Senior Economist, Device Economics
Seattle, OR - USA
Job Summary
Amazon Devices designs and builds Amazon first-party consumer electronics products to delight and engage customers. Amazon Devices represents a highly complex space with 100 products across several product categories (e-readers Kindle tablets Fire Tablets smart speakers and audio assistants Echo wifi routers eero and video doorbells and cameras Ring and Blink) for sale both online and in offline retailers in several regions. The space becomes more complex with dynamic product offering with new product launches and new marketplace launches. The Device Economics team leads in analyzing these complex marketplace dynamics to enable science-driven decision making in the Devices org. Device Economics achieves this through scientific applications that provide deep understanding of customer preferences. Our teams outputs inform product development decisions investments in future product categories and product pricing and promotion. We have achieved substantial impact on the Devices business and will achieve more.
Device Economics seeks an experienced economist adept in measuring customer preferences and behaviors with proven capacity to innovate scale measurement drive rigor and mentor talent.
Key job responsibilities
The candidate will work with Amazon Devices science leadership to refine science roadmaps models and priorities for innovation and simplification and advance adoption of insights to influence important resource allocation and prioritization decisions. Effective communication skills (verbal and written) are required to ensure success of this collaboration. The candidate must be passionate about advancing science for business and customer impact.
- PhD in economics or equivalent
- Experience in industry consulting government or academic research
- Experience in analytics and applied economics
- Experience in developing and executing an analytic vision to solve business-relevant problems
- Experience in building statistical models using R Python STATA or a related software
- Effective verbal and written communications skills with both economists and non-economist audiences.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced business environment.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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 and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at VA Arlington - 159200.00 - 215300.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 159200.00 - 215300.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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