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Job Location drjobs

Seattle - USA

Yearly Salary drjobs

$ 136000 - 212800

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Do you have a passion for diving deep to uncover key insights that drive critical business decisions If yes the Marketing Incrementality and Decision Support (MIDS) team is looking for talented individuals with your enthusiasm and skills to work as part of the team. We are looking for a
Economist II with marketing measurement experimentation and causal inference background who is curious driven and passionate about marketing insights and analytics.

The Customer Behavior Analytics (CBA) organization owns Amazons insights pipeline from data collection to deep analytics. We aspire to be the place where Amazon teams come for answers a trusted source for data and insights that empower our systems and business leaders to make better decisions. Our outputs shape Amazon product and marketing teams decisions and thus how Amazon customers see use and value their experience. MIDSs mission is to make Amazons marketing the most measurably effective in the world. Our longterm objective is to measure the incremental impact of all Amazons marketing investments on consumer perceptions actions and sales. This requires measuring Amazons marketing comparably and consistently across channels business teams and countries using a comprehensive approach that integrates all Paid Owned and Earned marketing activity. As the experts on marketing performance we will lead the Amazon worldwide marketing community by providing critical crosscountry insights that can power marketing best practices and tenets globally.

In this role you will design and run Randomized Control Trials and largescale online experiments to measure the performance of Amazons marketing cross all marketing channels geographies and businesses. You will develop both experimental and observational models to understand customer behavior and how customers respond to Amazons advertisement. You will drive innovation to combine experiment results with observational model outputs to build more accurate marketing measurement solutions. You will lead strategic measurement science initiatives in MIDS and across various marketing teams scaling experimentation and development and deployment of the measurement science models realtime inference and crosschannel orchestration.

As a successful Economist you are an analytical problem solver who enjoys diving into data leads problem solving guides development of new frameworks writes code is excited about investigations and algorithms and can credibly interface between technical teams and business stakeholders. You are an expert in causal inference and experiment design preferably has experience leveraging experimental model to calibrate observational model. You are a handson innovator who can contribute to advancing Marketing measurement technology in a B2C and B2B environment and push the limits on whats scientifically possible with a razor sharp focus on measurable customer and business impact. You will coach and guide scientists in the team to grow the teams talent and scale the impact of your work. You will also communicate verbally and in writing to business customers and leadership team with various levels of technical knowledge educating them about our systems as well as sharing insights and recommendations

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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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