Junior Quant Researcher Jobs in Silver Spring, MD

With a team of industry specialists and world-class experts in accounting, business intelligence, damages analysis, economics, finance, intellectual property, valuation, data analytics, statistics, and strategic analysis, BRG's Economics, Disputes & Investigations (EDI) practice is a leader in the areas that can most significantly impact a business. We are dedicated to providing clear perspectives that help clients understand their current situation as well as the road ahead.

Recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms, BRG has ranked as a "Top Economics Consultancy" by Global Competition Review for eleven consecutive years. We have also been recognized among Consulting Magazine's "Best Firms to Work For" for four consecutive years.

Position Summary

BRG's EDI practice is seeking an experienced consulting professional with meaningful experience in one or both intellectual property and commercial disputes matters. The successful candidate will lead smaller work streams, provide guidance, develop analytical frameworks, interface with clients, and oversee the work and development of junior staff at the associate or senior associate levels. The role requires the ability to address complex, real-world applied economics questions and to connect economic, business, financial, and accounting analyses to the needs of clients and experts across IP and Commercial Disputes

This position requires a highly motivated problem solver with strong analytical ability, sound judgment, and excellent organizational skills. The work will involve both hands-on execution and oversight of quantitative and qualitative engagement work streams, including reviewing junior staff work, providing actionable feedback, and supporting their overall professional development. The role offers substantial opportunity to build expertise and market visibility, deepen client relationships, contribute to revenue generation, and progress toward becoming a potential future testifying expert within a rapidly growing expert services and consulting firm.

Responsibilities

• Design of economic, statistical, and financial analysis, including modeling of financial data and markets.
• Lead engagement work streams across intellectual property (i.e., patent, trademark, and copyright, trade secrets) and commercial disputes/damages matters, overseeing both quantitative and qualitative analyses from initial scoping through final delivery.
• Manage and expand existing client relationships, identify new business development opportunities across intellectual property and commercial disputes/damages matters, and contribute to revenue generation for the firm.
• Development and presentation of client deliverables, including expert reports and supporting analyses.
• Lead, mentor, and develop junior staff by setting clear expectations, providing regular and actionable feedback, creating stretch opportunities, and supporting their long-term professional growth.
• Provide rigorous quality control of junior staff work, ensuring analytical accuracy, clear communication, and consistency while coaching team members on how to strengthen their work product and judgment.
• Industry research and analysis of large datasets using Excel and/or statistical analysis programs (e.g., SAS, Stata, R).
• Providing strategic guidance on case theory, analytical approach, and expert presentation of findings across intellectual property and commercial disputes/damages matters.

Qualifications

• BS/BA with academic focus on quantitative research (Economics, Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, or another quantitative discipline). An MS/MBA and/or CPA is highly preferred for this role..
• Minimum three (3+) years of advisory experience managing commercial disputes, including substantial experience across both intellectual property, survey work, and commercial disputes/damages matters.
• Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial, and/or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods.
• Experience working with large data sets in Excel and/or statistical analysis programs (e.g.,R, Stata, SAS, Python or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, Claude) to improve research, data analysis, content development, and workflow efficiency.
• Demonstrated experience supervising junior staff, reviewing complex analytical work, providing clear and actionable feedback, and supporting the overall development and advancement of team members.
• Demonstrated ability to create strategic visions and to implement strategies with a proven track record.
• Ability to work with different project teams and experts, and ability to maintain flexibility and adaptability to varying approaches.
• Desire to work within a team environment.
• Clear and demonstrated interest in consulting, with the broader vision of generating business and becoming known in the marketplace as an expert in the field.

About BRG

BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead.

At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe.

Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients' challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.

At BRG, we don't just show you what's possible. We're built to help you make it happen.

BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.