Senior Research Scientist, AMX Research

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The PXT (People Experience and Technology) AMX Research is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Research Scientist to join our team. You will be leading manager experience research space to support the PXT talent evaluation/talent management initiatives. If you enjoy innovating, thinking big and want to contribute directly to the success of a growing team, you may be a prime candidate for this position.

Requirements

• 3+ years of investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products experience
• PhD, or Master's degree and 5+ years of quantitative field research experience
• Experience with big data technologies such as AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive etc.
• Experience communicating qualitative research methods and findings to non-qualitative researchers
• Knowledge of quantitative approaches (e.g., t-tests, regressions, ANOVAs, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Experience converting research studies into tangible real-world changes
• Experience with discrete and continuous optimization methodologies and algorithms
• PhD in operations research, applied mathematics, theoretical computer science, or equivalent, or PhD and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience

Responsibilities

• Design experiments, test hypotheses, and build actionable models
• Conduct quantitative analyses of talent management data and trends
• Conduct qualitative data collection and analysis
• Partner closely and drive effective collaborations across multi-disciplinary research and product teams
• Consult on appropriate analytic methodologies and scope research requests

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: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree