Economist, AWS Marketing Science

Amazon • Austin, TX

6d

About The Position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is building a world-class marketing organization, and
we are looking for an experienced Economist to join the central data and science
organization for AWS Marketing.

This candidate will develop innovative solutions to measure the return on
marketing investments. They will work closely with business leaders, scientists,
and engineers to translate business and functional requirements into concrete
deliverables, including the design, development, testing, and deployment of
innovative measurement solutions. They will interact with functional leaders
owning events (e.g. re:Invent, summits, webinars), paid media (paid search, paid
social, display), AWS-owned channels (email, website, console) as well as lead
management organization to drive the development, fine-tuning and adoption of
the consistent measurement framework across these diverse initiatives.

We seek candidates with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a big impact
on AWS growth. They will develop strong working relationships and thrive in a
collaborative team environment. They will have the creativity, curiosity, and
strong judgment to work on high-impact, high-visibility products to improve the
experience of AWS leads and customers.

Requirements

• PhD in economics or equivalent

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of industry, consulting, government, or academic research experience
• Experience in prediction and forecasting in a research or industrial environment
• Experience with handling of large datasets
• Knowledge of at least one statistical software package such as R, Stata, Matlab, SAS

Responsibilities

• Apply your expertise in causal inference and ML to develop systems to measure B2B marketing impact
• Develop and execute science products from concept, prototype to production incorporating feedback from customers, scientists and business leaders
• Identify new opportunities for leveraging economic insights and models in the marketing space
• Write technical white papers and business-facing documents to clearly explain complex technical concepts to audiences with diverse business/scientific backgrounds

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree