Principal Learning Scientist – K12 Emphasis

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $145k - $175k / year

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LEMNIS

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11 - 50 employees

🤲 Charity

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

Charity • Education • Social Impact

LEMNIS is a public charity dedicated to expanding learning opportunities for young people by creating inclusive, community-connected learning environments. The organization partners with researchers and practitioners in neuroscience, social science, digital technology, and artificial intelligence to design experiences that foster belonging, connection, and lifelong growth. Lemnis works alongside changemakers and operates divisions such as Mainstay and InsideTrack to scale its impact; it is based in Beaverton, Oregon and notes it does not accept unsolicited grant proposals.

📋 Description

• Conduct a standing audit of research gaps across Lemnis collective companies • Build and prioritize a portfolio-wide research agenda with business leads • Design studies including RCTs, quasi-experimental designs, longitudinal analyses, social network analysis, and psychometric/survey work • Apply behavioral science frameworks across products and messaging • Build measurement models for engagement, belonging, self-efficacy, purpose, and future readiness • Ensure methodological rigor, ethical execution, and alignment with CEAI standards • Establish defensible attribution standards and align studies with recognized evidence standards • Translate research findings into product and feature recommendations • Partner with teams to embed behavioral science into features, messaging, and user experience • Prioritize research-backed product opportunities and validate feature performance post-launch • Equip Sales and Marketing with research-informed proof points, ROI narratives, and evidence assets • Support RFPs, renewals, competitive positioning, thought leadership, case studies, and campaigns • Contribute frameworks, white papers, and standards to the Center for Ethical AI • Represent Lemnis research at conferences, convenings, and partner events • Align internal and partner-embedded research agendas • Build relationships across Lemnis companies and mentor research scientists and analysts

🎯 Requirements

• Doctorate in psychology, learning sciences, education, or a related behavioral science field • 8+ years designing and executing applied research, including randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental designs, and mixed-methods studies • Deep expertise in belonging, identity, motivation, and social-emotional development, and how these shape student engagement and persistence • Fluency in advanced quantitative methods, including structural equation modeling and social network analysis • Qualitative research experience, including interviews, focus groups, narrative and digital storytelling approaches • Background in education technology, including assessment and efficacy research or large-scale learning-outcomes studies • Demonstrated ability to translate research into product decisions • Experience developing evidence assets that support sales, partnerships, or business development • Familiarity with ethical AI principles, IRB processes, and responsible research practices in education • Comfort operating across multiple companies or business units and synthesizing evidence into a shared, portfolio-wide narrative • Excellent written and verbal communication • Understanding of how K-12 districts and post-secondary institutions make decisions and define success (preferred)