Senior Economist

Analytica is seeking a Senior Economist to support one or more dynamic, long-term federal government regulatory programs. The Senior Economist will lead the economic evaluation of proposed federal safety regulations, developing complex benefit/cost models and conducting comprehensive market analyses. This role is pivotal in providing expert insights to high-level decision-makers, evaluating the financial health of industry firms, and providing expert testimony in legal proceedings related to regulatory actions.  

Analytica has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing 250 businesses in the US for 3 years. We work with U.S. government clients in health, civilian, and national security missions to build better technology products that impact our day-to-day lives. The company offers competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses, employer-paid health care, training and development funds, and 401k match.   

 
Responsibilities include (but not limited to): 

• Regulatory Modeling: Develop robust statistical and regression models to evaluate the impact of proposed federal rules and standards. 

• Cost-Benefit Analysis: Conduct high-level data analyses to build repeatable benefit/cost models for regulatory evaluations. 

• Market Intelligence: Synthesize large volumes of industry data for public and private firms to assess market health and competitive impacts. 

• Advanced Analytics: Leverage Python, SQL, and Machine Learning to extract maximum value from existing large-scale datasets. 

• Safety Evaluation: Review medical expenditure and survey data to determine the effectiveness of health and safety interventions. 

• Expert Consultation: Conduct technical interviews with industry executives and subject matter experts to inform economic research. 

• Litigation Support: Provide expert testimony and detailed uncertainty assessments for research used in regulatory legal proceedings. 

• Project Leadership: Lead complex analytical projects characterized by high levels of public impact and data uncertainty. 

 Required Qualifications: 

• Regulatory Expertise: 10+ years conducting complex cost-benefit analyses and regulatory evaluations for federal or state agencies, including the development of robust, repeatable economic models. 

• Specialized Safety Analysis: 3+ years evaluating the effectiveness of health/safety interventions and estimating the tangible and non-tangible impacts of non-fatal injuries using medical expenditure and survey data. 

• Field Research & Standards: 3+ years conducting technical interviews with industry executives and subject matter experts, with specific experience reviewing mandatory or voluntary product standards. 

• Project Leadership: Extensive experience managing large-scale analytical projects characterized by high levels of data uncertainty and significant public policy impact. 

• US citizen with Ability to secure a US Federal Clearance 

Highly Desired Skills: 

• Cloud-Native Economics: 3+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying economic models using Python within an Azure cloud environment. 

• Advanced Data Manipulation: Mastery of SQL for querying disparate datasets and expert-level MS Excel proficiency (arrays, financial, and statistical modeling). 

• Modern Tooling: Familiarity with leveraging Machine Learning and automated data-gathering tools to assess market health and industry-wide competitive impacts. 

About ANALYTICA: Analytica is a leading consulting and information technology solutions provider to public sector organizations supporting health, civilian, and national security missions. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Bethesda, MD, the company is an established SBA small business that has been recognized by Inc. Magazine each of the past three years as one of the 250 fastest-growing companies in the U.S.  Analytica specializes in providing software and systems engineering, information management, analytics & visualization, agile project management, and management consulting services. The company is appraised by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at CMMI® Maturity Level 3 and is an ISO 9001:2008 certified provider.