Director of Research

About the Agency

The New York City Mayor’s Office is responsible for overseeing city services throughout the five boroughs, coordinating public agencies and departments, and managing public property. The administration is leading the fight in making the city more affordable, reducing inequality, improving public safety, ensuring delivery of efficient and effective services, and working to make New York City’s economy stronger. We value leadership, transparency, fairness, and efficiency as we actively seek diverse talents from various sectors to join our team.

The NYC Office of Community Safety advances a whole‑of‑government approach to violence prevention and public safety that addresses gun violence prevention, hate crime prevention, survivor services, domestic violence prevention, and innovations in crisis response services. The Office oversees the Office of Crime Victim Services, Office to Prevent Gun Violence, Office to End Domestic and Gender‑Based Violence, Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes and the Office of Community Mental Health.

The Director of Research serves as a member of the Office of Community Safety’s Senior Leadership Team and reports to the Commissioner. The Director is responsible for leading the Office’s research, evaluation, and evidence‑building agenda, ensuring that agency strategies, programs, and investments are informed by data, research, and community knowledge. The Director works closely with agency leadership, city agency partners, researchers, and community stakeholders to develop and oversee research initiatives, evaluate program effectiveness and outcomes, support performance management efforts, and translate findings into actionable recommendations that advance the Office’s mission and priorities.

• Lead the development of a portfolio of research and evaluation projects aligned with the Office's priorities and strategic goals.
• Work closely with agency leadership to establish research, evaluation, and data collection priorities and develop a comprehensive research agenda for the Office.
• Monitor and synthesize emerging research, best practices, and evidence relevant to community safety, violence prevention, behavioral health, and related fields.
• Provide analytic expertise to support the development of new strategies, policies, and programs.

• Design and oversee evaluations of Office programs and initiatives to assess implementation, outcomes, and impact.
• Develop evaluation frameworks, methodologies, and performance measures to assess program effectiveness and support continuous improvement.
• Analyze and synthesize program data to identify lessons learned, emerging trends, and opportunities for program enhancement.
• Translate evaluation findings into actionable recommendations to strengthen programs, improve outcomes, and inform strategic decision‑making.

• Design and oversee research projects that support and enhance the Office’s priorities, utilizing a range of methodologies including statistical analysis, surveys, qualitative research, and administrative data analysis.
• Lead efforts to gather, analyze, and synthesize quantitative and qualitative evidence to inform decision‑making and support agency deliverables.
• Consult with partner agencies and external stakeholders on the design and implementation of research and evidence‑building initiatives.
• Manage relationships with external researchers, evaluators, academic institutions, and other strategic research partners to ensure the successful completion of research and evaluation projects.

• Contribute to the development and refinement of programmatic outcome measures and performance indicators.
• Support agency performance management, reporting, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Develop research briefs, reports, presentations, and other products that communicate findings and inform policy and program decisions.
• Support the preparation of materials for public reporting and help disseminate research and evaluation findings to…