The Senior Economist will play a key role in advancing First American Data & Analytics’ economic research, market intelligence, and thought leadership capabilities through data-driven analysis, insight development, and external communication. This role will help transform First American’s proprietary data assets into actionable market intelligence, scalable analytical frameworks, and compelling market-facing insights that support customers, business stakeholders, and broader industry engagement.
The ideal candidate combines strong analytical and quantitative skills with intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and the ability to translate complex data into clear, meaningful insights for both technical and non-technical audiences. The role requires a balance of rigorous economic research, practical business insight, and effective communication.
This role will collaborate closely with the Office of the Chief Economist as well as Data & Analytics, Product, Marketing, Communications, and business leadership teams to support aligned research priorities, insight generation, and market education initiatives.
What You'll Do:
- Develop and maintain high-quality analytical datasets, economic indicators, dashboards, and reporting frameworks using First American’s proprietary data assets.
- Conduct economic, housing, mortgage, property, transaction, and broader real estate market analysis to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and emerging market dynamics.
- Apply critical thinking and quantitative analysis to transform complex data into actionable insights, research content, and market intelligence.
- Identify, validate, document, and operationalize vetted datasets and methodologies that support scalable and repeatable research and reporting.
- Support the development of predictive models, forecasting frameworks, and analytical tools related to housing, mortgage, transaction, and broader economic trends.
- Partner cross-functionally with data, analytics, product, marketing, communications, and business teams to improve data quality, usability, consistency, and insight development across research initiatives.
- Develop research briefs, market commentary, presentations, dashboards, and customer-facing analytical content that support market education, customer engagement, and strategic initiatives.
- Contribute to webinars, presentations, conference materials, media support content, or other thought leadership initiatives as appropriate.
- Create clear business definitions, metrics, reporting logic, and analytical documentation to support consistency across dashboards, reports, presentations, and market insights.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for differentiated insights using First American’s proprietary data assets across residential, commercial, and broader property market segments.
- Present research findings and market insights to internal and external stakeholders as needed.
What You'll Bring:
- Master’s in Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science (PhD preferred), or an equivalent discipline with 2–3 years of related work experience; or BS/BA with 4+ years of related post-graduate work experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in economic analysis, applied research, market insights, or data-driven analytics, preferably within real estate or related markets.
- Strong understanding of real estate markets, including property data, mortgage and transaction activity, and broader macroeconomic drivers across residential and commercial markets.
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and market intelligence.
- Experience working with large and complex datasets using tools such as SQL, Python, R, Excel, Tableau, Power BI, or similar analytical and visualization platforms.
- Knowledge of statistical methods, economic forecasting, time series analysis, and predictive modeling techniques.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience developing research content, presentations, reports, dashboards, market commentary, or customer-facing insights.
- Comfortable presenting insights in meetings, webinars, customer discussions, or industry forums as needed.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across analytics, product, research, marketing, and business teams in a fast-paced and matrixed environment.
- Strong attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.
** Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. **
First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).
First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.
What We OfferBy choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First culture is inclusive for all employees - not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it's the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.Skills Required
- Master's in Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science (PhD preferred), or equivalent discipline
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in economic analysis, applied research, or data-driven analytics
- Strong understanding of real estate markets and macroeconomic drivers
- Experience with large datasets using analytical tools like SQL, Python, R, Excel, Tableau, Power BI
- Knowledge of statistical methods, economic forecasting, and predictive modeling
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience developing research content, presentations, reports, and market commentary
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment
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What We Do
First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment. The First American Family of Companies’ core business lines include title insurance and closing/settlement services; title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; property and casualty insurance; and banking, trust, and investment advisory services. First American Title Insurance Company provides comprehensive title insurance protection and professional settlement services for homebuyers and sellers, real estate agents and brokers, mortgage lenders, commercial property professionals, homebuilders and developers, title agencies and legal professionals to facilitate real estate purchases, construction, refinances or equity loans. First American's thorough title searches, title clearance and title insurance policies help to produce clear property titles and enable the efficient transfer of real estate. As one of the largest title insurance companies in the nation, First American offers title insurance and settlement services through its direct operations and an extensive network of agents throughout the United States and internationally. First American Title Insurance Company traces its history to 1889 and is the largest subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF).
