Director, Senior Economist
Core
Derive economic insights for Sub-Saharan Africa (focus on South Africa) and support research across the EEMEA region for Mastercard's Economics Institute.
Role type
Senior economist (thought leadership & research)
Builds
Macroeconomic outlooks, research notes, briefing documents, and interactive presentations for customers, partners, and policymakers.
Domain
Economics (Sub-Saharan Africa & EEMEA)
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Macroeconomic analysis, economic forecasting, data synthesis, public speaking, project management, SQL, R, Python, Tableau
Preferred skills
Private sector experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, experimental economic approaches, entrepreneurial mindset
Technologies
SQL, R, Python, Tableau
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain macroeconomic views for Sub-Saharan Africa; Write regular outlooks and blog-style research notes; Create content and present insights at customer forums and industry events; Work with data scientists to explore alternative data sets and forecasting; Help drive story creation for interactive presentations.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
