Staff Economist

The Marketing team at Brex tells the company's story, defines messaging and positioning, and translates its products and features into tangible customer benefits. Our marketers—across Revenue Marketing, Product Marketing, and Brand Marketing—are responsible for acquiring new customers and have a deep understanding of the business. We're a highly cross-functional team and partner most closely with the Product, Sales, Business Development, and Design teams to show our prospects and customers how we can help them reach their full potential.

Responsibilities

• Be a creative thought leader with Marketing, PR, Data on sourcing and validating data journalism that could be created from Brex data
• Conduct original economic research and analysis using Brex and external datasets to surface new insights about business, finance, and spending behavior
• Identify stories that matter from our Brex data. From data-backed trends to counterintuitive findings – and translate them into clear, compelling narratives for founders, CFOs, and the media
• Partner closely with PR and marketing teams to craft external reports and establish new benchmarks
• Serve as Brex's public voice on economic insights and corporate spending trends, engaging with media and industry in collaboration with the PR team
• Build relationships with internal and external subject-matter experts, data scientists, and customers to surface exclusive insights and anecdotes
• Pack stories for maximum visibility

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in research and analysis, narrative development, and journalism, ideally in finance, business, or tech
• Experience analyzing markets and evaluating data from multiple sources to produce culturally relevant charts, infographics, reports, articles, etc
• Demonstrated ability to publish or contribute to high-quality research in economics, finance, or related fields
• Strong communication skills for translating technical findings into actionable insights for diverse audiences
• Ability to build collaborative partnerships with data, content, design, social, and PR teams

Benefits

• San Francisco Office
• Hybrid environment combining office energy and connections with the benefits and flexibility of remote work
• Minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
• Up to four weeks per year of fully remote work

Compensation

The expected salary range for this role is $240,000-$300,000 USD. However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.