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Head of Consulting Services

Metaculus is an online forecasting platform and aggregation engine working to improve human reasoning and coordination on topics of global importance.

Metaculus

Employee count: 11-50

United States only

About Metaculus

Metaculus is a leading public forecasting platform, dedicated to providing trusted insights on complex, global challenges. We offer forecasting services and decision support tools to organizations tackling critical issues such as geopolitical risk, frontier AI, and global public health, helping them harness forecasting and collective intelligence to improve policy and business outcomes. As a Public Benefit Corporation, we’re committed not only to supporting clients but also to serving the broader public good by improving collective understanding of critical global issues.

The Role

We’re seeking a Head of Consulting Services to lead and grow consulting as a core part of Metaculus’s strategy, both as a revenue source and as a way to drive better decision-making on some of the world’s most important challenges. This person will take responsibility for shaping our client pipeline, owning client relationships end-to-end, and ensuring we deliver high-quality, high-value work products. They'll also collaborate closely with our product team to translate client needs into platform enhancements, while leveraging our continuously improving tools to solve client challenges.

This role is suited for someone who's energized by hands-on business development and project delivery work in the near term, while also having the experience to build, train, and oversee a team that can significantly grow Metaculus's ability to serve more clients and partners.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development

  • Close deals in our existing pipeline and develop new opportunities through outbound prospecting, targeting corporate, government, and NGO clients
  • Qualify and convert inbound leads; strategize on growing our inbound pipeline
  • Develop proposals, negotiate contracts, and manage deal pipeline
  • Create pricing models for different engagement types

Client Relationship Management

  • Serve as the primary client relationship owner throughout the engagement lifecycle
  • Handle client onboarding and expectation setting
  • Cultivate long-term partnerships for repeat business

Project Delivery

  • Lead project scoping, timeline development, and deliverable definition
  • Collaborate with our Forecasting Program Coordinator on resource allocation, quality standards, and process optimization
  • Oversee project execution to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery
  • Conduct quality assurance and post-project evaluation

Team Building & Operations

  • Hire and manage team members as the practice grows
  • Develop standardized processes for client onboarding and project management
  • Build scalable systems to support a growing client base
  • Establish quality standards and project delivery methodologies

Requirements

  • 5+ years consulting experience (e.g., Big 3 or other large firm, or quantitative boutique)
  • Proven business development and client management track record
  • Comfortable working with both corporate and government/NGO environments
  • Excellent project delivery capabilities
  • Experience hiring, training, and managing junior staff

Benefits

  • Compensation:
    • Competitive salary
    • Additional performance-based compensation
    • Meaningful equity package.
  • Fully Remote
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Flexible Hours provided that you are consistently available for meetings and collaboration between 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific Time.
  • Health Benefits for US-based Hires
  • Professional Growth Opportunities (conferences, workshops, etc.)
  • The chance to apply your consulting expertise toward solving consequential problems and contributing to the public good.

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Full Time

Experience level

Director

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United States +/- 0 hours

About Metaculus

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Metaculus is an online forecasting platform and aggregation engine working to improve human reasoning and coordination on topics of global importance.

Metaculus is a Public Benefit Corporation

This organizational structure enables us to serve the public good through the following commitments in our charter:

  1. Fostering the growth, learning, and development of the forecasting and forecasting research communities.

  2. Supporting stakeholders who are serving the public good by informing their decision making.

  3. Increasing public access to information regarding forecasts of public interest.

Mission

To build epistemic infrastructure that enables the global community to model, understand, predict, and navigate the world’s most important and complex challenges.

Values

  • We Value Community

  • We Respect Knowledge & Truth

  • We Create Public Accountability and Trust

  • We Build for Transparency & Understanding

  • We Build Tools for Collaborative Systems Thinking

How Metaculus Works

The platform brings together a global reasoning community and keeps score for thousands of forecasters via explicit, standardized track records.

Aggregation: Independent forecasts are statistically aggregated to harness the wisdom of crowds.

Recalibration & Weighting: Forecasts are differentially recalibrated and weighted based on forecaster track records.

Scoring & Feedback: We rigorously evaluate all our predictions and score their accuracy.

Employee benefits

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Paid parental leave

We provide generous parental leave to support you and your family.

Company retreats

We offer travel opportunities for regular in-person working sessions and team retreats in the US and Europe.

Company events

We encourage our employees to meaningfully engage with and attend technical conferences and community events.

Re-location support

As applicable, we provide re-location support and compensation adjustments when employees move to higher cost-of-living areas.

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