(2027 PhD/ABD graduates) Senior Associate (Antitrust & Competition Economics) - United Kingdom

The role

Senior Associates work on competition cases in Europe. They will identify economic issues, specify models, perform statistical estimation, and manage research staff.

What you will do

• Identify and conceptualise issues
• Specify rigorous economic models to analyse market issues and data
• Undertake statistical and econometric estimation
• Manage the work of research associate staff and colleagues
• Supervise, train and mentor research associate staff
• Assist in the development and presentation of client deliverables
• Act as a primary point of contact for lawyers and other clients
• Program, build models and/or perform regression analyses
• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions
• Contribute to practice-building activities

Required qualifications

• PhD degree in economics with a completion date of December 2026/Summer 2027
• Academic focus on Applied Microeconomics or Applied Microeconometrics
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership
• Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities
• Excellent time management and task prioritization skills

Nice to have

• Specializations like industrial organization, labor, health, behavioural and public economics, or other quantitative areas
• Experience in Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS/ArcPy, or Cloud computing (Databricks/Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, AWS)
• Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods
• Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems
• Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages
• Clear and demonstrated interest in consulting through coursework, work experience, activities, or attendance at CRA recruiting events

Benefits

• Robust skills development programs
• Project management skills training
• Team management/development training
• Client presentation skills training
• Internal seminars
• Career mentoring and performance coaching
• Competitive salary
• Superior benefits package
• Sizeable performance bonus
• Wellness programming
• In-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers

Before you apply

• Submit Resume/CV including current address, email and telephone number
• Submit Covering letter describing interest in CRA and role match
• Submit Research/Job market paper
• Have three (3) LORs submitted directly to LORSubmission@crai.com
• Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis

About the company

Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that offers economic, financial, and strategic expertise to major law firms, corporations, and governments around the world.