Lead Economist, Windfall Research

The role

The Lead Economist will own core research products and serve as the economic authority for Windfall's publications. This role involves methodological design, data analysis, and drafting research that engages with national governments and international institutions.

What you will do

• Own the methodology and delivery of flagship research products.
• Design and defend cross-country index methodology.
• Translate narrative AI scenarios into quantified economic parameters.
• Analyze labor market resilience.
• Assess fiscal and welfare system resilience across countries.
• Cost and evaluate candidate policy responses.
• Author and co-author Windfall's publications.
• Represent Windfall's research externally to government analysts and international institutions.
• Set standards for rigor, reproducibility, and documentation.

Required qualifications

• Advanced degree in economics or a closely related field.
• 8+ years of applied economic research or policy analysis.
• Demonstrated senior-level work in at least two of: labor economics, development economics, public finance, or social protection and welfare policy.
• A publication or public-analysis record where methodology survived external scrutiny.
• Experience presenting technical work to senior non-technical audiences.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving, remote, international team.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Nice to have

• PhD is valuable but can be substituted by an exceptional applied track record.
• Experience working across countries at different income levels, or within international institutions.
• Familiarity with the AI-and-labor literature.
• Prior expertise in AI economics specifically.

Before you apply

• Application review is on a rolling basis.
• Screening interview.
• Live exercise interview involving a research problem prompt provided 48 hours in advance.
• Final interview.
• Reference check.

About the company

Windfall is a research organization with a young research infrastructure. The work feeds into engagement with national governments and international institutions.