Lead Economist | Housing
About EliseAI
We're improving the industries that matter most: housing and healthcare. Everyone needs a place to live and access to quality healthcare, yet both are often harder to secure than they should be. By integrating AI agents deeply into existing workflows, we make them more efficient, reduce costs, and improve the experience for everyone.
About The Role
We’re looking for a Lead Economist to build EliseAI’s economics research and market insights function. You’ll transform our proprietary data into benchmarks and compelling narratives that establish EliseAI as the leading authority on housing.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish EliseAI as the leading authority on rental housing through original research and market insights using our proprietary data.
- Define and amplify EliseAI’s voice on housing economics across media, industry events, research, and customer channels.
- Partner with marketing to create high-impact content that strengthens the brand and engages customers.
- Partner with product and data teams to understand product data, build reliable data pipelines, and create scalable reporting.
- Expand the reach of EliseAI’s research through partnerships with publications and academic institutions.
- Use research and thought leadership to strengthen EliseAI’s employer brand, helping attract exceptional talent across the entire company.
- Move at rocket speed, build something massive. We’re scaling fast, solving real client problems with precision and ambition. Here, you own your impact; full autonomy, no micromanagement, no fluff.
Requirements
- 3–6 years of experience in insights, data journalism, analytics, economic research, or strategy & operations with a track record of shipping quantitative work for external audiences.
- Exceptional data storytelling: you can turn complex findings into sharp narratives.
- Comfortable presenting findings live to executives, clients, or media.
- Strong technical skills across the modern data stack (SQL, Python, Hex, etc.).
- A genuine curiosity about housing and the data that explains the industry.
- A quantitative degree or equivalent practical experience.
- To thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment.
- To work in person at our office 4-5 days a week.
Why Join
- Growth and impact. It’s not often that you can get in on the ground floor of a funded (unicorn!) startup that’s scaling so fast. That means that instead of following a playbook, you’ll be writing it.
- Every single day you will be challenged to identify how we can scale and execute on it. You’ll learn what works when you succeed and what doesn’t when you fail. Either way, the rest of the team will be here to support you.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries.
- Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100%.
- Completely paid parental leave.
- Commute benefits.
- 401(k) benefits.
- Fitness & home services stipend to cover part of your expenses so you can focus on what matters.
- A collaborative in-office environment with an open floor plan, fully stocked kitchen, and all meals covered in the office.
- Unlimited vacation and paid holidays.
Job Compensation Range
The salary range for this role is $150,000 - $250,000. EliseAI offers a competitive total rewards package which includes base salary, equity, and a comprehensive benefits & perks package. Exact compensation is determined based on a number of factors including experience, skill level, location and qualifications which are assessed during the interview process.