San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)

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SANDAG is seeking a skilled Economist to analyze financial, transportation, and socioeconomic data to identify trends and build predictive models that provide strategic insight and guide decision-making.

This role combines economic theory, statistical analysis, and real-world data to forecast economic conditions and evaluate how policy and transportation infrastructure can impact the San Diego region. This position will perform research, analysis, and modeling on regional economic and fiscal issues that support activities and programs across the Agency, including Planning, Grants, Capital Projects, Finance and Transportation Modeling.

The Economist will play a critical role in developing and maintaining tailored data-driven models that (1) support strategic and operational decision-making across the organization, and (2) pragmatically align with data availability and resource constraints. The methods will be grounded in established literature and focused on improving methodology and replicability through systematic enhancements and improved documentation.

Expectations of this role include ability to: perform analysis with limited supervision; deliver high quality output in a timely manner; participate in the development, dissemination, and presentation of research findings; work in team environment; and approach projects with pragmatic curiosity and a “customer” focus.