Jobs – Global Atlanta

Vice President, Principal Economist

Metro Atlanta Chamber

The Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC) is a 160-year-old group that as we speak represents companies, schools and universities, and nonprofits throughout the 29-county area that makes up the nation’s ninth largest market.

MAC works to place metro Atlanta as a top-tier world area by specializing in three key areas: financial improvement, public coverage and promotion. Its efforts construct on the qualities that make Atlanta one of many nation’s most original metros — its neighborhoods, tradition, high quality of life, welcoming enterprise group and extra. MAC’s financial improvement efforts deal with recruiting new firms to the area and retaining and rising the progressive companies that already name the realm dwelling. As well as, MAC convenes thought leaders in provide chain, IoT, bioscience, world commerce, expertise, innovation and entrepreneurship — the area’s key ecosystems.

MAC’s public coverage efforts replicate the group’s dedication to guard Georgia’s standing because the primary state to do enterprise. The group engages in crucial points affecting the group, together with transportation and transit, infrastructure, workforce improvement and schooling via a workforce of coverage specialists that additionally works to make sure Georgia stays a welcoming state that pulls expertise from numerous backgrounds.

MAC’s promotion efforts embrace sturdy advertising and marketing and communications that set metro Atlanta aside, along with initiatives like ChooseATL, which is working to draw and retain the next-generation expertise shaping our area. Additional, via MAC, the Atlanta Sports activities Council attracts and hosts the world’s prime sporting occasions, such because the 2018 NCAA Faculty Soccer Playoffs, Tremendous Bowl LIII and the 2020 Closing 4.

In the end, MAC strives to be a catalyst for a extra affluent and vibrant area, and its efforts proceed to repay. The area has remodeled right into a prime tech market that’s attracting next-generation expertise. It’s true – metro Atlanta isn’t up and coming. It’s right here, it’s now and it’s subsequent.

Administrative/Worldwide

MAC requires an govt thought chief, savvy researcher and communicator to function our spokesperson for financial evaluation and statistical data. The function reviews on to the President & CEO and works intently with representatives of board member firms, MAC employees, outdoors companies, commerce associations and federal and state businesses. The Vice President – Principal Economist will assist form debates on points and be recognized for a capability to translate advanced financial analysis into clear but thorough messages in broadly acknowledged analysis, publications and speeches. This function can even help the analysis and advocacy of the general public coverage division with information and in-depth evaluation on key points.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Key Tasks:
• Be the one supply of reality on regional/state financial efficiency.
• Proactively determine areas of danger and alternative for the area/state because it pertains to financial affect.
• Present management and route on which indicators will most affect the area/state and supply attainable options on easy methods to deal with the problems at hand.
• Advise MAC senior employees, necessary stakeholders and the board on financial matters.
• Design polices and make suggestions for fixing financial issues that may be addressed by MAC and different regional entities.
• Current regional/state financial information to key stakeholders, prospects and broader audiences.
• Examine and put together reviews and formulate plans to handle financial points.
• Analyze, gather and course of financial and statistical information utilizing sampling methods and different econometric strategies as wanted.
• Writer articles for publication in acceptable media.
• Handle a small inside analysis workforce.
• Key Competencies:
• Sturdy management and collaborative abilities required to realize alignment throughout the area/state.
• Distinctive communication, presentation and interpersonal abilities.
• Sturdy information administration and analytic competencies.
• Potential to synthesize data from a number of sources in a approach that’s compelling to our members, information media and prospects.

• The best candidate ought to possess a Masters (Ph.D. a plus) in economics, finance or statistics and have a minimal of 8-10 years of direct expertise as an city economist. As a thought chief, this individual must be a self-starter who has demonstrated a capability to use financial evaluation to handle vital public coverage or financial modifications that affect regional development. This govt should be a hands-on, dynamic chief whose observe report buys speedy credibility throughout a various vary of constituents. Simply as importantly, they should be the consummate communicator, capable of affect and construct significant relationships with quite a lot of audiences together with state and federal policymakers, MAC board members and the media. The profitable candidate could have expertise working in matrixed environments with a number of stakeholders internally and externally, together with senior govt management groups, main authorities in academia, analysis, and the media. This expertise is significant given the extremely seen, consultative nature of the function. As such, the flexibility to speak advanced information into digestible information is significant.

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