Senior Economist

Position Title: Senior Economist
Position Type: Full-time, Onsite
Location: Washington, DC
Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

Description:
Waypoint's client is seeking a Senior Economist to support a Federal Reserve client in evaluating and modernizing economic analysis tools, workflows, and data-driven decision processes.

In this role, the SME will work closely with Federal Reserve economists, analysts, and leadership stakeholders to assess current economic research tools, analytical workflows, and data platforms used to evaluate macroeconomic and financial market conditions. The SME will provide expert guidance by identifying opportunities to improve analytical processes, enhance economic data tooling, and modernize research workflows that support monetary policy and financial stability analysis.

This position plays a key role within an Agile delivery model, collaborating across multiple sprint teams responsible for improving economic data systems, research tools, and analytical platforms. The SME will translate economic analysis needs into actionable requirements and guide technical teams toward solutions that better support economists and policymakers.

This role is ideal for an economist with deep financial market expertise who enjoys working at the intersection of economic research, process improvement, and technology modernization.

Responsibilities:

• Provide subject matter expertise on macroeconomic and financial market analysis used by Federal Reserve economists and policymakers.
  Evaluate existing economic research methodologies, analytical tools, and financial market monitoring processes.
  Assess how economic data and financial market indicators are used to inform policy analysis and executive decision-making.
• Review current economic research workflows, analytical processes, and reporting methods to identify inefficiencies or improvement opportunities.
  Recommend process improvements that strengthen the quality, timeliness, and usability of economic analysis and reporting.
  Support development of improved workflows for economic modeling, financial market monitoring, and research collaboration.
• Assess existing economic tools, data platforms, and analytical technologies used to support financial market and macroeconomic analysis.
  Collaborate with technical teams to identify opportunities to enhance or modernize economic research platforms, data pipelines, and analytical tooling.
  Translate economic research requirements into functional recommendations that improve analytical capabilities.
• Serve as the economic domain expert across multiple Agile sprint teams, providing guidance to product owners, developers, and analysts.
  Help define user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements related to economic data analysis and financial market monitoring capabilities.
  Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and sprint reviews to ensure economic domain requirements are properly addressed.
  Validate that delivered capabilities align with the needs of Federal Reserve economists and policy stakeholders.
• Collaborate with economists, analysts, and leadership to understand analytical priorities and research needs.
  Support preparation of briefing materials, research summaries, and insights that help stakeholders interpret economic data and financial market developments.
  Translate complex economic analysis requirements into actionable guidance for delivery teams.

Required:

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust background investigation.
• Bachelor's degree in Economics or a related field, including coursework in statistics, quantitative analysis, or econometrics, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience conducting macroeconomic or financial market analysis within a financial institution, government agency, consulting firm, or research organization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of global financial markets, including areas such as sovereign debt, credit markets, equities, foreign exchange, commodities, or mortgage markets.
• Experience evaluating analytical tools, economic research processes, or data workflows used to support financial or economic analysis.
• Experience working in Agile or iterative delivery environments with cross-functional teams.
• Strong ability to translate complex economic concepts into clear requirements and actionable insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desired:

• Experience supporting Federal Reserve, central banking, or financial regulatory environments.
• Experience supporting economic data platforms, research systems, or financial analytics tools.
• Experience working with Agile delivery teams supporting technology modernization initiatives.
• Experience developing or evaluating economic models, financial data analysis tools, or research platforms.
• Experience mentoring analysts or guiding technical teams in understanding economic domain requirements.