In this role, you will drive execution on the team's research initiatives, such as economic index releases, economic briefs and working papers, agents research, Clio observability analyses, and Anthropic interviewer deployments. You will also work backward from business deadlines to set research deadlines/milestones and plan out team capacity.

Key responsibilities include ensuring smooth operating cadence and relationship touchpoints with our research ecosystem, partnering with colleagues on Research, Public Policy, Communications, and GTM to organise briefings and campaigns that amplify key research findings, and supporting the team lead in setting quarterly research priorities and resource allocation.

We are looking for someone with a 5+ year track record managing and delivering on business-critical, cross-functional initiatives, who can quickly gain state on technical domains and navigate organisational complexity, building relationships and influencing without authority.

Sample projects include building a living tracker for critical research workstreams, managing contracting and vendor relationships for commissioned research projects, and coordinating cross-functional alignment for a major academic research partnership.

The annual compensation range for this role is $180,000-$210,000 USD.

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Our team combines rigorous empirical methods with novel measurement approaches. We're building first-of-its-kind datasets tracking AI's impact on labor markets, productivity, and economic transformation. Using our privacy-preserving measurement system (Clio), we analyze millions of real-world AI interactions to understand how AI augments and automates work across different occupations and tasks.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working at the intersection of empirical economics, technological change, and policy impact. They will have a strong track record of empirical research, particularly studies combining novel data sources and economic theory or those implementing frontier methods in causal inference and machine learning.

Some examples of our recent work include:

• Anthropic Economic Index Report: Economic Primitives
• Anthropic Economic Index Report: Uneven Geographic and Enterprise AI Adoption
• Estimating AI productivity gains from Claude conversations
• The Anthropic Economic Index

For this role, we're looking for candidates who can combine rigorous economic analysis with novel measurement approaches to understand AI's transformative effects on the economy.

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We are seeking a strong operator to serve as the operational backbone of Anthropic's Economic Research team. Your overarching mandate is twofold: 1) clear the brush so our researchers can efficiently execute on key research priorities, and 2) ensure research aspirations and findings translate into concrete policy and commercial outcomes.

In this role, you will drive execution on the team's research initiatives, work backward from business deadlines to set research deadlines/milestones and plan out team capacity, ensure smooth operating cadence and relationship touchpoints with our research ecosystem, and partner with colleagues on Research, Public Policy, Communications, and GTM to organize briefings and campaigns that amplify key research findings.

You may be a good fit if you have a 5+ year track record managing and delivering on business-critical, cross-functional initiatives, have the ability to quickly gain state on technical domains and know enough to be effective, without being a subject matter expert, are skilled at navigating organizational complexity, building relationships, and influencing without authority, can see around corners and anticipate needs when supporting leaders in executing their vision, and are highly organized with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks while maintaining a high attention to detail.

Sample projects include building a living tracker for critical research workstreams, managing contracting and vendor relationships for commissioned research projects, coordinating cross-functional alignment for a major academic research partnership, and working backward from a policy campaign or research publication deadline to organize research milestones and deliverables.

The annual compensation range for this role is $180,000-$210,000 USD.

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You will track and interpret key economic indicators across regions, assess the implications of monetary and fiscal policy decisions, and evaluate how macro trends shape financial markets and risk conditions.

This role sits at the intersection of economics, markets, and strategic decision-making.

You will build forecasts and scenario analyses to understand how shifts in growth, inflation, interest rates, currencies, commodities, and geopolitics may affect asset prices and broader market regimes.

Your work will inform top-down investment views and risk assessments, supporting global macro strategies driven by economic fundamentals rather than individual company analysis.

The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, analytically rigorous, and comfortable working in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment.

Consistent with xAI's flat organisational structure, you are expected to be hands-on, proactive, and able to communicate ideas clearly and concisely to a highly technical and motivated team.

As a Macro Research Analyst, you will contribute directly to this mission by helping the organisation understand large-scale economic systems, feedback loops, and regime shifts that shape global outcomes.

You will structure, analyse, and interpret macroeconomic data across countries and regions, transforming noisy and often incomplete information into coherent economic narratives and testable hypotheses.

