Sr Manager, Economics & Applied Science, AWS Central Econ and Science

Amazon • Seattle, WA

10d • $208,300 - $324,100 • Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring a Senior Manager, Economics to the Sales Channels team within Amazon Web Services (AWS) Central Econ and Science team. The team partners with the business to optimize sales motions, partner programs, and incentives in multi-sided marketplaces. The problem space includes experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational research design, establishing telemetry for future measurement, and the development of recommendation systems and incentive plans. This role will support a strong team in both sourcing new workstreams and executing existing workstreams. We will consider Applied Scientists with experience working with economists for this role. This role interfaces directly with executives, product/program owners, science leadership, and science ICs to create multi-year research agendas that drive step-change growth for the business. As this role is responsible for setting and executing the priorities of a centralized team, stakeholder management, working backward and partnering to work across teams (earns trust) is vital. The team’s mandate includes disambiguating structural relationships, so a strong grounding in applied theory is key to success in this position. The role will also own both production recommendation systems and feature generation for external systems, so experience with production-level development is important. This role will shape the strategic direction of the AWS Central Economics and Science team and collaborate with other science teams at AWS, especially those working on developing policies so that AWS sellers and partners meet customers where they are and help them grow.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in economics or related field.
• Multiple years experience in industry, consulting, government, academic research or equivalent.
• Advanced coding ability in a scripting language such as Python.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced business environment.
• Effective verbal and written communications skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with economists.
• Experience with production-level development.
• Experience with big data tools such as Spark is a plus.
• Proven track record in conducting research and solving business problems leveraging techniques from economics or related disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Create multi-year research agendas that drive step-change growth for the business.
• Set and execute the priorities of a centralized team.
• Own both production recommendation systems and feature generation for external systems.
• Shape the strategic direction of the AWS Central Economics and Science team.
• Collaborate with other science teams at AWS, especially those working on developing policies so that AWS sellers and partners meet customers where they are and help them grow.

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