Senior Principal (Transport)

About the role

As a Senior Principal, you will play a leading role in the growth and success of Frontier's Transport Practice. You will combine intellectual leadership, client engagement and business development with responsibility for delivering high-quality economic advice on some of the sector's most challenging and high-profile issues. You will lead complex projects, build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and contribute to the strategic direction of both the practice and the wider firm. You will also help develop Frontier's next generation of economists through mentoring, coaching and leadership. This is an opportunity for an established transport economics leader to have a significant impact on clients, colleagues and the future direction of the practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead High-Impact Transport Economics Projects
• Lead and oversee complex transport economics and advisory engagements from project design through to delivery.
• Provide intellectual leadership on issues including economic regulation, competition, infrastructure investment, market design, transport policy, appraisal and decarbonisation.
• Shape analytical approaches and ensure outputs are robust, insightful and capable of withstanding scrutiny.
• Oversee quality across multiple pr ojects and support the development of best practice within the team.
• Build Trusted Client Relationships
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders across government, regulators, transport operators, infrastructure owners and investors.
• Act as a trusted adviser to clients, helping them navigate strategic, regulatory and commercial challenges.
• Identify opportunities to deepen existing relationships and create new opportunities for Frontier to support clients.
• Grow the Practice
• Lead business development activity, including proposals, bids and strategic client engagement.
• Develop new opportunities and contribute to the continued growth of Frontier's Transport Practice.
• Represent Frontier externally through thought leadership, industry engagement, conferences and publications.
• Develop People and Capability
• Lead and mentor colleagues across the practice.
• Support career development through coaching, feedback and role modelling.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive and high-performing culture.
• Help build Frontier's long-term transport economics capability and reputation.
• About You
• You are an experienced transport economist with a strong track record of applying economics to real-world policy, regulatory and commercial challenges.
• You combine deep technical expertise with strong consulting skills and commercial awareness.
• You are comfortable engaging with senior clients, leading complex projects and helping organisations make important decisions.
• You are also motivated by developing others and contributing to the growth of a leading economics consultancy.
• You may currently be a Senior Principal, Director, Associate Director, Partner or equivalent in an economics consultancy, specialist advisory firm, transport organisation, regulator or government department.
• Essential Requirements
• Degree-l

Additional Information

Frontier Economics is an economics consultancy that tackles the big questions facing governments, businesses and society. We help our clients to analyse and understand their markets and to formulate strategies based on sound economics. The methods and models we use are often complex, but our advice is always succinct, clear and honest . The company has grown rapidly since it was founded over 25 years ago and currently has around 500 staff working across nine European offices (Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Dublin, London, Madrid, Paris and Prague). The company is employee-owned and has a strong culture of openness and employee engagement. Shape the Future of Transport We are looking for an experienced transport economist to join our growing practice as a Senior Principal. Transport sits at the centre of some of the most important economic, regulatory and policy challenges facing society today. Governments, regulators, operators and investors are making major decisions about infrastructure investment, decarbonisation, affordability, connectivity and the future structure of transport markets. Frontier Economics' Transport Practice helps clients navigate these challenges through rigorous applied economics, strategic insight and evidence-based advice. We work with leading organisations across rail, aviation, roads, ports, public transport, logistics and emerging mobility, helping them tackle complex questions around regulation, competition, market design, infrastructure investment, transport appraisal and public policy. Our work influences major decisions across the UK and internationally. As an employee-owned firm, we take a long-term view of our clients, our people and our impact. We combine deep sector expertise with a collaborative culture, giving our economists the opportunity to work on issues that genuinely shape the future of transport.

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