National Security Economics Researcher
Core
Conduct rigorous economic analyses of national security problems, including supply chains, financial networks, and technologies, to inform defense and intelligence policymakers.
Role type
Senior IC national security economist (research)
Builds
Short-form analytic products, longer-form research reports, and reusable analytic frameworks/models for economic leverage and resilience.
Domain
National security economics, economic statecraft, industrial organization, international trade
Required skills
quantitative research methods, economic statecraft, industrial organization, public economics, mechanism design, international trade, macroeconomics, supply chain analysis, financial network analysis, AI/semiconductor economics
Preferred skills
experience with private-sector practitioners, proposal writing, mentoring junior researchers
Technologies
AI-enabled capabilities, commercially informed tabletop exercises
Responsibilities
Design and conduct economic analyses of national security problems; convene working groups of private-sector practitioners; produce analytic products for government decisionmakers; develop analytic frameworks and models; communicate research results to policymakers; contribute to business development and proposal writing; mentor junior researchers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
