Senior Economist, Stores Economics and Science

This role will develop Economic and Econometric models and thought leadership on projects that span our business with a particular focus on supply chain and inventory selection. Through the lens of economics you will develop a deeper understanding of how customers value our selection and interact with Amazons store to make shopping easier. You will be a key and senior scientist advising Amazon leaders how to evaluate selection and understand customers. You will work on developing frameworks and scaleable repeatable models supporting optimal pricing and policy in the two-sided marketplace that is central to Amazons business. The pricing for Amazon services is complex. You will partner with science and technology teams across Amazon including Supply Chain Operations Retail FBA Consumer Pricing and Finance.

Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have extensive Economics knowledge demonstrated strength in practical and policy relevant structural econometrics strong collaboration skills proven ability to lead highly ambiguous and large projects and a drive to deliver results. Ability to incorporate AI tools and methods into your work is highly valued.

They will work closely with Economists Data/Applied Scientists Software Engineers and Product Managers to integrate economic insights into policy and systems production.

About the team
The Stores Economics and Sciences team is a central science team that supports Amazons Retail and Supply Chain leadership. We tackle some of Amazons most challenging economics and machine learning problems where our mandate is to impact the business on massive scale.

- PhD in Economics Computer Science or highly related field (Statistics Finance Math)
- 5 years in industry consulting government or academic research
- Experience with machine learning or Gen AI
- Coding ability in a scripting language such as Python

- Experience in developing and executing an analytic vision to solve business-relevant problems.
- Experience in building analytic or scientific data products or solutions.
- Written and verbal communications skills to convey complicated process and systems to business partners and senior leadership.
- Applicants with considerably more and broader experience are also strongly encouraged.
- Strong track record in performing high-quality analysis of data at scale.

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 WA Seattle - 159200.00 - 215300.00 USD annually