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Nerdwallet

Head of Economic Research & Data Insights

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About this role

Nerdwallet is hiring for a Head of Economic Research & Data Insights role (full-time). See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in Economics, Statistics, Public Policy or a related quantitative field (PhD welcome; strong applied experience can substitute for a Master’s).
  • 8+ years of applied economics experience, ideally in consumer finance, household economics, housing or labor markets.
  • A public body of work: published research, commentary or analysis written for a general audience, not only for academic or internal ones.
  • Demonstrated comfort as a quoted expert across broadcast, podcast, print or stage. Existing media relationships are a significant plus.
  • Willing and eager to be on camera and to build a social presence. An existing following on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok or X is a plus, not a requirement, the requirement is the appetite and the willingness to show up con…
  • Hands-on quantitative skills: R or Python, SQL, and the judgment to work with messy, incomplete or short time series and caveat honestly rather than over-model.
  • Fluency with survey methodology, including sampling, weighting, question design, margin of error and with the limits of first-party behavioral data (selection bias, panel drift, coverage gaps).
  • Exceptional writing. You can turn a regression result into a headline and a chart into an argument.

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