Senior Director, Economic Insights

Life360

Senior Director of Economic Insights creating data-led narratives from unique datasets at Life360. Collaborating with teams to enhance understanding of family behavior and mobility trends.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $215,000 - $315,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create thought-leading economic research and analysis leveraging Life360 data and external datasets to surface new insights about families and the business
Write benchmark reports and publish insights
Serve as Life360's public spokesperson on family behavior and consumer mobility trends, engaging media and speaking at industry events in partnership with Comms
Build repeatable seasonal adjustment frameworks for retail/food service visit trends; own caveating methodology when data history is less than 3 years
Develop a pipeline of data PR narratives (brand-specific and category-level) for economic/consumer/financial press
Identify where Life360's first-party data creates a differentiated narrative angle
Collaborate and work with Product, Engineering, Ads and the Data & Analytics team to align on what data infrastructure investments unlock the best storytelling ROI.
Build relationships with internal and external subject‑matter experts, data scientists, and customers to surface exclusive insights and anecdotes
Maintain newsroom‑grade standards of accuracy, ethics, and sourcing

Requirements

What you’ll need

Masters degree in Economics, Statistics, Demography and Quantitative Social Science, or related quantitative field (PhD preferred but not required if experience is strong)
10+ years of applied economics work — ideally in consumer behavior, location data, or retail/mobility analytics
Demonstrated experience publishing data-driven narratives for non-academic audiences (media, investors, policy makers)
Being scrappy. Working knowledge of seasonal adjustment techniques (X-13, STL, or equivalent) and an honest awareness of when you can't seasonally adjust cleanly
Operate with incomplete or short time series — knows how to caveat, not just how to model
Use AI to multiply your impact. You'll use coding agents and automated analysis daily, and help shape what our AI-native analytics stack looks like, contributing to how we move from reactive to proactive to autonomous.
Comfortable being the quoted expert — whether that's a journalist on deadline, a podcast, or a conference stage
Prior work at a data PR-forward org (think Ramp, Square, CB Insights, Apartment List, Zillow Economics), who've experienced what a successful data media program actually looks like operationally, or background in family/household economic research
Familiarity with mobility or location data, specifically understands panel bias, dwell time definitions, and place matching challenges
Exceptional written and communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive pay and benefits
Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
401(k) plan with company matching program
Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental wellbeing
Flexible PTO, 13 company wide days off throughout the year
Winter and Summer Week-long Synchronized Company Shutdowns
Learning & Development programs
Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle
Free Tile Products

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Hard Skills & Tools

economic researchdata analysisseasonal adjustment techniquesX-13STLdata-driven narrativesAI analyticscoding agentsautomated analysisquantitative analysis

Soft Skills

communication skillsrelationship buildingpublic speakingstorytellingscrappinesscollaborationaccuracyethicssourcingadaptability

Certifications

Masters degree in EconomicsMasters degree in StatisticsMasters degree in DemographyMasters degree in Quantitative Social SciencePhD in related field