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# Assistant Vice President, Advanced Data Analytics at New York City Economic Development Corporation

- **Company:** New York City Economic Development Corporation
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $105k–$108k
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nycedc/jobs/4721547006

## Job description

Our Vision: To make New York City the global model for inclusive innovation and economic growth, fueled by the City’s diverse people and businesses.

Our Mission: Creating a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers.

Position Overview: The Economic Research & Policy Department (ERP) conducts industry and economic research, performs fiscal and economic impact modeling, and analyzes NYCEDC projects to inform key policy and investment decisions. The team tracks economic trends and provides insights to City Hall, policymakers, and the public, while also developing tools to evaluate, measure, and report on project outcomes. ERP advances high-impact thought leadership on inclusive and innovation-driven economic development.

The Assistant Vice President will bring advanced expertise in econometrics and data science to ERP, strengthening the department’s ability to evaluate public policies, model economic outcomes, and develop rigorous, reproducible analytical tools. This person will lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of sophisticated econometric and quantitative models. Their work will assess how proposed policies, programs, and investments could affect households, businesses, labor markets, government revenues, and New York City’s broader economy.

The Assistant Vice President will apply econometric methods, causal inference, microsimulation, forecasting, and scenario analysis to complex economic and policy questions. They will establish strong modeling and validation practices, review technical work produced across the team, and help other researchers build their quantitative skills. The role requires deep technical expertise as well as the judgment and communication skills needed to translate complex methods and findings into clear, policy-relevant insights for decision-makers.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain econometric, microsimulation, forecasting, and scenario-analysis models to evaluate the economic, fiscal, and distributional effects of City policies, programs, investments, and changing economic conditions.
- Design empirical analyses using causal inference, quasi-experimental methods, and statistical modeling to assess policy effectiveness and estimate economic outcomes.
- Build models that estimate behavioral responses to policy changes, including labor-market effects, price pass-through, demand elasticities, and household or business decision-making.
- Evaluate model assumptions, validate results, conduct sensitivity and robustness analyses, and clearly communicate uncertainty and methodological limitations.
- Use R to create reproducible analytical workflows, automate processes, and manage large or complex datasets.
- Lead technically complex research projects from initial scoping through modeling, validation, and delivery, coordinating with internal teams, City agencies, external researchers, and consultants.
- Collaborate with economists, policy researchers, and cross-functional teams to frame research questions, select appropriate methods, and incorporate evidence into policy and investment decisions.
- Translate complex findings into clear, policy-relevant reports, briefs, presentations, data visualizations, and recommendations for technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Train and mentor ERP staff, contribute to department research strategy, and respond to high-priority analytical requests from agency leadership, partner agencies, and City Hall.
- Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

- Master’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Public Policy, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field required.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in applied economic research, econometric analysis, statistical modeling, data science, policy evaluation, or related quantitative work.
- Advanced proficiency in R, including the ability to write complex, reproducible, and well-documented analytical code from scratch. Familiarity with similar languages like Python will also be considered.
- Experience applying econometric and statistical methods in a professional setting, including causal inference and quasi-experimental approaches such as difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, event studies, regression discontinuity, panel-data methods, or synthetic controls.
- Experience developing microsimulation, forecasting, behavioral, policy-simulation, scenario-analysis, fiscal, or economic-impact models, with a strong understanding of model specification, identification, uncertainty, sensitivity testing, and validation. Strong preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated experience in a professional setting.
- Demonstrated experience working with large, complex, or linked datasets, including administrative records, longitudinal data, survey microdata, or geospatial data.
- Experience with public economic and demographic data sources, such as American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), Current Population Survey (CPS), Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), and other comparable sources, is strongly preferred. Experience with complex survey methods is a plus.
- Demonstrated written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts and findings to technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Experience leading complex projects, managing competing priorities, and exercising sound methodological judgement
- Ability to collaborate effectively with researchers, program teams, agency leadership, external partners, and other stakeholders.
- New York City residency is required within 180 days of hire.

Salary Range $105,000—$108,000 USD

About Us: New York City Economic Development Corporation is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization that works for a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers. We take a comprehensive approach, through four main strategies: strengthen confidence in NYC as a great place to do business; grow innovative sectors, with a focus on equity; build neighborhoods as places to live, learn, work, and play; and deliver sustainable infrastructure for communities and the city’s future economy.

NYCEDC is committed to offering competitive benefits to support employee health, happiness, and work-life balance.  We offer comprehensive benefits and unique perks to ensure NYCEDC employees flourish in their professional and personal lives:

- Generous employer subsidized health insurance
- Medical, dental, and pharmacy plans
- Vision and hearing benefits
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care
- Short term and long-term disability coverage
- 100% employer covered life insurance and supplemental life insurance coverage
- Up to 25 vacation days
- Floating Holidays and Summer Fridays
- Parental leave - up to 20 paid weeks
- Retirement savings programs
- Company-paid 401(a) defined contribution plan
- 457(b) tax-advantaged retirement savings plan
- Tuition Reimbursement program
- Continuing education and professional development
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer
- College savings plan
- Backup childcare
- Gym membership discounts
- A Calm.com membership for mindfulness and mental health support
- Employee discounts through Plum Benefits and much more

Benefits listed above may vary based on the length and nature of your employment with New York City Economic Development Corporation. These benefits are subject to be modified at any time, at the discretion of the organization.

