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Remote production scientist jobs are actively hiring across the U.S., with remote-first firms and distributed teams in biotech, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products bringing on production scientists who can work independently outside a traditional lab or plant setting. Employers hiring remotely right now include Alvarez & Marsal, Tiger Analytics, and Zillow. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Position Title: Senior Evaluation Scientist / Evaluation Lead, Full-Time
Location: Remote, United States
Department: Veritas Management Group / Research, Evaluation, and Learning (REL)
Summary
Veritas Management Group (VMG) is a leading management consulting firm offering solutions to complex challenges involving public health, technology, and military domains. We serve government and commercial sector organizations, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations, domestically and globally. We are committed to transforming public health through equitable, data-driven solutions.
VMG is seeking an experienced and highly accomplished Senior Evaluation Scientist / Evaluation Lead to provide scientific and methodological leadership for complex applied research, program evaluation, and organizational learning initiatives across public health, health services, and public policy.
This full-time, remote position will lead the conceptualization, design, implementation, analysis, and dissemination of rigorous evaluations while providing scientific direction to multidisciplinary research teams. The Senior Evaluation Scientist will translate complex research findings into credible, actionable evidence that informs program improvement, policy development, and organizational decision-making.
The successful candidate will also contribute to the continued growth of VMG's Research, Evaluation, and Learning (REL) practice through scientific quality assurance, methodological innovation, staff mentorship, and research capacity development.
Initial assignments are expected to include support for VMG's Performance & Evaluation Framework (PEFrame) contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health, with opportunities to contribute to additional evaluation and applied research initiatives across VMG's portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
Scientific Leadership and Evaluation Design
Independently conceptualize, design, and lead complex program evaluations and applied research studies addressing public health, health services, policy, and organizational learning priorities.
Develop evaluation questions, theories of change, conceptual frameworks, study protocols, sampling strategies, data collection instruments, and analytical plans.
Conduct evaluability assessments and examine implementation contexts, measurement feasibility, data readiness, and methodological alternatives.
Select and integrate qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches appropriate to research objectives, available evidence, and intended use.
Lead process, outcome, implementation, and policy evaluations, including causal and quasi-experimental approaches when appropriate.
Exercise independent scientific judgment in resolving methodological challenges, addressing data limitations, and interpreting findings.
Serve as a trusted scientific advisor to clients by evaluating research needs, challenging assumptions, and recommending rigorous, feasible evaluation approaches.
Study Leadership and Research Execution
Serve as the scientific lead for assigned evaluations from initial planning and study design through implementation, analysis, reporting, and dissemination.
Direct and coordinate the substantive work of research associates, analysts, coordinators, and technical specialists.
Oversee instrument development, data collection, qualitative and quantitative analysis, evidence synthesis, and integration of findings.
Establish scientific work plans, technical milestones, quality standards, and review procedures in collaboration with project management personnel.
Ensure research findings, conclusions, and recommendations are supported by credible evidence and appropriately acknowledge methodological limitations.
Lead the development of evaluation reports, technical briefs, research presentations, and other scientific deliverables.
Performance Measurement and Evidence-Based Learning
Design and refine performance measurement frameworks, indicators, data collection strategies, and analytical approaches.
Integrate evaluation findings with performance monitoring, continuous improvement, and organizational learning activities.
Facilitate collaborative evaluation planning, stakeholder engagement, interpretation of findings, and evidence-informed decision-making.
Develop and deliver evaluation-related training, technical assistance, and capacity-building activities.
Translate complex research methods and findings into clear, accessible, and actionable information for technical and nontechnical audiences.
Collaborate with statisticians, data scientists, implementation specialists, communications professionals, and subject matter experts.
Scientific Quality Assurance and Team Development
Provide scientific and methodological review of evaluation designs, research protocols, data collection instruments, analytical plans, reports, and technical products.
Mentor research associates, analysts, and other team members in evaluation methodologies, scientific writing, analytical interpretation, and professional judgment.
Establish and strengthen scientific quality assurance standards and processes across VMG's Research, Evaluation, and Learning portfolio.
Identify opportunities to enhance methodological capabilities, research tools, analytical approaches, and evaluation practices.
Foster a collaborative research environment that promotes scientific rigor, innovation, critical thinking, and continuous professional development.
Scientific Business Development
Contribute scientific and methodological expertise to the identification and development of new evaluation and applied research opportunities.
Support the design of technically sound and competitive research approaches for federal proposals and other business development initiatives.
