Economist

About This Role

Serve as the lead subject matter expert on macroeconomic trends and microeconomic behaviors, monitoring the global economic landscape and identifying over-the-horizon threats through quantitative analysis. Provide data-driven context and analysis on international policy and firm-level incentives for senior leadership to support the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition (ASN RD&A).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the team's lead subject matter expert on both macroeconomic trends and microeconomic behaviors
• Monitor and analyze global economic indicators, including Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) flows
• Analyze aggregated internal case data and open-source M&A research to produce the "Quarterly Economic Threat & Trend Report"
• Apply microeconomic principles to conduct "Sector Health Assessments," quantifying risks such as market concentration and anti-competitive behavior
• Develop firm-centric risk profiles, evaluating corporate structures, financial health, and potential for undue influence
• Quantify the health of key market sectors with DON equity, assessing risks like over-leveraging, lack of competition, or adversarial market manipulation
• Develops and maintains a "Watchlist" of at-risk technologies by modeling how both macro trends and micro-level competitive dynamics could create future vulnerabilities
• Authors strategic "Economic Deep Dive" reports on complex topics that integrate both macro policy and micro behavioral analysis
• Develop predictive models to forecast how emerging economic trends will impact the defense industrial base and future acquisition programs
• Submit one "Analytic Improvement Proposal" each quarter, suggesting a new methodology, data source, or dashboard feature
• Maintain and refine the documentation for all predictive models and statistical tools used in trend analysis
• Provide executive-level assistance in program planning, scheduling, and document development, including preparation of point and talking papers

Requirements

• Experience in advanced economic analysis and modeling
• Outstanding skills in quantitative analysis and statistical techniques
• Self-motivated and self-monitoring
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Experience editing technical documents to ensure proper format, grammar, and style
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

Qualifications

• bachelor’s degree in economics from an accredited university
• 4 to 7 years utilizing statistical analysis, mathematical methodologies, and modeling techniques to develop data for conducting research and analysis on economic data/trends and producing forecasts, interpretive reporting, and media used for risk assessment, communication, and decision making

Nice to Have

• Department of Navy experience

Skills

* Required skills