(2027 PhD/ABD graduates) Senior Associate (Antitrust & Competition Economics) - European Union

charlesriverassociates; Paris; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles River Associates is seeking a PhD economist for its European Antitrust & Competition Economics practice. The role involves identifying issues, building econometric models, and delivering expert reports for clients across EU offices, including Paris.

You will mentor staff and contribute to business development while working with advanced data tools. Minimal travel is expected; emphasizes strong communication, leadership, and collaborative consulting.

Qualifications

• PhD in economics with completion date Dec 2026/Summer 2027 directed to Applied Microeconomics or Applied Microeconometrics.
• Experience with Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS/ArcPy or cloud computing platforms (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS).
• Ability to explain economic, financial and/or accounting concepts and to apply quantitative and qualitative analysis methods.
• Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages.
• Demonstrated initiative and leadership.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities.
• Excellent time management and priority setting.
• Clear interest in consulting via coursework, work experience, CRA events.

Responsibilities

• Identify and conceptualise issues, specify rigorous economic models, estimate statistics/econometrics, and manage research staff.
• Supervise, train and mentor research associates.
• Develop and present client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers using market data.
• Serve as primary contact for lawyers and clients on practice-relevant issues.
• Program, build models and run regressions in Stata, Python, R, SAS, Matlab, Mathematica; handle large data projects with cloud computing.
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions.
• Contribute to practice-building activities (training, recruiting, publications, knowledge sharing).
• Minimal travel is required.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Written and oral communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Initiative

Education

PhD in economics

Tools

Excel

Stata

Python

R

SQL

SAS

ArcGIS/ArcPy

Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS)

Job description

About Charles River Associates

Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic, financial, and strategic expertise to major law firms, corporations, and governments around the world. Since 1965, CRA experts have combined rigorous cutting-edge research, state-of-the-art methodology, and proven experience to address our clients' most complex challenges.

CRA's European Competition practice specialises in providing economic advice on matters of competition policy and regulation. We assist firms and their legal advisors in all types of competition proceedings before competition authorities and courts: mergers and acquisitions, abuse of dominance allegations, cartels, restrictive commercial agreements, market investigations, litigation and disputes, intellectual property or state aid. We also provide advice to regulatory authorities in similar matters.

Learn more about our work by reviewing our Services and Industries on our website.

The Antitrust & Competition Economics is hiring for the following European Union offices in Brussels, Belgium; Dusseldorf and Munich, Germany; Paris, France.

Position Overview

• Identify and conceptualise issues, specifying rigorous economic models to analyse market issues and data, undertaking statistical and econometric estimation, and managing the work of research associate staff and colleagues
• Supervise, train and mentor research associate staff
• Assist in the development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and white papers summarising opinions, conclusions, and recommendations using market, industry or client-proprietary data
• Act as a primary point of contact for lawyers and other industry or government clients on a variety of practice-relevant issues
• Program, build models and/or perform regression analyses in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, Python, R, SAS, Matlab, and Mathematica), including large data projects requiring use of cloud computing
• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions
• Contribute to practice-building activities (training, recruiting, publication, expertise sharing, etc.)

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Desired Qualifications

• PhD degree in economics with a completion date of December 2026/Summer 2027 and an academic focus on Applied Microeconomics or Applied Microeconometrics, with specializations like industrial organization, labor, health, behavioural and public economics, or other quantitative areas;
• Experience in Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS/ArcPy, or Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS);
• Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods;
• Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems;
• Effective written and oral communication skills;
• Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages;
• Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership;
• Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities;
• Excellent time management and task prioritization skills;
• Clear and demonstrated interest in consulting through coursework, work experience, activities, or attendance at CRA recruiting events.

As much of our work occurs in our offices, minimal travel is required.

Career Growth and Benefits

CRA's robust skills development programs , including both formal and informal programs, encourage you to thrive as an individual and team member. Beginning with project management skills, training continues with team management/development, cl