Amazon-posted 3 months ago
$262,500 - $350,000/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Mountain View, CA

We are looking for a science leader who is able to provide structure around complex business problems, work with machine learning scientists to estimate and validate their models on large scale data, and who can help business and tech partners turn the results of their analysis into policies, programs, and actions that have a major impact on Amazon’s business. We are looking for creative thinkers who can combine a strong economic toolbox with a desire to learn from others, and who know how to execute and deliver on big ideas. At the senior level, we expect you be able to own the development of scientific models and to manage, in close collaboration with scientists and engineers, the data analysis, modeling, and experimentation that is necessary for estimating and validating your model. You will need to work with our business partners to communicate the properties of your analysis/modeling and be able to work to incorporate their feedback and requests into your project. Experience in applied economic analysis is essential, and you should be familiar with modern tools for data science and business analysis.

  • Provide structure around complex business problems.
  • Work with machine learning scientists to estimate and validate their models on large scale data.
  • Help business and tech partners turn analysis results into policies, programs, and actions.
  • Own the development of scientific models.
  • Manage data analysis, modeling, and experimentation in collaboration with scientists and engineers.
  • Communicate analysis/modeling properties to business partners.
  • Incorporate feedback and requests from business partners into projects.
  • PhD in Economics, Computer Science, Operations Research or highly related field (Physics, Statistics, Mathematics).
  • Experience in industry, consulting, government, or academic research.
  • Coding ability in a scripting language such as R, Python, Matlab, or STATA.
  • Written and verbal communications skills to convey complicated processes and systems to business partners and senior leadership.
  • Considerably more and broader experience is strongly encouraged.
  • Strong track record in performing high-quality analysis of data at scale.
  • Equity and sign-on payments may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
  • Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
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