The New York City Economic Development Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Social Responsibility Mission is to create a People First strategy by attracting, retaining, and engaging a diverse and talented workforce. Like the city of New York, NYCEDC knows our strength comes from each of our connected parts, making the fabric of our organization better and stronger because of our unique employees' talents.

At NYCEDC, all applications are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team and hiring managers. We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to screen, evaluate, or make decisions regarding candidate resumes or applications. Each candidate is considered through a thoughtful, human-led review process to ensure equity, consistency, and alignment with the needs of the role.

For more information, visit our website at [edc.nyc](http://www.edc.nyc/).

## About New York City Economic Development Corporation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: NYCEDC is a nonprofit public-benefit corporation that promotes economic growth in New York City by strengthening business confidence, fostering innovative sectors, developing neighborhoods, and delivering sustainable infrastructure.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Nonprofit public-benefit corporation / Government agency)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States (One Liberty Plaza)
- **Founded**: 1991
- **Founders**: Not applicable (formed by the City of New York through the consolidation of the Public Development Corporation and the Financial Services Corporation)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Economic Development, Government Administration, Urban Planning & Infrastructure, Real Estate Development, Business Incentive Programs
- **Target customers**: City of New York (Mayor’s Office, City Council, borough presidents), New York City residents and businesses, private developers, startups, nonprofit institutions, and community stakeholders. Serves both B2G and the public interest.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Creating a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers.”

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **Real Estate Development & Asset Management**: NYCEDC manages City-owned properties, issues RFPs, negotiates ground leases, and oversees capital construction. Notable projects include the redevelopment of the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Hunts Point Produce Market modernization, and the Kingsbridge Armory community vision.
- **Business Incentive & Financing Programs**: Administers tax-exempt bond financing and other benefits through the New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) and the New York City Capital Resource Corporation (NYCCRC) to support job creation and capital investment.
- **Sector Development Initiatives**: Runs targeted programs to grow key sectors, such as LifeSci NYC (life sciences campuses like SPARC Kips Bay and Innovation East), offshore wind port development (South Brooklyn Marine Terminal), and green economy support.
- **Infrastructure & Waterfront Projects**: Plans and manages public access projects (e.g., East River Waterfront Esplanade), ferry operations oversight (NYC Ferry), and maritime freight infrastructure.
- **Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programs**: Offers Venture Access NYC, a Founder Fellowship accelerator for underrepresented founders, and other inclusive innovation initiatives.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not applicable (nonprofit government corporation)
- **Key Metric**: Budget of $81.7 million (FY 2026); ~461 employees (0.6% decline year-over-year as of 2026); $3.0 million reported annual revenue (likely operating revenue; not for-profit).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not investors – key partners include the City of New York, NYC Department of City Planning, NYC Department of Small Business Services, New York City Housing Authority, and private sector partners such as Danny Meyer (Board Chair as of 2021).
- **Growth Signals**: Advancing major projects including the $1B+ SPARC Kips Bay life sciences campus (approved 2025), the transformation of South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into a major offshore wind port, and the community-driven Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment plan (approved 2025). Headcount has slightly contracted but remains stable at ~461.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Exclusive mandate**: Acts as the City of New York’s primary vehicle for economic development, public-private partnerships, and management of City-owned real estate and infrastructure.
- **Access to City resources**: Ability to bundle tax incentives, financing, regulatory facilitation, and land assets not available to private developers.
- **Cross-sector expertise**: Team includes urban planners, real estate professionals, engineers, policy analysts, data scientists, and marketers – all focused on public benefit.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities and direction for growth**: Advance four core strategies – 1) strengthen confidence in NYC as a great place to do business; 2) grow innovative sectors (life sciences, green economy, technology) with a focus on equity; 3) build neighborhoods as places to live, learn, work, and play; 4) deliver sustainable infrastructure for communities and the future economy. Key investments in offshore wind, life sciences campuses, and industrial modernization.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlights**: Mission-driven, collaborative environment with a diverse workforce of over 500 New Yorkers from backgrounds in urban planning, real estate, finance, law, marketing, engineering, and policy. Emphasis on Diversity, Equity, & Social Responsibility (DES) including Employee Resource Groups, mentorship, pipeline programs, and volunteerism.
- **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Not explicitly stated in search results; based on the nature of the work (real estate, community engagement, government operations) likely in-office or hybrid with headquarters at One Liberty Plaza in Lower Manhattan.
- **Notable perks or engineering culture**: Public service mission with direct impact on NYC communities; opportunities to work on high-profile projects (offshore wind, life sciences, neighborhood revitalization); internship and fellowship programs for students and early-career professionals; stable government-backed employer (501(c)(3)).

## Sources
1. [NYCEDC Official Website](https://edc.nyc/)
2. [NYCEDC Careers Page (Greenhouse)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nycedc)
3. [NYCEDC LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nycedc)
4. [NYCEDC Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Economic_Development_Corporation)
5. [NYCEDC Meet Us Page](https://edc.nyc/meet-nycedc)

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