Economist

Opportunity

You've seen us everywhere, from a road trip, passing over one of our trucks, to the biggest ports on the planet where we touch land to continue our journey All The Way to your front door. Now it's your chance to get to know us from within: a workplace full of warmth, friendship and support. We invite you to join our wonderful Macro & Market Insights team and be part of our purpose: Improving life for all by integrating the world. If you are passionate about learning, understanding the world of trade and logistics, and have an appetite for generating analytic insights, this is the job for you! 

If you believe you would add value to Maersk but don’t meet all the criteria we have included in this advert, we would still love to hear from you. Please explain the value you would bring in your application. Join us and play an important role on our team lifting global trade every day!

We offer

We offer you an exciting global career at the forefront of world trade. And thanks to our global scale, you will be well-positioned to explore opportunities at Maersk around the world. The many other highlights include the most modern talent development initiatives and competitive benefits. We are proud of our people who define our company’s industry leadership, global team culture and customer-centric focus every day. 

When you join the Macro and Market Insights team, you will become part of a team that excels for the quality of output, at a truly global company undergoing an exciting transformation.

We strive to have the right candidate employed around May 2025.  

Key responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to monitor the macroeconomic, trade and logistics outlook for selected regions and deliver impactful and comprehensive economic analysis on an ongoing basis, as well as outlining all relevant scenarios, sensitivities, and risks, with high degree of complexity.

Furthermore, your key responsibilities will be:

• Structure, clean, and analyze complex data
• Contribute to quarterly forecasts by preparing relevant output communicating effectively the results of analysis, clearly demonstrating underlying issues, key driving factors, potential outcomes, output sensitivities, risk profiles, etc.
• Assists other team members in specific projects and develop research on hot topics 
• Contribute to the economic analysis of investment cases
• Contribute to team’s output, such as power point decks, internal and external reports  
• Present findings to internal stakeholders across different functions  

Who we are looking for

The ideal candidate for this role is someone who:

• Is confident working with large and complex datasets—able to structure, clean, and analyze data, and has a well-equipped toolbox with econometric skills
• Thrives in a collaborative environment and values collective intelligence, but can take ownership of workstreams and deliver independently when needed
• Has attention to details
• Enjoys stakholder management and has experience in presenting complexities in compelling and clear terms
• Has a can-do attitude, a natural curiosity, and the ability to learn fast and gather knowledge
• Has passion about macroeconomics, trade and logistics
• Applies strong critical thinking and analytical skills to connect macroeconomic trends with real-world business impacts
• Fluency in spoken and written English is a requirement.
• Advanced econometric skills, ability to use Python, previous experience with trade and logistics are an advantage.

As a performance-oriented company, we strive to always recruit the best person for the job – regardless of gender, age, nationality, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high-performing teams.

Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis. We look forward to receiving your application!

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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