Board Member, Academic Construction Workforce Intelligence

We are looking for a construction workforce researcher, academic leader, labor economist, or industry expert to join AlphaHire’s Academic & Research Advisory Council focused on construction labor intelligence, workforce forecasting, and operational market analysis. This is a fully remote opportunity, with optional onsite visits to client headquarters as desired.

AlphaHire is building a construction workforce intelligence platform designed to help contractors, developers, and construction executives better understand labor scarcity, compensation acceleration, hiring pressure, and operational risk across the construction industry. The Academic & Research Council serves as a strategic layer that helps guide methodologies, validate workforce interpretation frameworks, improve dashboard structures, and contribute to industry research initiatives. This advisory seat is intended for professionals who want to influence how labor market intelligence is measured, interpreted, and communicated within the built environment sector.    

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance on workforce intelligence methodologies, labor market interpretation frameworks, and construction workforce measurement systems
• Contribute feedback on labor dashboards, compensation indexes, hiring pressure models, and workforce forecasting structures
• Support the development of research papers, whitepapers, executive briefings, and workforce intelligence publications
• Participate in periodic advisory discussions focused on labor scarcity, operational workforce pressure, and construction market trends
• Help validate the operational interpretation of workforce signals and regional labor market data
• Advise on statistical modeling, benchmarking frameworks, and longitudinal workforce analysis initiatives
• Assist AlphaHire in improving the academic rigor and credibility of its labor intelligence ecosystem
• Collaborate with executive advisors and industry operators to bridge workforce research with real-world construction execution challenges
• Provide thought leadership around workforce development, labor economics, operational planning, and construction industry transformation

About AlphaHire

AlphaHire is a construction workforce intelligence and executive search platform focused on interpreting labor market behavior as a leading indicator of operational risk, workforce pressure, compensation acceleration, and contractor growth across the construction industry. The company is building a long-term intelligence ecosystem centered around labor forecasting, compensation intelligence, regional workforce analysis, hiring velocity tracking, and executive workforce reporting for construction leadership teams.  

The long-term vision is to create a construction workforce intelligence infrastructure that combines recruiting data, market interpretation, operational analysis, executive advisory insight, and academic research into a unified intelligence platform for the construction industry. AlphaHire’s advisory structure is designed to connect recruiting execution, workforce intelligence, and research validation into a broader ecosystem focused on improving operational awareness and workforce decision-making across construction markets.  

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in construction management education, labor economics, workforce research, operations research, or related fields
• Experience conducting workforce studies, labor analysis, market research, or operational intelligence initiatives
• Strong understanding of construction labor markets, workforce planning, compensation dynamics, or operational workforce challenges
• Experience with data interpretation, research methodologies, forecasting models, or workforce analytics preferred
• Prior publication, speaking, advisory, or institutional research experience strongly preferred
• Ability to contribute strategic insight rather than purely theoretical commentary
• Experience collaborating with industry stakeholders, executive teams, or operational leadership groups preferred
• Construction-industry exposure is strongly preferred; unrelated academic backgrounds may not align with the council’s objectives

Benefits

Compensation: Advisory participation structure will vary based on experience, involvement level, and strategic contribution.

Benefits may include participation in executive workforce intelligence initiatives, collaboration on industry research and publications, speaking and thought leadership opportunities, and direct engagement with construction industry operators and leadership teams. Council members may also receive access to select retained search assignments, strategic advisory opportunities, executive introductions, and participation in workforce intelligence discussions tied to active construction market expansion and hiring initiatives.