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Research Manager

Washington D.C.💼 Full-time💰 $85,000–$85,000🗓 2026-04-16 → 2026-09-26

Core

Manage scientific research projects and build research systems for market shaping economics initiatives addressing global challenges like climate change and biosecurity.

Role type

Senior Research Manager (Market Shaping Economics)

Builds

High-impact market shaping proposals, research systems, and data collection frameworks for global development.

Domain

Development Economics / Global Health / Climate Policy

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery

Required skills

Project management, team leadership and mentoring, budget management, research methodology design, data collection and analysis, stakeholder engagement, process automation

Preferred skills

Randomized control trials (RCT) experience, econometrics training, graduate-level economics training, cross-cultural communication

Technologies

AI tools for workflow automation, database management systems

Responsibilities

Implement research in market shaping advancement; co-develop and manage a portfolio of economics research projects; mentor research staff; lead research communications with partners and stakeholders; manage high-level research partnerships; develop and manage project budgets; build internal research project management systems and processes; identify and recruit top research talent globally; solve complex administrative and methodological problems; guide data collection, evaluation, and analysis.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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