Economist Ads Econ
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$ 136000 - 212800
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
13-04-2025
Job Description
The Advertising Economics team is looking for a PhD economist to lead highimpact science projects using state of the art econometrics and ML to maximize the impact of our Ad Sales investments.
In this role you will deliver on mission critical goals that affects the highlevel strategy of our ads business. Therefore the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical audiences is essential to the candidates success. On the methodological front we are particularly interested in candidates with a strong causal inference background but who also bring complementary skills such as empirical IO machine learning or experience working with unstructured audio/text data.
Advertising is used daily to surface new selection and provide customers a wider set of product choices along their shopping journeys. The business is focused on generating value for shoppers as well as advertisers. Our team uses a combination of econometrics machine learning and data science to build disruptive products for our Advertising stakeholders. We also generate insights to guide Amazon Advertising strategy providing direct support to senior leadership.
Key job responsibilities
Leverage econometrics and ML models to optimize advertising strategies on behalf of our customers. Influence key business and product decisions based on insights from models you develop.
Identify and pitch new opportunities to leadership that are suggested by the data.
Partner with other science leaders throughout Amazon to develop consistent and repeatable solutions.
Design execute and analyze experiments (A/B testing etc. to evaluate different strategies.
Work with other scientists software developers and product partners to implement your solutions.
PhD in economics or equivalent
2 years of industry consulting government or academic research experience
Knowledge of at least one statistical software package such as R Stata Matlab SAS
Experience in prediction and forecasting in a research or industrial environment
Experience with handling of large datasets
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
In this role you will deliver on mission critical goals that affects the highlevel strategy of our ads business. Therefore the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical audiences is essential to the candidates success. On the methodological front we are particularly interested in candidates with a strong causal inference background but who also bring complementary skills such as empirical IO machine learning or experience working with unstructured audio/text data.
Advertising is used daily to surface new selection and provide customers a wider set of product choices along their shopping journeys. The business is focused on generating value for shoppers as well as advertisers. Our team uses a combination of econometrics machine learning and data science to build disruptive products for our Advertising stakeholders. We also generate insights to guide Amazon Advertising strategy providing direct support to senior leadership.
Key job responsibilities
Leverage econometrics and ML models to optimize advertising strategies on behalf of our customers. Influence key business and product decisions based on insights from models you develop.
Identify and pitch new opportunities to leadership that are suggested by the data.
Partner with other science leaders throughout Amazon to develop consistent and repeatable solutions.
Design execute and analyze experiments (A/B testing etc. to evaluate different strategies.
Work with other scientists software developers and product partners to implement your solutions.
PhD in economics or equivalent
2 years of industry consulting government or academic research experience
Knowledge of at least one statistical software package such as R Stata Matlab SAS
Experience in prediction and forecasting in a research or industrial environment
Experience with handling of large datasets
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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