Principal, Digital Markets & Antitrust Strategy

Keystone; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Keystone is a premier economics, technology, and strategy consulting firm built to help companies lead through transformation amid breakthrough innovations reshaping industries and competition.

Join us as a Principal in our Antitrust & Competition practice to apply economic rigor to merger analysis, regulatory strategy, litigation support, and behavioral economics, leading interdisciplinary engagements and mentoring teams.

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in competition economics, antitrust consulting, merger review, litigation support, or regulatory strategy.
• Proven leadership managing complex, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in merger simulation, digital platform analysis, regulatory reform (e.g. DMA, DSA, Online Safety Act), or behavioral economics.
• Track record of working on digital competition, advertising markets, app stores, or platform regulation.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagements involving merger advisory, regulatory strategy for digital market regimes, antitrust litigation support, and behavioral economic insight.
• Guide project teams through economic modeling, legal frameworks, experimental analysis, and client communication.
• Design and interpret behavioral studies or market experiments related to consumer behavior and competition.
• Communicate nuanced economic findings to clients, courts, or regulators in a compelling and defensible manner.
• Mentor colleagues and support growth of the Antitrust & Competition practice.

Skills

Leadership

Economic modeling

Regulatory strategy

Behavioral economics

Education

PhD in Economics or related discipline

Job description

Keystone is a premier economics, technology, and strategy consulting firm built to help companies lead through transformation amid breakthrough innovations reshaping industries and competition.

Join us as a Principal in our Antitrust & Competition practice to apply economic rigor to merger analysis, regulatory strategy, litigation support, and behavioral economics, leading interdisciplinary engagements and mentoring teams.