Lead Economist - Housing

About EliseAI

At 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.

• Housing: We simplify how renters tour apartments, sign leases, submit maintenance requests, and stay connected with their property team—bringing everything they need for their home into one place.

• Healthcare: We make it easy to schedule appointments, complete intake forms, and we help patients communicate with providers, so everyone can focus on health instead of paperwork.

With EliseAI, organizations reduce manual work, improve accessibility, and deliver a seamless experience across essential services. We recently raised a $350 million funding round at a $4 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bessemer Venture Partners to accelerate this mission.

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. You’ll own the full pipeline from raw data to market-shaping insight and serve as EliseAI’s voice on what the numbers mean.

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. We hire the best, expect the best, and give you the masterclass of your career. It’s hard, it’s intense, and it’s the most rewarding work you’ll ever do. If you’re hungry, driven, and ready to build something massive, climb aboard.

Requirements

• 3+ 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

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment.

• Willingness 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

In addition to the growth and impact you’ll have at EliseAI, we offer competitive salaries along with the following benefits:

• Equity in the company

• Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100%

• Fully paid parental leave

• Commuter benefits

• 401k 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

• We'll cover relocation packages and make the move exciting, not painful!

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. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided by our Recruiting Team during the hiring process.

EliseAI provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Employment with EliseAI is on an “at-will” basis, meaning that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice, subject to applicable law.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We will also consider qualified applicants in accordance with the Austin Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance.

If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].