Senior Occupational Psychologist, Product and Skills Science - Spotted Zebra

At Spotted Zebra, we're building an AI-native end-to-end hiring platform that helps the world's leading organisations find the right people, faster and fairer than ever before.

We're a multi-award-winning Series A company giving talent leaders the solution they've always needed. Skills science native. AI-amplified. Built by people who've lived and breathed TA and knew there had to be a better way.

Spotted Zebra runs enterprise hiring end to end on one platform. It defines what great looks like for every role, then assesses, interviews, and shortlists every candidate with AI. Built on skills science and AI governance, it works the way talent teams need it to, with humans always in control.

FTSE100 and Fortune500 companies trusting us include British Airways, NIQ, Domino's, Lidl, Merlin Entertainments, AWE, United Utilities, and Paramount.

What You'll Be Doing

As our Senior Occupational Psychologist (Product & Skills Science), you'll help define what assessment looks like in an AI-native world. You'll be the scientific expert making sure this shift is built on sound occupational psychology. This is a senior individual contributor role for a deep specialist who wants to turn skills science into products that change how the world hires.

You'll work directly with our Co-Founder, Nick Shaw, to set the scientific direction for our assessments. You'll define the principles behind them and work with our Data Science team to turn them into scalable, data-driven products.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape the scientific foundations of a new generation of assessments, owning the skills science principles that determine what we measure and how we uncover key signals.
• Pioneer new approaches to AI-powered assessment, from conversational interviews to adaptive formats, turning promising ideas into practical pilots.
• Set the standard for intelligent scoring, defining strong and weak performance and creating golden examples and benchmarks to evaluate candidates and our AI.
• Partner with our Data Science team to design evaluations that connect technical performance with sound psychological judgement.
• Lead ongoing validation to demonstrate reliability, fairness, and predictive power as our products evolve.
• Produce rigorous technical reports and manuals that give our teams and clients confidence in assessment results.
• Use statistical analysis to uncover insights from assessment data and translate them into improved design and scoring.
• Support client validation and research alongside colleagues across the business to show how our assessments perform in the real world.

Requirements

Must-haves

• A background in occupational or organisational psychology, with deep expertise in psychometrics and assessment design.
• Hands-on experience developing assessments such as situational judgement tests, personality measures, or ability tests, ideally in an R&D environment.
• Proven validation experience producing technical manuals or detailed validation reports showing reliability, fairness, and predictive validity.
• Strong statistical and analytical skills, with experience using SPSS or similar statistical packages.
• Experience defining performance standards and building scoring frameworks or benchmarks.
• Startup or scale-up experience, with comfort handling pace, ambiguity, and changing priorities.
• An open-minded, solution-focused approach to AI in assessment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with AI-enabled assessment (e.g., AI-scored interviews, automated scoring).
• Experience using Python or AI coding tools for analysis and validation work.
• Experience designing in-person assessment centres or exercises.
• Experience working closely with data scientists, engineers, or product teams.
• Familiarity with evaluation methods for AI or machine learning systems.
• Chartered status with the BPS and/or HCPC registration as an Occupational Psychologist.

Benefits

• Meaningful share options
• Private health insurance & dental cover
• Eye-care support & travel insurance
• Enhanced pension
• Nursery salary sacrifice scheme
• 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays)
• Remote-first working culture with home office budget
• Co-working space budget
• L&D budget & access to latest AI-powered tools
• Wellbeing allowance
• Electric car scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

At Spotted Zebra, we welcome people of all stripes. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and an inclusive, diverse culture. Even if you don't meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply if you are passionate about our mission.