Your research will help identify causal relationships, constraints, and second-order effects within complex economic systems,insights that are essential for training, evaluating, and applying advanced AI models to real-world economic and financial questions.

By developing forecasts, scenarios, and risk assessments, you will support xAI's efforts to reason about uncertainty, stress-test assumptions, and evaluate how shocks propagate through global markets and institutions.

Clear communication of your findings will ensure that economic insights are effectively shared across teams, reinforcing xAI's emphasis on rigorous thinking, transparency, and collaborative problem-solving.

In this role, macroeconomic research is not an end in itself, but a tool for advancing deeper understanding.

Your work will help xAI build systems that reason more accurately about economic behaviour, policy trade-offs, and global dynamics,bringing us closer to AI that can meaningfully assist human decision-making at scale.

The Macro Research Analyst will have broad responsibility for analysing global macroeconomic conditions and their implications for financial markets and strategic decision-making.

The scope of the role spans data analysis, economic modelling, and synthesis of macroeconomic developments across multiple regions and asset classes.

The role includes management of ongoing monitoring frameworks for key economic indicators, policy developments, and geopolitical risks.

The analyst will be expected to independently identify emerging themes, develop forward-looking scenarios, and assess how macroeconomic shifts may alter market dynamics, risk exposures, and opportunity sets.

The position requires close collaboration with internal stakeholders, with an emphasis on clear, concise communication of complex economic concepts.

Given xAI's flat organisational structure, the analyst will operate with a high degree of autonomy and accountability, contributing directly to research outputs and strategic discussions rather than functioning in a narrow support capacity.

The scope of the role is intentionally flexible, allowing a high-performing analyst to expand their responsibilities over time by taking ownership of new research areas, developing novel analytical frameworks, and influencing how macroeconomic intelligence is integrated into xAI's broader mission.

Responsibilities:

Monitor and interpret data such as GDP growth, inflation, unemployment rates, interest rates, fiscal/monetary policy, currency movements, commodity prices, and geopolitical events across countries or regions.

Build economic forecasts, scenario analysis, and models to predict how macro forces will affect markets (e.g., how a central bank rate hike might impact equities, bonds, or currencies).

Provide research reports, trade ideas, and recommendations to portfolio managers, traders, or clients. This often informs 'global macro' investment strategies, where decisions are driven primarily by top-down economic views rather than individual company fundamentals.

Identify potential risks (e.g., recessions, currency crises, trade wars) and opportunities arising from economic shifts.

Basic Qualifications:

Strong academic background in economics, finance, mathematics, statistics, or a related quantitative field.

Demonstrated experience in macroeconomic research, global macro investing, economic policy analysis, or a closely related role.

Deep understanding of macroeconomic indicators and frameworks, including growth, inflation, labor markets, monetary and fiscal policy, exchange rates, commodities, and geopolitical dynamics.

Experience building and interpreting economic models, forecasts, and scenario analyses to assess market and policy outcomes.

Ability to synthesise large and complex data sets into clear, structured insights and actionable conclusions.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex economic concepts concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.

High level of intellectual curiosity and comfort working with uncertainty, incomplete information, and competing hypotheses.

Self-directed, detail-oriented, and capable of operating effectively in a flat organisational structure with minimal oversight.

Proven ability to prioritise effectively, manage multiple research streams, and deliver high-quality work under time constraints.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

3–7 years of experience post-doc.

At least three publications in reputable economics journals (AER, QRE, JPE, Econometrica, etc.) or outlets (The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, etc.).

Prior experience at a global macro hedge fund, asset manager, central bank, international financial institution, policy research organisation, or economic consulting firm.

Strong familiarity with financial markets across multiple asset classes, including rates, FX, equities, and commodities.

Experience producing investment-oriented research, including trade ideas, market commentary, or risk assessments tied to macroeconomic views.

Proficiency with data analysis and modelling tools such as Python, R, MATLAB, or similar quantitative environments.

Experience working with large economic and financial datasets and building repeatable research pipelines.

Ability to evaluate tail risks, regime shifts, and non-linear dynamics in macroeconomic systems.

Interest in applying macroeconomic reasoning to novel problems, including AI-driven applications.

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