Senior Economist, Antitrust & Competition Strategy

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

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.