Working Location: Hybrid Position in New York, NY or Washington, DC
To apply, please submit a resume, click "Apply Now", and respond to three short-answer questions in lieu of uploading a cover letter. We must receive your responses to the questions for your application to be reviewed*.
- Tell us about why you are interested in this position at Roosevelt Institute and how it aligns with your career trajectory. (250 words max).
- Please provide a brief overview of your experience serving as a public-facing expert on economic analysis/fiscal policy, such as media appearances, testimony, or policymaker briefings. (250 words max).
- Please elaborate on your approach to translating your communications about complex economic analysis for non-expert audiences. (250 words max).
What You'll Do
The Director, Macroeconomics is Roosevelt's lead voice and strategic advisor on macroeconomic and macroprudential policy. They will help guide Roosevelt's approach to monthly economic data releases as well as larger questions such as how to approach rising deficits, how to balance independence and accountability for the Federal Reserve, and how to address systemic economic risks including the impacts of AI-both the technology and the corporations developing and deploying it. Their time will be divided roughly as follows.
- 40% serving as a spokesperson for the organization through writing, media, briefings, and regular meetings with allies and policymakers
- 20% conducting research and writing (mostly shorter-form work in service of spokesperson role)
- 20% advising Roosevelt's senior leadership on strategic economic policy interventions
- 20% recruiting, managing, and reviewing work by fellows and commissioned authors
The Director reports to the Senior Vice President, Think Tank. They partner with team members and leaders across the organization to develop, refine, and execute organizational strategy.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
Spokesperson and External Engagement (40%)
- Serve as a primary public voice for Roosevelt on macroeconomic matters, including media interviews, congressional hearings, briefings, partner engagements, and conferences.
- Respond quickly to economic data releases and policy developments with analysis and commentary.
- Build and maintain relationships with policymakers, congressional and agency staff, journalists, allied organizations, think tanks, and academics.
Research and Writing (20%)
- Author works for internal and external publication, including op-eds, newsletters, blog posts, and articles on macroeconomic and fiscal policy.
- Opportunity to lead and author longer research papers, time permitting.
Strategic Advising (20%)
- Advise the CEO and senior leadership on macroeconomic conditions and their implications for Roosevelt's policy agenda and long-term paradigm-change strategy.
- Lead development of the organization's positions on macroeconomic issues, such as monetary policy, inflation, taxes, and systemic macroeconomic risk.
- Regularly brief leadership and staff on economic developments, and prepare the CEO and other principals for public engagements that draw on Roosevelt's economic analysis.
- Prepare strategic memos in support of leadership briefings.
- Identify research needs that advance Roosevelt's macroeconomic and fiscal policy agenda.
- Work with communications, government relations, development, and other departments so that organizational messaging accurately reflects economic trends.
Management (20%)
- Identify and recruit candidates for part-time fellowships and commissioned authorships.
- Oversee production of commissioned briefs and reports, and ensure they are accurate, clear, and rigorous.
- Manage research assistants as assigned to specific projects.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You'll Have
- Graduate work in economics, law, or a related field is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience as a public-facing expert, such as media appearances, testimony, or policymaker briefings.
- Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, including translating complex economic analysis for nonexpert audiences.
- Experience advising senior leaders on political and legislative strategy.
- Experience managing researchers.
- Experience collaborating across an organization to develop and execute program strategy.
- Passion for the Roosevelt Institute's mission and strategy of intervening at the level of paradigm shift.
Additional Details
The salary for this position is $145,000 - $170,000 plus benefits. This is a hybrid role based in Washington, DC or New York, NY.