Develop or contribute to evaluation methodologies, research plans, staffing approaches, and level-of-effort estimates.
Prepare technical narratives, scientific presentations, and research concepts for prospective clients and partners.
Required Qualifications
Doctoral degree in Program Evaluation, Public Policy, Public Health, Health Services Research, Social Sciences, or a closely related discipline; or a master's degree with substantial equivalent experience independently leading complex evaluations.
Minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in applied research or program evaluation, including scientific leadership in the design and completion of complex studies.
Demonstrated experience serving as a Principal Investigator, Study Director, Evaluation Lead, or equivalent scientific leader with responsibility for methodological decisions and research quality.
Advanced expertise in evaluation design and qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research.
Demonstrated ability to develop evaluation questions, select defensible research designs, establish protocols, guide analyses, and independently interpret findings.
Experience leading multidisciplinary research teams, supervising scientific work, and mentoring junior researchers.
Strong scientific writing, analytical synthesis, and presentation skills, including demonstrated leadership in producing evaluation reports or comparable research publications.
Ability to communicate complex methodological concepts and research findings effectively to clients, policymakers, practitioners, and other nontechnical audiences.
Experience managing scientific activities within contractual schedules, project milestones, and resource constraints.
Demonstrated ability to provide independent scientific guidance, exercise sound professional judgment, and develop practical methodological recommendations.
Strong interpersonal, organizational, and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience conducting evaluations for federal public health or health-related agencies, including HHS, CDC, HRSA, or NIH.
Expertise in implementation science, implementation evaluation, organizational learning, or evidence utilization.
Experience conducting evaluability assessments and developing performance measurement frameworks.
Experience designing and facilitating stakeholder engagement, participatory evaluation, learning sessions, and collaborative interpretation of findings.
Advanced experience with quasi-experimental research designs or other rigorous quantitative evaluation methodologies.
Expertise in economic evaluation, including cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis, or return on investment.
Experience evaluating complex, multi-site, cross-program, or systems-level initiatives.
Experience conducting culturally responsive evaluations involving diverse or underserved populations.
Experience supporting organizational evaluation capacity building and research quality improvement.
Experience contributing to competitive federal proposals and developing evaluation approaches for prospective clients.
Work Environment
Full-time, remote position based within the United States.
Position supports VMG's Research, Evaluation, and Learning practice and federal public health evaluation initiatives.
Initial assignments are expected to support the HHS Office of Minority Health Performance & Evaluation Framework (PEFrame) contract and other applied research and evaluation projects.
Work involves leading complex research and evaluation activities in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and federal client representatives.
Position requires independent scientific judgment, strong project coordination, and the ability to manage multiple research priorities and deliverables.
Regular virtual collaboration with researchers, evaluators, statisticians, data analysts, project managers, communications professionals, and subject matter experts.
Responsibilities include mentoring research personnel, providing scientific quality assurance, and supporting the continued development of VMG's evaluation capabilities.
The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to translate complex evaluation needs into scientifically rigorous study designs, lead research implementation, and deliver credible findings that support evidence-informed decisions.
Position Title: Senior Evaluation Scientist / Evaluation Lead, Full-Time
Location: Remote, United States
Department: Veritas Management Group / Research, Evaluation, and Learning (REL)
Summary
Veritas Management Group (VMG) is a leading management consulting firm offering solutions to complex challenges involving public health, technology, and military domains. We serve government and commercial sector organizations, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations, domestically and globally. We are committed to transforming public health through equitable, data-driven solutions.
VMG is seeking an experienced and highly accomplished Senior Evaluation Scientist / Evaluation Lead to provide scientific and methodological leadership for complex applied research, program evaluation, and organizational learning initiatives across public health, health services, and public policy.
This full-time, remote position will lead the conceptualization, design, implementation, analysis, and dissemination of rigorous evaluations while providing scientific direction to multidisciplinary research teams. The Senior Evaluation Scientist will translate complex research findings into credible, actionable evidence that informs program improvement, policy development, and organizational decision-making.
The successful candidate will also contribute to the continued growth of VMG's Research, Evaluation, and Learning (REL) practice through scientific quality assurance, methodological innovation, staff mentorship, and research capacity development.
Initial assignments are expected to include support for VMG's Performance & Evaluation Framework (PEFrame) contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health, with opportunities to contribute to additional evaluation and applied research initiatives across VMG's portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
Scientific Leadership and Evaluation Design
Independently conceptualize, design, and lead complex program evaluations and applied research studies addressing public health, health services, policy, and organizational learning priorities.
