilizing modern technologies, Comcast supports organizations in improving decision-making and operational efficiency.

📋 Description

• Set the firm-wide research agenda in alignment with KLSA’s advisory practice and client portfolio • Design and direct policy research studies, program evaluations, and impact assessments across multiple concurrent engagements • Select and defend experimental, quasi-experimental, mixed-methods, and qualitative methodologies • Translate findings into actionable recommendations for policymakers and agency leaders • Establish and maintain research standards, protocols, and quality controls • Supervise, mentor, and develop research staff, analysts, and subject matter consultants • Assign and balance workloads; own delivery schedules and research budgets • Build the firm’s research bench through hiring, subcontractor relationships, and academic partnerships • Serve as the firm’s technical authority on research design and analytic rigor • Serve as principal research point of contact for client agencies and program offices • Brief senior government officials, advisory boards, and community stakeholders on findings and implications • Author and present technical reports, evaluation plans, policy briefs, white papers, and executive summaries • Facilitate stakeholder sessions, working groups, and data collection activities with community partners • Support proposal development by writing technical approaches, evaluation plans, and past performance narratives • Contribute to thought leadership through publications, conference presentations, and public commentary • Ensure compliance with federal requirements, including IRB protocols, human subjects protections, data privacy standards, and applicable OMB evidence-building guidance • Maintain research documentation consistent with KLSA’s ISO 9001:2015 quality management system • Own data integrity, reproducibility, and audit readiness across all research products

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in a social science discipline (public policy, public administration, economics, sociology, political science, education, psychology, or a closely related field) or an equivalent combination of advanced education and demonstrated research leadership • 7–10 years of progressive experience conducting and directing applied policy research or program evaluation • Demonstrated experience leading research teams and managing multiple concurrent studies to deadline and budget • Expertise in quantitative and qualitative methods, including causal inference, survey design, sampling, and analysis of administrative and secondary data • Proficiency with at least one major statistical package (R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, or Python) • Track record of producing publication-quality technical reports and briefing senior decision-makers • Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to move between technical and executive audiences • U.S. work authorization • Ability to pass a federal background investigation

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • Health, dental, and vision insurance • 401K • "Discretionary" PTO • Professional development opportunities • A dynamic and collaborative work environment