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Staff Economist

If you are wondering what makes TRIMEDX different, it's that all of our associates share in a common purpose of serving clients, patients, communities, and each other with equal measures of care and performance. Everyone is focused on serving the customer and we do that by collaborating and supporting each other. Associates look forward to coming to work each day. Every associate matters and makes a difference. It is truly a culture like no other. We hope you will join our team!

The Staff Economist uses economic theory and statistical principles to diagnose business performance, growth opportunities and predict outcomes in sales strategy and other areas of the business. Accountable for researching economic issues, collecting and analyzing economic data and creating models to forecast market trends. Partners with business teams and org leaders to advise on economic subjects and present findings to internal stakeholders using statistical mathematical techniques that align actionable models to business strategies. Accountable for building business solutions that drive positive outcomes for company growth. Communicates extensively with business partners across multiple disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for research on current economic market issues with corresponding analysis on current and historical market data.
• Support the execution of statistical mathematical solutions to business problems by partnering with data scientists and internal leaders to ensure alignment with identified market trends and issues.
• Lead team and more junior associates on project direction and oversight to drive outcomes.
• Build statistical models for sales strategies to interpret data, forecast market trends and predict outcomes.
• Build and present reporting of findings in written summaries, tables and charts to effectively communicate findings and recommendations to leaders across multiple disciplines.
• Support the organization in the collection, management and interpretation of company and client data.
• Develop materials to explain project findings to leadership.
• Leverage industry standards, best practices and own expertise to determine solutions and anticipate issues.
• Work independently and seek guidance and opinions when appropriate to ensure collaboration across organization.
• Communicate and collaborate with technology and business leaders to drive positive outcomes.
• Translate economic concepts into clear, digestible business appropriate language to ensure adoption across all areas of the organization.
• Act as mentor to train and guide lesser experienced team members.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills and Experience

• At least 5 years of progressively complex statistics, economics, data science or related work, with demonstrated technical project/program management experience working with software engineering teams.
• Previous experience with economic market research is required, with strong quantitative background in statistics, economics or applied mathematics.
• Previous demonstrated expertise as an R/Python programmer who is also proficient in other languages important to the ETL data pipeline (e.g., SQL).
• Experience in predictive modeling and large-scale data analysis.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Must be able to influence teams in indirect reporting structure to drive outcomes using maturity, high judgment, and negotiation skills while working to gain consensus amongst teams and departments.
• Ability to communicate effectively and also concisely across company leaders both in the technical and non-technical space to drive company strategies using economic findings.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Data Science or related field is required, or equivalent experience. Master's degree is highly preferred.

TRIMEDX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Drug-Free Workplace.