Develop evaluation questions, theories of change, conceptual frameworks, study protocols, sampling strategies, data collection instruments, and analytical plans.
Conduct evaluability assessments and examine implementation contexts, measurement feasibility, data readiness, and methodological alternatives.
Select and integrate qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches appropriate to research objectives, available evidence, and intended use.
Lead process, outcome, implementation, and policy evaluations, including causal and quasi-experimental approaches when appropriate.
Exercise independent scientific judgment in resolving methodological challenges, addressing data limitations, and interpreting findings.
Serve as a trusted scientific advisor to clients by evaluating research needs, challenging assumptions, and recommending rigorous, feasible evaluation approaches.
Study Leadership and Research Execution
Serve as the scientific lead for assigned evaluations from initial planning and study design through implementation, analysis, reporting, and dissemination.
Direct and coordinate the substantive work of research associates, analysts, coordinators, and technical specialists.
Oversee instrument development, data collection, qualitative and quantitative analysis, evidence synthesis, and integration of findings.
Establish scientific work plans, technical milestones, quality standards, and review procedures in collaboration with project management personnel.
Ensure research findings, conclusions, and recommendations are supported by credible evidence and appropriately acknowledge methodological limitations.
Lead the development of evaluation reports, technical briefs, research presentations, and other scientific deliverables.
Performance Measurement and Evidence-Based Learning
Design and refine performance measurement frameworks, indicators, data collection strategies, and analytical approaches.
Integrate evaluation findings with performance monitoring, continuous improvement, and organizational learning activities.
Facilitate collaborative evaluation planning, stakeholder engagement, interpretation of findings, and evidence-informed decision-making.
Develop and deliver evaluation-related training, technical assistance, and capacity-building activities.
Translate complex research methods and findings into clear, accessible, and actionable information for technical and nontechnical audiences.
Collaborate with statisticians, data scientists, implementation specialists, communications professionals, and subject matter experts.
Scientific Quality Assurance and Team Development
Provide scientific and methodological review of evaluation designs, research protocols, data collection instruments, analytical plans, reports, and technical products.
Mentor research associates, analysts, and other team members in evaluation methodologies, scientific writing, analytical interpretation, and professional judgment.
Establish and strengthen scientific quality assurance standards and processes across VMG's Research, Evaluation, and Learning portfolio.
Identify opportunities to enhance methodological capabilities, research tools, analytical approaches, and evaluation practices.
Foster a collaborative research environment that promotes scientific rigor, innovation, critical thinking, and continuous professional development.
Scientific Business Development
Contribute scientific and methodological expertise to the identification and development of new evaluation and applied research opportunities.
Support the design of technically sound and competitive research approaches for federal proposals and other business development initiatives.
Develop or contribute to evaluation methodologies, research plans, staffing approaches, and level-of-effort estimates.
Prepare technical narratives, scientific presentations, and research concepts for prospective clients and partners.
Required Qualifications
Doctoral degree in Program Evaluation, Public Policy, Public Health, Health Services Research, Social Sciences, or a closely related discipline; or a master's degree with substantial equivalent experience independently leading complex evaluations.
Minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in applied research or program evaluation, including scientific leadership in the design and completion of complex studies.
Demonstrated experience serving as a Principal Investigator, Study Director, Evaluation Lead, or equivalent scientific leader with responsibility for methodological decisions and research quality.
Advanced expertise in evaluation design and qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research.
Demonstrated ability to develop evaluation questions, select defensible research designs, establish protocols, guide analyses, and independently interpret findings.
Experience leading multidisciplinary research teams, supervising scientific work, and mentoring junior researchers.
Strong scientific writing, analytical synthesis, and presentation skills, including demonstrated leadership in producing evaluation reports or comparable research publications.
Ability to communicate complex methodological concepts and research findings effectively to clients, policymakers, practitioners, and other nontechnical audiences.
Experience managing scientific activities within contractual schedules, project milestones, and resource constraints.
Demonstrated ability to provide independent scientific guidance, exercise sound professional judgment, and develop practical methodological recommendations.
Strong interpersonal, organizational, and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience conducting evaluations for federal public health or health-related agencies, including HHS, CDC, HRSA, or NIH.
Expertise in implementation science, implementation evaluation, organizational learning, or evidence utilization.
Experience conducting evaluability assessments and developing performance measurement frameworks.
Experience designing and facilitating stakeholder engagement, participatory evaluation, learning sessions, and collaborative interpretation of findings.
