Economist - Industrial and Regional Development Strategies

ADVISORY & STRATEGY

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**BOLOGNA/MILANO**:
Economist - Industrial and Regional Development Strategies

Are you curious and ready to accept a new challenge in your career? Are you eager to join a dynamic company and bring innovation through your work and skills?

Prometeia offers you opportunities for growth and training in a Group with over 1000 professionals working for more than 500 clients in 20 countries around the world.

Among the European leaders in Enterprise Risk Management and Wealth & Asset Management solutions, Prometeia is looking for an Economist for its Industrial and regional development strategies team.

**MAIN TASKS**
- Conduct in-depth microeconomic analysis of market structures, firm behavior, and consumer dynamics.
- Perform quantitative data analysis, ensuring data quality, consistency, and interpretability.
- Develop forecasting models and carry out prospective analyses of industrial sectors and their evolution.
- Analyze climate and social impacts of market policies and firm strategies using economic frameworks.
- Conduct literature reviews and contribute to methodological innovation, particularly around frontier models in applied microeconomics.
- Evaluate the effects of policy reforms and regulatory changes through cost-benefit analysis and impact assessments.
- Draft clear, evidence-based reports and presentations for stakeholders, including public institutions, private clients, and internal management.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., data scientists, legal experts, policy advisors) to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to complex problems.
- Maintain awareness of current trends, academic research, and best practices in microeconomics, industrial organization, and regulatory economics.

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**
- MSc with excellent grades in disciplines related to Economics, Mathematics, and/or Statistics, and strong quantitative/econometric knowledge
- Good command of Python and R
- Understanding of micro-econometric methods
- Familiarity with data science techniques would be considered a plus.

**SOFT SKILLS**
- Excellent presentation skills, both oral and written
- Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility, and stress management
- Aptitude for economic research and teamwork
- Proficiency in English

**LOCATION**

Bologna/Milan

**WHAT WE OFFER**

COMPENSATION, WELFARE & BENEFIT

Our history, as well as our future, is based on the value of our people. Prometeia’s most significant investment is in our people, and it concerns every aspect of professional life. We call it “Total Compensation” and it is made of three elements: Compensation, consisting of a fixed and a variable component, a Welfare Plan active since 2015 -we were among the first companies in Italy to introduce it-, and Benefits, including all initiatives for the well-being of our people.

REMOTE WORKING

Flexibility is an intrinsic value of our way of working. In Prometeia, remote working is an organizational method based on trust. It results in benefits in terms of work/life balance, impact on the environment, and optimization of company results through autonomy and empowerment of people.

PEOPLE PROGRAM

Our evaluation system is based on the full enhancement of our people and on continuous dialogue as a stimulus for regular, mutual professional and personal growth. Within the projects, several moments are dedicated to transparent discussions between managers and team members. This allows for reciprocal and prompt feedback. The process is fully digitalized and aimed at continuously improving the strategic growth of both the individual and the company.

TRAINING

Prometeia means continuous training. We provide an average of 11 days of training per year to our people, in person and online. We pay specific attention to younger colleagues, the protagonists of dedicated growth programs, and to the continuous sharing and internal transfer of know-how and skills. On-the-job training is also essential and is based on immediate and direct confrontation with the market.

WIN/WIN POLICY

If you are one of our employees and you recommend a person who is later hired, you are entitled to a financial bonus This is an important opportunity to contribute to the growth of Prometeia as a whole by attracting acknowledged market professionals and new tech talents.

PHYGITAL MANAGEMENT

We have completely digitalized the management of our physical and virtual environments through the dedicated app Pr(Home)teia. Access to the office, remote working, workstations, meeting rooms, carpooling... everything is just a click away.

COMMUNITY

Our community is highly diverse, as are the skills of the people who are part of it and who share its values, as well as the individuals and organizations directly or indirectly involved in our activities. Clients, People of the Group, Alumni, Institutions, Academia, and non-profit entities we actively cooperate with are stakeholders representing a great value for us in terms of t