Profound is the AI marketing platform built for the agentic era. See what your customers ask AI, deploy agents to act on it, and measure the results in a collaborative workbench. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
About the role
Create accurate and rigorous research that becomes a trusted source of truth for AI usage trends and answer engine behavior Engage with media, academia, and industry leaders to educate the market using evidence-grounded analysis Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experience solving complex research problems in academia or industry, with 5 or more years of experience
- Strong ability to validate assumptions, pressure test results, and ensure research can withstand scrutiny
- Fluency in SQL and proficiency in R or Python for empirical analysis
- Excellent communication skills and comfort presenting research externally
- Ownership mindset, intellectual curiosity, and passion for answering questions that matter
- PhD in economics or a related quantitative field from a leading academic program
More about this role
Profound is the fastest-growing AI marketing platform, used by 15% of the Fortune 500 including Comcast, Estée Lauder, and Walmart, and innovators like Ramp, MongoDB, and Figma. It is where marketing teams do the work: research, briefs, content, campaigns, reporting, all in one place, alongside agents that carry the load with them.
Built on 2B+ real user prompts and growing, Profound’s data shows you what people ask AI and what the models say back. Profound's AI Marketer joins that data with deep context about our customers to find the opportunities worth acting on, and then puts agents to work: automating reporting, drafting content, auditing pages for readability, running competitive research. It measures what works and gets better every day.
Profound is on a mission to help companies understand and control their AI presence. As an Economist and Researcher, you will build trusted industry insights and measurement standards that explain how people use AI for search, shopping, and decision making. You will take real user conversations and AI model behavior and turn them into public-facing research that shapes the narrative of where AI is going and how brands must adapt.
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