Description
Compensation
- Target Base Salary $140K – $190K
- Offers Equity
The final compensation will depend on the location and level at which you are hired.
About the Role
Ramp Economics Lab is the go-to source for understanding how businesses spend on and adopt AI. Built on Ramp’s $200B+ business spend dataset, our flagship [Ramp AI Index](https://ramp.com/data/ai-index) tracks the AI economy through actual business spend data. We help CFOs and finance teams understand what these trends mean for their businesses, and our research is regularly cited by outlets including the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg. You will work with [Ara Kharazian](https://www.linkedin.com/in/akharazian/), lead economist.
We’re hiring an analytical, resourceful researcher to own and expand this work: run the Ramp AI Index, develop new metrics on AI spending and adoption, explore questions about AI ROI, and extend our research internationally. You’ll turn findings into clear reports, charts, presentations, and interactive tools that help CFOs and finance teams make better decisions.
You will also build our customer-facing research function: developing Ramp’s outlook on AI, meeting with customers and prospects, and translating our data into practical recommendations for business planning, budgeting, and AI strategy. You’ll partner with the growth team to package and distribute this work through reports, web content, presentations, and events that reach finance leaders.
This role combines economic judgment, applied data science, public writing, data visualization, and executive communication. You should be able to move from an important question to credible analysis, a clear visual or argument, and advice a business leader can act on.
What You Need
- 5+ years of experience in an analytical role, such as investment banking, equity or industry research, consulting, business operations, data science, or economics.
- Strong perspectives on the economics of AI, economic policy, new media, and writing.
- Strong knowledge of SQL.
- Familiarity with BI tools (preferably Looker, Omni, Sigma, Hex or equivalent) and experience distributing data insights via reports and dashboards.
- Track record of shipping high-quality research, writing, and thought leadership under short, non-academic timelines.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly improving, start-up environment that focuses on solving problems with iterative technical solutions.
- Active reader of the news in economics, business, and AI trends.
- An advanced user of AI for data science, and an eye for good charts and web design.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with the modern data stack (Fivetran / Snowflake / dbt / Looker / Hightouch or equivalents).
- Experience within the payments and financial technology space.
Benefits
- Flexible PTO.
- Centralized home-office equipment ordering.
- Health and wellness stipend.
- Budget for intra-office travel.
- Weekly coffee stipend.
- 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents.
- One Medical annual membership.
- 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp.
- Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year).
- Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay.
- Pet insurance.
- In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more.
- Relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF (if needed).