Senior Economist

Relay is fundamentally reshaping how goods move in an online era. Backed by Europe’s largest-ever logistics Series A ($35M) led by deep-tech investors Plural, and a recently closed Series B ($95M), Relay is scaling faster than 99% of venture-backed startups.

As a Senior Economist at Relay, you'll own courier pricing and pay policy, applying economic theory to a live marketplace, modelling supply, demand and courier behaviour, and designing pricing and incentive mechanisms.

Responsibilities:

• Own courier pricing and pay policy: how work is priced, how couriers are paid, and how incentives are set across our marketplaces.
• Apply economic theory to a live marketplace: model supply, demand and courier behaviour, and design pricing and incentive mechanisms that hold up in the real network.
• Measure what every pricing and pay change did, working with our Applied Scientists and experimenting across a live two-sided marketplace.
• Partner with Operational Research and Recommender Systems so price is set as part of the recommendation, not after it.
• Advise leadership on pricing and incentives, and help build Relay's research culture and voice in the tech community.

Requirements:

• PhD in economics, applied in a tech marketplace such as ride-hailing, delivery or a gig platform.
• Advised leadership on pricing or incentive decisions, and seen those decisions through to what happened next.
• Deeply skilled in econometrics and causal inference, and know how to apply economic theory to a real marketplace.
• Hands-on: write the code, run the analysis and build the models yourself.
• Explain economics clearly to operations, product and leadership, without the jargon.

Benefits: No benefits mentioned.

Who Thrives at Relay?

• Aim with Precision: define problems clearly and measure impact meticulously.
• Play to Win: chase bold bets, tackle the hard stuff, and view constraints as fuel.
• 1% Better Every Day: believe small improvements lead to exponential growth.
• All In, All the Time: show up and step up, take ownership from start to finish.
• People-Powered Greatness: invest in teammates, give and receive feedback with care.
• Grow the Whole Pie: seek out win-win solutions for merchants, couriers, and customers.