Senior Director, Economic Insights

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Conduct innovative economic research and analysis using Life360 data alongside external datasets to reveal fresh insights about families and the business landscape.

• Prepare benchmark reports and disseminate findings.

• Act as Life360's public representative on family behavior and consumer mobility trends, interacting with media and participating in industry events in collaboration with the Communications team.

• Develop consistent seasonal adjustment frameworks for retail and food service visit trends; manage the caveating methodology for data histories under three years.

• Create a pipeline of data-driven public relations narratives (specific to brands and categories) for the economic, consumer, and financial press.

• Identify opportunities where Life360's first-party data can establish a unique narrative perspective.

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Ads, and the Data & Analytics teams to determine which data infrastructure investments yield the highest storytelling return on investment.

• Foster relationships with both internal and external subject matter experts, data scientists, and customers to uncover exclusive insights and stories.

• Uphold newsroom-level standards of accuracy, ethics, and sourcing.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master's degree in Economics, Statistics, Demography, Quantitative Social Science, or a related quantitative discipline (PhD preferred, though strong experience may offset this requirement).

• Over 10 years of applied economics experience—ideally focused on consumer behavior, location data, or retail and mobility analytics.

• Proven track record in producing data-driven narratives for non-academic audiences such as media, investors, and policymakers.

• Ability to be resourceful. Familiarity with seasonal adjustment techniques (like X-13, STL, or similar) and a realistic understanding of when clean seasonal adjustments are not feasible.

• Capable of working with incomplete or short time series—knows how to caveat rather than merely model.

• Utilize AI to enhance your effectiveness. You'll use coding agents and automated analyses daily and influence the development of our AI-native analytics stack, contributing to our evolution from reactive to proactive to autonomous strategies.

• Comfortable being the authoritative source—whether in conversations with journalists under tight deadlines, on podcasts, or at conferences.

• Previous experience at a data-driven public relations organization (such as Ramp, Square, CB Insights, Apartment List, Zillow Economics), which has firsthand knowledge of successful data media programs, or a background in family and household economic research.

• Understanding of mobility or location data, particularly regarding panel bias, definitions of dwell time, and challenges with place matching.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans (fully covered for employees).

• 401(k) plan with a company matching program.

• Mental Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support mental wellbeing.

• Flexible PTO, along with 13 company-wide days off throughout the year.

• Winter and Summer week-long synchronized company shutdowns.

• Opportunities for learning and development.

• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote work environment.

• Complimentary Life360 Platinum Membership for your chosen circle.

• Free Tile products.