Global Economist: Commercial Optimization & Data

The Nuance Group AG; Madrid; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Avolta is seeking a Global Economist, Commercial Optimization & Data to lead the economic foundations of its commercial models. You will work with data scientists, BI engineers, and product teams to model pricing, availability, and promotions, translating complex economic insights into actionable business decisions.

The role requires deep econometric expertise, a strong business sense, and the ability to communicate insights to senior leadership across global markets.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Economics (PhD strongly preferred) or a closely related quantitative field.
• 6–8+ years applying economics to real business problems, ideally in retail, e-commerce, travel, hospitality, marketplaces or a technology company.
• Track record of turning economic analysis into decisions that generated measurable impact - revenue growth, margin improvement, working‑capital efficiency or better pricing.
• Experience originating novel frameworks or mechanisms, not only running standard analyses.
• Deep expertise in econometrics, causal inference and experimentation (e.g., instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, synthetic control, regression discontinuity).

Responsibilities

• Build economic foundations for pricing, availability, selection and promotions.
• Frame ambiguous commercial questions as testable economic hypotheses with models and metrics.
• Apply economic reasoning to strategic decisions where intuition and spreadsheets aren’t enough.
• Shape the long-term agenda of Commercial Optimization to influence demand and value.
• Design economic frameworks across diverse travel locations, passenger flows and product categories.

Skills

Economics

Econometrics

SQL

Python

R

Stata

Education

PhD in Economics or quantitative field

Tools

SQL

R

Python

Stata

Job description

Avolta is seeking a Global Economist, Commercial Optimization & Data to lead the economic foundations of its commercial models. You will work with data scientists, BI engineers, and product teams to model pricing, availability, and promotions, translating complex economic insights into actionable business decisions.

The role requires deep econometric expertise, a strong business sense, and the ability to communicate insights to senior leadership across global markets.