Deputy Director and Senior Fellow - Economics Program

JOB SUMMARY :

At CSIS we actively seek to employ a diverse group of people who embody our organizational values. We welcome and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply, especially those from traditionally underrepresented groups.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a non-profit, bipartisan public policy organization established in 1962 to provide strategic insights and practical policy solutions to decision-makers concerned with global security and prosperity. Over the years, it has grown to be one of the largest organizations of its kind, with a staff of some 200 employees, including more than 120 analysts working to address the changing dynamics of international security across the globe.

A key pillar of the CSIS organization, the Economic Security and Technology Department (EST) serves as a center of excellence for strategic insights and policy solutions for the United States and its partners to sustain economic and technological advantages essential to their long-term prosperity, security, and resilience in the face of global threats. The Department and its nearly dozen programs, projects and initiatives focus on areas shaping global technology and commercial competition and their role in national security-economic policies related to trade, investment, intellectual property, and innovation; advanced and strategic technologies such as AI, semiconductors, digital, quantum, and cybersecurity; energy security and climate, as well as economic relations with China and with partners.

EST seeks a Deputy Director and Senior Economics Fellow for its Economics Program. This entrepreneurial individual will play a leadership role in helping to advance the program's research priorities with a focus on international economic issues and how they impact U.S. competitiveness and economic security. Key areas of focus will include trade policy (to include tariffs, antidumping and countervailing duties, and export controls), supply chain resilience, investment policy (to include investment screening), international finance, commercial diplomacy, and economic statecraft.

This person will report directly to the Economics Department Director and Scholl Chair.

The salary band for this role is $125,000 -$200,000, commensurate with experience.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

Essential functions may include, but are not limited to the following :

Strategy and Research Leadership

• Under the guidance of the EST President and the Director of the Economics Program, develop a robust research agenda on trade, investment, international finance, supply chain resilience, commercial diplomacy, and new economic alliances; and how they impact U.S. competitiveness and economic security.
• Serve as a thought leader in Washington in 1 or more of the above topic areas.
• Provide strategic guidance, and where relevant, lead research projects under the Economics Program while also contributing to economic analysis on select projects across the Department.
• Help position the Economics Program to contribute to, and where relevant, spearhead the EST Department's strategic research priorities.
• Contribute to and where relevant, lead EST-wide signature products and flagship studies.
• Serve as an adviser to the EST President and CSIS leadership on economic security issues.

Outreach and External Engagement

Institutional Responsibilities

KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE :

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK CONDITIONS :

This position will be based out of our Washington DC headquarters and is expected to be in-office. The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee working in an office environment. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

HOW TO APPLY :

Interested applicants should submit :

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