Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon's Devices Economic Value team enables measurement and optimization of Amazon Devices long-term value to help Amazon build better products for their customers. Delivering lasting value to customers is in Amazon's DNA and we are at the core of how the Devices business prioritizes its investments in innovation and optimization on behalf of customers.

Join us to be a part of the team that is at the core of understanding how Amazon Devices drive deeper customer engagement and helps the business make decisions about how to optimize and balance between short term monetization and long term value creation for Amazon Device users. We are seeking a skilled Senior Economist to build the future of Devices and Services marketing measurement and its impacts on long term free cash flow for our business.

Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a talented Senior Economist to drive the devlopment of Devices and Services own Marketing Mix Models, connecting marketing spend and impressions to their effects on long term free cash flow. The Senior Economist will be responsible for developing the MMM framework that adapts to the unique characteristics of the Devices and Services business model, and combining the models with A/B testing for a more robust impact and efficiency measurement system to drive marketing investment decisions across the devices business. We expect the Senior Economist to drive marketing measurement innovation, leveraging current advances in econometrics and machine learning.

About the team
DEV Science team’s mission is to drive measurement and optimization of long term economic value of the devices business that balances short term and long term tradeoffs across product lifecycle, and drive clear value for Amazon shoppers. We leverage science advancements across causal inference, structural modeling and machine learning, to solve challenging business problems in Amazon Devices. The team spans scientists across a wide range of seniority, tenure and specialization, including economists, data and applied scientists, with dedicated product and engineering partners.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- PhD in economics or equivalent
- Experience in econometrics (e.g., program evaluation, forecasting, time series, panel data, or high dimensional problems), economic theory, and quantitative methods
- Knowledge of Python or R
- 5+ years of post PhD work experience in industry, consulting, government or academic research or equivalent

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Work experience placement,

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