Senior Economist, Housing & Mortgage Analytics

Radian; New York (NY); On-site; USD 99,000 - 140,540; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

25 days paid time off

9 holidays + 2 floating holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Radian is seeking an Economist to provide analysis on micro and macro trends to inform strategic decisions. The focus is on mortgage and housing metrics, including home prices and unemployment, with clear summarization for senior leaders.

As a member of Radian’s quantitative analytics team, you will contribute to mortgage modeling, scenario simulation, and risk assessment, while exploring improvements to models and economic capital decisions.

Qualifications

• Degree requirement: Doctorate Degree or Equivalent Experience.
• Work Experience: 3 or more years of prior work-related experience.
• Any suitable combination of experience or education, training, or experience is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing metro housing and employment measures and predicting future conditions.
• Researching potential improvements to models, economic capital, and portfolio optimization.
• Development and maintenance of metro level fundamental home price valuation, market home price valuation and unemployment econometric models.
• Supporting strategic decision making.
• Analyzing new products and structures.
• Perform other duties as assigned or apparent.

Skills

Mortgage economics

Statistical modeling

Data analysis

Communication skills

Forecasting

Economic research

Risk modeling

Education

Doctorate degree or equivalent

Job description

Radian is seeking an Economist to provide analysis on micro and macro trends to inform strategic decisions. The focus is on mortgage and housing metrics, including home prices and unemployment, with clear summarization for senior leaders.

As a member of Radian’s quantitative analytics team, you will contribute to mortgage modeling, scenario simulation, and risk assessment, while exploring improvements to models and economic capital decisions.