Sr Economist

Pilot Company is an industry-leading network of travel centers with more than 30,000 team members and over 750 retail and fueling locations in 44 states and six Canadian provinces. Our energy and logistics division serves as a top supplier of fuel, employing one of the largest tanker fleets and providing critical services to oil operations in our nation's busiest basins. Pilot Company supports a growing portfolio of brands with expertise in supply chain and retail operations, logistics and transportation, technology and digital innovation, construction, maintenance, human resources, finance, sales and marketing.

Founded in 1958 by Jim A. Haslam II and currently led by CEO Adam Wright, our founding values, people-first culture and commitment to giving back remains true to us today. Whether we are serving guests, a fellow team member, or a trucking company, we are dedicated to fueling people and keeping North America moving.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

Military encouraged to apply.

The Senior Economist plays an essential role within the Strategy Realization Team to evaluate the impact of macroeconomic trends on the business and generate insights and strategic recommendations to support business planning.

The candidate will need to be able to extract insights from data and communicate risks, opportunities, and actions to senior leadership to enable future growth strategies.

• Research, collect, analyze, and summarize economic and industry (e.g., travel centers) data to develop forecasts to aid in the formulation of short and long-term business planning
• Regularly monitor macroeconomic conditions and build on existing and/or develop new frameworks to report potential risks, proposed mitigation, and potential opportunities for the company
• Apply economic principles to illustrate how company actions influence market structure and how policy and market structure should inform the company strategy
• Facilitate scenario planning with descriptive analysis, empirical models, and game theory principles
• Predict future economic conditions using statistical methods
• Effectively communicate the significance of strategic insights to drive business decisions
• Develop high-quality presentations and other supporting materials for the Strategy Realization and leadership teams

• Master’s degree in economics
• Master’s degree in economics and 2+ years of professional experience in applied economics preferred
• Applied economic analysis
• Mathematical methods (e.g., theories of choice, game theory)
• Applied econometrics
• Familiarity working with large datasets such as FRED, BLS, BEA, Bloomberg, Factset, Circana, and Nielsen
• Solid understanding of global macroeconomic and geopolitical factors and trends
• Experience with econometrics, databases, and programming languages such as Python, R, and/or Stata
• Experience with and fuel markets, travel center, and convenience stores or retail is a plus

• General office work requiring sitting or standing for long periods of time
• Travel required less than 5%