Senior Competition Economist (Experienced)

Fideres; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Learning budget

Private medical insurance

Gym subsidy

Descripción de la vacante

Fideres is seeking an experienced Competition Economist to join our team, on either a permanent or 12-month fixed term basis. You will manage client relationships and lead multiple project teams of economic consultants investigating corporate and financial wrongdoing to achieve project goals for those clients.

This role can be based in Madrid or London, requiring strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex economic issues clearly to clients and regulators alike.

Formación

• Experience at a competition agency, regulator, or economic consultancy.
• Master's in Economics; PhD desirable.
• Experience dealing directly with clients (law firms/regulators).
• Ability to communicate complex issues in simple terms.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills; Python or R desirable.
• Strong project organization skills; able to meet deadlines.
• Integrity with a creative and curious mind.
• Interest in coaching, developing others.
• Networking and connecting people and problems.

Responsabilidades

• Overseeing antitrust projects and leading a project team.
• Conducting detailed economic analysis of antitrust allegations.
• Writing comprehensive reports that summarize key findings.
• Proactively managing client relationships.
• Helping to manage the team to deliver ideas.
• Presenting proposals to potential clients.
• Tracking and allocating resources to meet goals.
• Coaching the team on processes and methodologies.
• Maintain up-to-date records in CRM and project systems.

Conocimientos

Competition economics

Client communication

Clear communication

Analytical skills

Project management

Integrity

Mentoring

Networking

Educación

Master's in Economics

PhD in Economics

Herramientas

Python

R

Descripción del empleo

About Us

Fideres delivers effective economic analysis and testimony, turning data into courtroom advantage. As global litigation experts, we help law firms secure new cases and offer unbiased, conflict-free insights for complex and innovative disputes. Driven by rigorous analysis, we empower justice—for all, from case strategy to victory.

By dedicating ourselves solely to litigation-based economic analysis, we can provide truly unbiased assessments and maintain our commitment to objectivity.

Our Competition litigation consulting team has provided expert opinions on major antitrust legal actions against Big Tech (including Apple, Amazon and Facebook), Big Pharma, Big Finance and Big Agriculture. Meanwhile our original and innovative investigations into river sewage and Covid-19 have led to national press coverage.

Our Financial and Securities Litigation team has worked on many of the most significant global cases involving securities fraud, market manipulation and financial cartels of the past decade, contributing expert opinions, and advising global law firms, institutional investors and regulators.

About this Role

We are looking for an experienced Competition Economist to join our team, on either a permanent or 12-month fixed term basis. This role will manage client relationships and will lead multiple project teams of economic consultants investigating corporate and financial wrongdoing to achieve project goals for those clients.

This role can be based in Madrid or London.

Key Accountabilities

In this role you will manage a portfolio of economic consulting projects involving competition economics.As an experienced, commercial and relationship driven Competition Economist, you will collaborate with the project team to brainstorm novel solutions to the economic problems in front of you.

Some notable responsibilities:

• Overseeing antitrust projects and managing a project team of economic consultants
• Conducting detailed economic analysis of antitrust allegations as part of the delivery of Fideres’ consulting mandates
• Writing comprehensive reports that summarize the key findings of our analysis in a simple, succinct manner
• Proactively managing client relationships
• Helping to manage the team to ensure innovative ideas are researched and delivered for our project pipeline
• Presenting and explaining proposals to potential clients
• Helping to track and allocate resources to achieve business unit goals
• Coaching the team on Fideres’s processes, writing styles and analytical methodologies
• Maintain up-to-date records in Fideres’s CRM and Project Management systems

Key Skills and Attributes

The successful candidate will have:

• Proven experience at a competition agency, in a sector regulator, or in an economic consultancy
• Masters in Economics or the equivalent qualification, with evidence of knowledge and study of competition economics. A PhD in Economics would be highly desirable
• Experience of dealing directly with clients (such as law firms and/or regulators)
• The ability to communicate effectively on complex issues in simple terms
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, proficiency in python or R would be desirable
• Strong project organization skills, able to meet deadlines
• A high level of integrity with a creative and curious mind
• An interest in coaching, developing and collaborating with others
• An appetite for networking and connecting people and problems

Why Fideres

Fideres’s vision is to become the leader inlitigation-only economic consulting globally, free of corporate conflicts.

Following years of growth, over the past two years Fideres has started to expand internationally and we now have offices established in London, New York, Rome and Madrid. We plan to open an office in Australia and to grow our presence in France andGermany.

We are looking for candidates, who are committed toFideres’s strategy and values, and who are willing to grow in this phase of our company’s expansion.

What We Offer

You will get to work in a highly innovative environment where training and development is put at the top of the agenda to ensure that our staff are at the leading edge of their academic knowledge, and where rapid career progression is available to proactive employees who reach out for opportunities.

We offer competitive salaries and bonuses, and competitive benefits.

We are proud of our values and our diverse and international workforce, and we are committed to building a working environment where employees feel safe, welcome and able to have an open and respectful dialogue on diversity issues.

Our Benefits

Transparent Pay

We have a transparent and internally published pay structure by role, we do this as part of an equal pay initiative across our offices.

Continuous Learning

We offer all our employees a learning and development budget to spend flexibly on role relevant training needs. Support for further professional qualifications, apprenticeships and further education is also available. There is no risk of being pigeon-holed at Fideres as our employees are able to reach for opportunities as they see them without being restricted by corporate bureaucracy.

Benefits

We offer all normal standard benefits such as a competitive holiday allowance with the opportunity to purchase 10 days additional holiday, monthly social events, private medical insurance, a gym subsidy, equal family leave for all employees, along with other benefits.