Senior Economist, Device Economics

Amazon • Arlington, VA

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About The Position

Device Economics is looking for a senior economist experienced in causal
inference, machine learning, empirical industrial organization, and scaled
systems to work on business problems to advance critical resource allocation and
pricing decisions in the Amazon Devices org. Senior roles lead vision setting,
methods innovation, and act as thought leaders to Devices finance and business
executives. Output will be included in scaled systems to automate existing
processes and to maximize business and customer objectives.

Amazon Devices designs and builds Amazon first-party consumer electronics
products to delight and engage customers. Amazon Devices represents a highly
complex space with 100+ products across several product categories (e-readers
[Kindle], tablets [Fire Tablets], smart speakers and audio assistants [Echo],
wifi routers [eero], and video doorbells and cameras [Ring and Blink]), for sale
both online and in offline retailers in several regions. The space becomes more
complex with dynamic product offering with new product launches and new
marketplace launches. The Device Economics team leads in analyzing these complex
marketplace dynamics to enable science-driven decision making in the Devices
org. Device Economics achieves this through scientific applications that provide
deep understanding of customer preferences. Our team’s outputs inform product
development decisions, investments in future product categories, and product
pricing and promotion. We have achieved substantial impact on the Devices
business, and will achieve more.

Device Economics seeks an experienced economist adept in measuring customer
preferences and behaviors with proven capacity to innovate, scale measurement,
drive rigor, and mentor talent.

Requirements

• PhD in economics or equivalent
• Experience in industry, consulting, government or academic research

Nice To Haves

• Experience in analytics and applied economics
• Experience in developing and executing an analytic vision to solve business-relevant problems
• Experience in building statistical models using R, Python, STATA, or a related software
• Effective verbal and written communications skills with both economists and non-economist audiences.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced business environment.

Responsibilities

• The candidate will work with Amazon Devices science leadership to refine science roadmaps, models, and priorities for innovation and simplification, and advance adoption of insights to influence important resource allocation and prioritization decisions.
• Effective communication skills (verbal and written) are required to ensure success of this collaboration.
• The candidate must be passionate about advancing science for business and customer impact.

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