Political Scientists / Policy Analysts, Senior Expert
About this role
About Turing
Turing is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies, accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems.
Turing helps customers in two ways: Working with the world’s leading AI labs to advance frontier model capabilities in thinking, reasoning, coding, agentic behavior, multimodality, multilinguality, STEM, and frontier knowledge; and leveraging that work to build real-world AI systems that solve mission-critical priorities for companies.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Subject Matter Expert (SME) across Management Consulting, Public Policy, or Political Analysis to design, evaluate, and calibrate high-fidelity strategic problem sets, policy briefs, and gold-standard evaluation benchmarks.
This single role accommodates specialized contributors across two primary disciplines: Management Consulting & Corporate Strategy and Political Science & Public Policy Analysis. Candidates will be placed in either an Expert Contributor (mid-level) or Senior Specialist / Reviewer (senior-level) track based on domain depth, years of experience, and prior experience conducting peer calibration and quality reviews.
Requirements
Experience: 3 to 15+ years of demonstrable professional experience in top-tier management consulting firms, corporate strategy pods, policy think tanks, government affairs units, or multilateral institutions.
Methodological Rigor: Deep command of qualitative and quantitative synthesis, structured analytical thinking, policy impact modeling, and scenario evaluation.
Education & Credentials: Advanced degree (Master’s/Ph.D.) in Business Administration (MBA), Public Policy (MPP/MPA), International Relations, Political Science, Economics, or a related discipline is preferred.
Analytical Precision: Meticulous attention to detail with an ability to identify logical flaws, biased inferences, ungrounded strategic assumptions, or misinterpretations of policy mechanisms.
Communication: Exceptional written communication and documentation skills, with proven capability in writing concise executive briefs, whitepapers, and objective rubric evaluations.
Responsibilities
Benchmark Task Authoring: Design realistic, complex workplace scenarios, such as market entry frameworks, operational turnaround proposals, geopolitical impact assessments, regulatory analysis memos, and statutory risk models, complete with gold-standard solution sets.
Rubric Adherence & Scoring: Apply evaluation rubrics defined by the Functional SME Lead to rigorously audit, score, and critique qualitative frameworks, logical structuring, and data-backed recommendations.
Review & Quality Calibration (Senior Level): Audit, review, and calibrate submissions from pod members to enforce high quality, resolve strategic or policy edge cases, and escalate rubric ambiguities with actionable recommendations.
Iterative Refinement: Incorporate structured calibration feedback and peer critiques across sprint cycles to continuously maintain high technical and analytical accuracy.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in any field.
- Experience in AI evaluation, data annotation, content review, quality assurance, or a related analytical role is preferred but not required.
Offer Details:
- Commitments Required: at least 4 hours per day and upto 40 hours per week with 4 hours of overlap with PST.
- Engagement type: Contractor
- Engagement Length: 12 weeks
Evaluation Process -
- Applicants needs to submit Job Interest Form & complete the assessment.
- Final selected candidates will be contacted with the next steps and onboarding requirements.
Key skills
Details
- Pay: Shared during the application process
- Company: Turing
- Location: Remote
- Eligible locations: Worldwide (no restriction)
- Platform: Turing
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Political Scientists / Policy Analysts, Senior Expert role pay?
Turing does not publish a pay rate for this Political Scientists / Policy Analysts, Senior Expert position. Pay is shared during the application process and depends on your experience and the scope of the work.
Is the Political Scientists / Policy Analysts, Senior Expert role remote, and can I work from home?
Yes. Turing lists this Political Scientists / Policy Analysts, Senior Expert position as fully remote, so you can work from home or anywhere with a reliable computer and internet connection.
Is Political Scientists / Policy Analysts, Senior Expert full time or part time?
Turing lists this as a contractor remote role. Full details are in the role description above.
Which countries can apply for Political Scientists / Policy Analysts, Senior Expert?
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