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Senior Associate

Company: CRA International, Inc.
Location: 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Posted on: January 5, 2017

Job Description:

Senior Associate for Charles River Associates in Boston, MA to perform and

direct economic modeling and econometric analysis in support of expert

analysis in antitrust, intellectual property, breach of contract, and other

litigation and arbitration matters. Independently identify/design analytic

tasks and contribute to the development of overall analytic framework for

projects that involve analysis of straightforward problems. Contribute to

design and conduct project work including working with clients to procure

data and define analysis scope. Interface with client representatives to

communicate developments and present results. Develop statistical analysis

programs in Stata or SAS and perform econometric analysis to model sales or

prices in the absence of accused conduct. Quantify and predict likely

market effects from accused firm conduct. Develop models of individual firm

behavior under different assumptions about market structure to simulate

effects of changes in market structure or firm conduct. Oversee small

projects or parts of larger projects. Conceptualize and analyze issues

relevant for the project. Provide training and technical supervision to

junior staff in Stata or SAS programming, data management and statistical

analysis methods. Oversee econometric analyses and theoretical modeling of

antitrust, intellectual property, and other issues in litigation or

arbitration, including reviewing analyses for quality control. Prepare

technical documentation of econometric and other quantitative analyses.

Draft reports or presentations including descriptions of analyses,

methodologies, and results that involve substantial creativity in analysis

or presentation and require minimal revision. Contribute to business

development efforts and draft client proposals for providing consulting

services. Oversee integration of inputs for reports or presentations that

involve complex issues. Evaluate project assignments and individual skills

to orchestrate project staffing effectively, providing ongoing coaching and

mentoring to team members. Handle complex assignments with indirect

supervision with latitude for independent action and decision-making.

Oversee project budgets and client invoicing. Position directly supervises

two employees. Requires Ph.D. degree in economics or closely related

quantitative field (will accept foreign education equivalent). Also

requires: demonstrated expertise (DE) applying theoretical economic

concepts derived from industrial organization and applied microeconomics

and using quantitative methods to assess market dynamics, firm behavior,

and technological innovation with specific reference to the pharmaceutical

or biotechnology sectors; DE utilizing Stata to clean, build, and analyze

complex data sets, including proprietary data for pharmaceutical and/or

biotechnology products; DE utilizing Stata and MATLAB to formulate rigorous

mathematical and economic models of pricing, profitability, and welfare

with specific reference to the biopharmaceutical industry; and DE writing

papers and defending presented results to convey complex economic

structures, including descriptions of actual and potential market outcomes

and results of qualitative (i.e., theoretical) and quantitative (i.e.,

econometric) analyses with specific reference to the biopharmaceutical

industry. Skills may gained during Ph.D. program. Position requires 5%

domestic travel. Send resume to mdesai@crai.com, and list Job Code: 42 in

Subject Line. EOE.

Keywords: CRA International, Inc., Boston , Senior Associate, Consulting , 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, Massachusetts

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