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Who We Are

Want to work at a company committed to enabling economic growth through predictive cloud software? Do you want to get in on the next phase of growth for a software company with an amazing brand legacy and over 900 customers?

At IMPLAN, we enable consultants, governments, academic researchers, economic development organizations, and companies to understand economic impacts – and most importantly, how to leverage them.

We have been around for over 40 years and are entering the next phase of growth fueled by our cloud software platform. Reception has been exceptional, we have an excellent lead investor, and we are ready to accelerate

Who We Need

As a Product Economist, you would partner with our Technical Product Manager to execute the product vision related to economics, environmental science, and data science/engineering. You will primarily work with our Data & Product Management teams to define and document requirements, and our Development team to build and deliver new data products or features. You must possess a unique blend of business, data, and technical savvy.

Requirements:

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with our Technical Product Manager to translate product strategy into detailed requirements, use cases, and prototypes.
• Participate in the design and development of features and functionality for both new and existing data products.
• Partner with Data & Product Management teams to define product strategy.
• Liaise with the Economics and Data Team to translate, implement, and verify the Economic concepts and calculations throughout the product life cycle.
• Define and establish criteria and test harnesses to assist our Quality Assurance team in integration and acceptance testing, and oversee the QA lifecycle for economic related features.
• Support the Education Services team in the development of training, implementation material, and technical documentation.

Required Skills & Experience

• Relevant experience in economics, either in a profession or in graduate level courses.
• Demonstrable experience working with data (economic preferred) and data visualization.
• Ability to document and communicate economic information into development ready instructions.
• Critical thinking, problem solving, and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done.
• Remain flexible and be able to adapt to the changing business environment.
• Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams.
• Ability to travel (

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