Applied Science Manager, AI for Sales (NLP/LLM)

Amazon Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Advertising Sales is seeking an Applied Science Manager to lead a team of scientists and analysts, translating research into scalable, production-ready models that inform business decisions and customer-facing products.

You will own the scientific roadmap, partner with business and technical leaders, and guide investments in NLP, LLMs, reinforcement learning, and recommender systems to deliver measurable impact at scale.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of scientists or ML engineers management experience.
• Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics.
• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
• Knowledge of machine learning approaches and algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of applied scientists and analysts, setting the strategic direction and roadmap for scientific research that influences organizational goals and annual planning processes.
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to define vision, priorities, and success criteria — ensuring your team builds the right solutions at the right level of fidelity and that final outputs are ready to inform business decisions or move to production.
• Evaluate and improve machine learning model accuracy and performance using rigorous experimentation, feature engineering, and hyperparameter optimization, while establishing a team culture focused on reproducibility and scientific rigor.
• Hire, develop, and mentor scientists and technical contributors, providing growth opportunities and empowering team members to take ownership of key workstreams and deliver results independently.
• Identify opportunities for new analysis, efficiency improvements, and generative AI integration, allocating resources effectively and proactively mitigating risks before they become roadblocks.

Skills

Management experience

Machine learning

NLP

Information Retrieval

Analytics

Education

PhD

Master's degree + 6+ years applied research

Job description

Amazon Advertising Sales is seeking an Applied Science Manager to lead a team of scientists and analysts, translating research into scalable, production-ready models that inform business decisions and customer-facing products.

You will own the scientific roadmap, partner with business and technical leaders, and guide investments in NLP, LLMs, reinforcement learning, and recommender systems to deliver measurable impact at scale.