Senior Manager, Applied Science - Ad Tech & AI Leader

Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 296,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Arlington, VA, is seeking a Senior Manager, Applied Science to lead a team of scientists and engineers building ML/AI solutions that directly impact Prime Video's advertising business.

You will define the science strategy for 3–5 year horizons, hire and mentor senior scientists, and drive large-scale ML initiatives across ad load, yield, experimentation, and generative AI at internet scale.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Machine Learning, Statistics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field.
• Experience as a science manager, with demonstrated experience managing other managers or leading science teams through senior leaders.
• Extensive track record of solving complex business problems with machine learning, deep learning, and ML engineering at scale.
• Proven ability to hire, develop, and manage a high-performing applied science organization, including growing future science leaders.
• Experience delivering a scientific vision with a path to execution, including managing strategic research projects spanning multiple years.
• Strong technical depth in machine learning with the ability to evaluate and guide work across optimization, causal inference, NLP/generative AI, and recommendation systems.
• Experience driving large-scale scientific efforts and making trade-offs between opportunity, resources, and business impact.

Responsibilities

• Ad Load Optimization – Balancing advertising revenue with viewer engagement through sophisticated ML models that determine optimal ad frequency, placement, and duration
• Yield Optimization – Maximizing advertising revenue through intelligent allocation, pricing, and forecasting models
• Experimentation & Metrics – Designing and scaling experimentation frameworks and causal inference methods to measure the impact of advertising decisions on both business outcomes and customer experience
• Ad Creative Generation & Augmentation – Leveraging generative AI to create, personalize, and enhance ad creatives at scale

Skills

Science management

ML/AI depth (theory)

Communication with leadership

Education

PhD in Computer Science/Engineering/ML/Statistics/OR

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Arlington, VA, is seeking a Senior Manager, Applied Science to lead a team of scientists and engineers building ML/AI solutions that directly impact Prime Video's advertising business.

You will define the science strategy for 3–5 year horizons, hire and mentor senior scientists, and drive large-scale ML initiatives across ad load, yield, experimentation, and generative AI at internet scale.