Manager, Economist

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culture of inclusion

for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Job Title

Manager, Economist

Overview
- the Mastercard Economics Institute’s mission is to drive macroeconomic thought leadership in support of Mastercard’s efforts to build a more inclusive and sustainable digital economy
- the Economics Institute was launched in 2020 to analyze macroeconomic trends through the lens of the consumer to deliver tailored and actionable insights on economic issues for key customers, partners and policymakers.
- In addition to global and regional macro-economic trends, the institute also produces thematic research covering consumer spending, risk, small business, policy, digital and travel.
- the institute constitutes a team of economists and data scientists that utilize & synthesize data sets both from within Mastercard and beyond to bring powerful insights to life
- the institute delivers tailored 1:1 presentations, participates in key industry forums, and contributes to global thought leadership via thematic papers, organizing events and participating in media

About the Role

we are looking for an economist in mastercard’s regional economics insights focused on creating custom, interactive and actionable insights for priority customers in Europe/AP. This individual will report to the Senior economist in Europe/Chief Economist in AP and have the following responsibilities:

- develop and maintain macroeconomic views for countries within the Europe/AP regions
- create briefing documents for Mastercard leadership teams and regional advisory boards, support writing weekly/monthly/quarterly outlooks & a blog
- create content to represent mastercard in customer forums, industry events, including media appearances as needed - on broadcast, print, online media - position us as an industry leader with highly differentiated capabilities
- own the story creation and presentation dashboards for each customer presentation to develop custom and actionable insights
- help drive thought leadership for the region in order to better explore data and economic relationships
- collaborate with the data scientists/quantitative economists, thematic researchers & center of excellence teams to create interactive and tailored presentations
- work with the data science/quantitative economics team to explore alternative data sets, modeling and forecasting to push the boundaries in more traditional economics
- help shape the global & regional macroeconomic outlook
- help shape the economic insights discipline and philosophy for the global team
- participate in all stages of the project from briefing to ideation to exploration of data, insights, storyboarding and final presentation

COVID-19 Considerations

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.