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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Group: On the Behavioral Insights Team, we use behavioral science to help people engage with and improve their finances. We then run rapid, digital experimental studies to determine what works, and what doesn\u2019t, and publicize the results.<\/p>\n
The Role: Help millions of people retire with dignity and in comfort. Morningstar is looking for an applied behavioral scientist, to help understand and overcome the behavioral obstacles that individuals face to financing their retirement. You\u2019ll pursue original research alongside a team of like-minded behavioralists and leading academics from around the country. This position is based in our Chicago office.<\/p>\n
Responsibilities<\/p>\n
\u2022 Lead our retirement-focused initiatives, developing our strategy to better understand and to apply lessons about financial decision-making behavior.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Design, execute, and analyze large-scale randomized control trials (Morningstar interacts with millions of individual investors, their advisors, and their employers).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Work with the marketing, product, and research teams to identify their pressing questions around retirement behavior and assist them in designing and running experimental studies.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Coordinate with our Behavioral Science Advisory Board \u2013 amazing and thoughtful researchers from around the country \u2013 to develop new interventions, and measure their real-life impact.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Publicize your findings in the media, papers, and at conferences.<\/p>\n
Requirements<\/p>\n
\u2022 Postgraduate training in behavioral social science, especially on financial decision making, or equivalent professional experience required.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Professional experience in applying behavioral interventions specifically to improving retirement outcomes is ideal.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Demonstrated ability writing about behavioral research for a general audience.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Experience with digital communications (marketing, software products), and A\/B testing tools for them, is a big plus.<\/p>\n
\u2022 At least two years of experience using R or STATA to analyze complex datasets and panel data (academics: yes, GRAs count).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Experience doing data processing and analysis in SQL is also a plus.<\/p>\n
In your cover letter, mention how you\u2019d approach the issue of helping people prepare for retirement.<\/p>\n
Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.<\/p>\n