Advanced experience with quasi-experimental research designs or other rigorous quantitative evaluation methodologies.
Expertise in economic evaluation, including cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-benefit analysis, or return on investment.
Experience evaluating complex, multi-site, cross-program, or systems-level initiatives.
Experience conducting culturally responsive evaluations involving diverse or underserved populations.
Experience supporting organizational evaluation capacity building and research quality improvement.
Experience contributing to competitive federal proposals and developing evaluation approaches for prospective clients.
Work Environment
Full-time, remote position based within the United States.
Position supports VMG's Research, Evaluation, and Learning practice and federal public health evaluation initiatives.
Initial assignments are expected to support the HHS Office of Minority Health Performance & Evaluation Framework (PEFrame) contract and other applied research and evaluation projects.
Work involves leading complex research and evaluation activities in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and federal client representatives.
Position requires independent scientific judgment, strong project coordination, and the ability to manage multiple research priorities and deliverables.
Regular virtual collaboration with researchers, evaluators, statisticians, data analysts, project managers, communications professionals, and subject matter experts.
Responsibilities include mentoring research personnel, providing scientific quality assurance, and supporting the continued development of VMG's evaluation capabilities.
The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to translate complex evaluation needs into scientifically rigorous study designs, lead research implementation, and deliver credible findings that support evidence-informed decisions.
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Who's Hiring
- Alvarez & Marsal14
- Tiger Analytics10
- Zillow9
- RTI International7
- Emory University6
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software25
- Consulting & Professional Services21
- Accounting & Auditing14
- Investment & Asset Management14
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals9
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote production scientist jobs.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, or a closely related field
- Hands-on experience working in a GMP-regulated manufacturing or laboratory environment
- Proficiency writing and reviewing SOPs, batch records, and deviation reports
- Familiarity with analytical techniques such as HPLC, spectroscopy, or cell-based assays
- Experience with root cause analysis tools and CAPA processes
- Working knowledge of FDA regulations and cGMP guidelines applicable to the product type
Tips for Your Remote Production Scientist Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote production scientist openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through listings that aren't actually remote.
Demonstrate async documentation skills upfront
Remote production scientist employers prioritize candidates who can write clear SOPs, batch records, and deviation reports without back-and-forth clarification. Lead your resume and cover letter with specific examples of documentation you've owned independently, naming the system you used, such as a LIMS or ELN platform.
Show your remote lab coordination experience
If you've coordinated with off-site CROs, managed remote vendor relationships, or reviewed production data across multiple sites, call that out explicitly. Remote employers want to see that you've already operated effectively outside a single physical location.
Prepare for async technical screening rounds
Many remote production scientist interviews include a written or recorded technical exercise before a live call. Practice explaining process decisions, out-of-spec results, or formulation choices in clear written form, since your ability to communicate precisely in text is itself part of what gets evaluated.
Remote Production Scientist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote production scientist job?
Target companies with distributed R&D or quality teams, such as remote-first biotech startups, contract research organizations, and consumer goods companies with decentralized operations. Remote employers screen for strong written communication, self-directed troubleshooting, and experience documenting processes without in-person oversight. Candidates who can show they've managed batch records, SOPs, or quality workflows independently have a clear edge over those who rely on on-site supervision.
Which companies hire remote production scientists?
Companies hiring remote production scientists right now include Alvarez & Marsal, Tiger Analytics, and Zillow, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote openings for this role tend to come from biotech and pharmaceutical companies with distributed teams, contract development organizations, and consumer product firms that manage production oversight and documentation workflows outside a central facility.
Can you get a remote production scientist job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level production scientist roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one without on-site mentorship. Your best path is through companies that hire for remote quality or formulation support roles and value portfolio work, such as documented lab projects, coursework that shows process understanding, or contract or freelance production work that demonstrates you can manage tasks without supervision.
Do you need a degree for remote production scientist jobs?
Usually, but the field matters more than the credential alone. Most remote employers want a background in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, or a related discipline, and a bachelor's degree is a common baseline. That said, remote employers also weigh demonstrated skills in process documentation, formulation, quality systems, and regulatory compliance, so a strong portfolio of real production or lab work can carry significant weight alongside or in place of an advanced degree.
Which industries hire the most remote production scientists?
Remote production scientist roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Consulting & Professional Services, and Accounting & Auditing, based on current remote listings on MigrateIate as of November 2026. These sectors hire production scientists remotely because their R&D, formulation, and quality oversight functions can be managed by distributed teams coordinating across sites without requiring full-time on-site presence.
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