Strategic Economics & Applied Science Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); New York (NY); On-site; USD 229,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Manager, Economics for the AWS Central Economics and Science team in the United States. The role focuses on optimizing sales motions, partner programs, and incentives in multi-sided marketplaces, with a strong emphasis on applied theory and production systems.

Responsibilities include shaping multi-year research roadmaps, stakeholder management, and leading analytics initiatives. PhD in economics required; Python and Spark experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in economics or related field.
• Proven track record in conducting research and solving business problems leveraging techniques from economics or related disciplines.
• Advanced coding ability in a scripting language such as Python.

Responsibilities

• Interface with executives, product/program owners, science leadership, and science ICs to create multi-year research agendas.
• Set and execute the priorities of a centralized team and manage stakeholders.
• Disambiguate structural relationships using applied theory.
• Own production recommendation systems and feature generation for external systems.
• Collaborate with other AWS science teams to influence policy and drive seller growth.

Skills

Applied economics research

Verbal and written communications

Fast-paced environment experience

Education

Ph.D. in economics or related field

Tools

Python

Spark

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Manager, Economics for the AWS Central Economics and Science team in the United States. The role focuses on optimizing sales motions, partner programs, and incentives in multi-sided marketplaces, with a strong emphasis on applied theory and production systems.

Responsibilities include shaping multi-year research roadmaps, stakeholder management, and leading analytics initiatives. PhD in economics required; Python and Spark experience preferred.