Job Description

The Civic Integrity Research team conducts rigorous, human-centric research geared toward safeguarding people and societies from harm across the Facebook Family of apps. While our team has a particular interest in the role of our platforms in elections across the world, our mandate also includes foundational understanding of the impact of the Facebook Family on societies more generally. We employ both qualitative and quantitative methodologies in our research to understand the situations in which the integrity of societal institutions may be compromised. Our research informs strategic product execution that addresses the vulnerabilities of our platforms and empowers people to defend themselves and their communities against activities designed to disenfranchise them in the civic sphere and beyond. In doing so, we cover challenging topics such as polarization, mobilization of violence, demobilization, online political expression, misinformation, harassment, representation and participation, and human rights violations, among others. For this position, we are looking for individuals with strong quantitative methodological training and experience, including methods for causal inference with observable data and design and analysis of surveys (including the integration of behavioral data), with an understanding of how to integrate diverse sources of insights. The right candidates will have done rigorous, creative, impactful primary research, and will be excellent communicators, passionate about empowering people with online social platforms, comfortable in a flat, fast-moving organization, excited to collaborate, and focused squarely on protecting people and societies from harm and empowering them to engage in the digital realm.

Quantitative Researcher (Civic Integrity) Responsibilities

* Work closely with Cross Functional partners (product management, data science, analytics, business, design, engineering) to identify and prioritize knowledge gaps in our understanding the ways in which users of the Facebook family of apps experience the civic world, and design research that uniquely contributes to solving for those knowledge gaps

* Design and execute end-to-end custom primary research using a wide variety of quantitative methods, and interpret analysis through the lens of business impact, UX, HCI, and social science

* Adapt methods to the research question at hand using a range of methods, weave together qualitative and quantitative insights for data-informed understanding

* Communicate results and illustrate suggestions in compelling and creative ways

* Effectively manage and prioritize research plans through ambiguous and fast-changing environments, align and efficiently execute critical insights and work with a large group of stakeholders

* Lead and deliver research share-outs to a cross-functional team to encourage empathy with and understanding of the Facebook experience for different segments, and identify clear opportunities Facebook can address to improve the experience

* Collaborate closely with other researchers

* Willingness to travel internationally (2-4 trips per year)

Minimum Qualifications

* Ph.D. in social science (e.g., Communication, Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Psychology), or in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Informatics, Econometrics) with experience answering social questions

* Knowledge in quantitative research methodologies (e.g., survey sampling and design, significance testing, regression modeling, experimental design, behavioral data analysis, causal inference with observable data)

* Experience in survey design

* Experience executing hands-on, primary research

* Experience in data manipulation, data visualization, and analysis using statistical tools (e.g., R/Python/Stata, SQL/Hive)

* Experience asking, as well as answering questions for businesses

Preferred Qualifications

* 3+ years of experience conducting research in an organization or consulting environment, including working with key stakeholders to understand and clarify their people research needs, and communicating analyses to technical and non-technical audiences

* 3+ years of experience applying multivariate statistical methods such as GLM, analysis of quasi-experimental research designs with non-equivalent groups (e.g., regression adjustment, matching, propensity score stratification), longitudinal analysis, dimension reduction, clustering, hierarchical linear (random effects) modeling, etc., to people research problems in organizations

* Experience executing mixed-methods research (combining qualitative and quantitative methods)

* Experience conducting international/cross-cultural research, particularly in Emerging Markets

* Comfortable leading cross-functional partners in international research and international research trips

* Experience identifying and working with vendors on end-to-end research design on international research projects

* Experience using SQL/Hive, Python, and R to analyze large datasets (> 1TB)

* Knowledge of MENA or Southeast Asia geopolitical dynamics

* Familiarity with machine learning, specifically content classification methods

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About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

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