What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Economist, Seller External Relations position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
The Seller External Relations (SER) team ensures that Amazon is viewed globally by external audiences as a valuable, accessible, partner who respects and celebrates the success of its sellers. We develop strategic, data-supported, messaging and publish external reports that demonstrate and celebrate the positive experiences of sellers on Amazon to other sellers, the general public, and influentials (e.g., media and policymakers) with the goal of improving their perception of the experience and benefits of selling in our store.
As Sr. Economist for SER, you will build the science models and the supporting structures needed to analyze, dive deep, and develop underlying data for our external messaging and reports. Your work will demonstrate how Amazon’s innovation enables seller success and supports their growth. You will have the opportunity to present findings to cross functional team partners to drive improvements. You will work closely with other Applied/Research/Data Scientists, Economists, Data Engineers, Software Development Engineers, Program Managers and Business Partners to solve challenging problems. You need be comfortable using intellect, curiosity and technical ability to develop innovative solutions to business problems. You will become an expert on aspects of the business to understand how to apply science and analytics to develop and substantiate our strategic messaging. You'll thrive if you enjoy tackling ambiguous challenges using the economics toolkit to identify and solve problems at scale. You will be expected to provide clear and concise explanation of results and approaches, provide opinion and guidance on problem solving, and present to senior leadership across multiple business units.
The ideal candidate will have outstanding leadership skills, proven ability to develop, enhance, automate, and manage science models from end to end. The ideal candidate will have strong data mining and modeling skills and will be comfortable facilitating idea creation and working from concept through to execution. The ideal candidate must have demonstrated ability to manage medium-scale automation and modeling projects, identify requirements and build methodology and tools that are mathematically grounded but also explainable operationally, apply technical skills allowing the models to adapt to changing attributes.
Key job responsibilities
• Contribute to external messaging and report strategy based on science models and data analysis
• Develop models to measure long term impact of the relationship between Amazon selling tools and seller behavior
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams across the business to develop comprehensive models with diverse inputs
• Use economical techniques to discover and develop underlying data for our strategic messaging and report work
• Research, experiment and implement novel approaches.
• Work closely with other scientists across teams.
• Use the best practices in science: data integrity, design, test, and implementation and documentation.
About the team
SER is functionally diverse organization that includes a broad spectrum of skillsets and job families. We are a team of program and product managers, business analysts, creatives, storytellers, and small business evangelists - all important contributors to our work in ensuring that perception of Amazon’s support of small business matches reality. We have a supportive, fast-paced team culture, and we prioritize learning, growth, and helping each other to continuously raise the bar. Your direct team would be comprised of product and program managers, business analysts, and data engineers, with stakeholders and partners in similar functions accross the organization.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in economics or equivalent
- Experience in econometrics (e.g., program evaluation, forecasting, time series, panel data, or high dimensional problems), economic theory, and quantitative methods
- 5 years of experience in Economist related field.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in analytics and applied economics
- Experience in developing and executing an analytic vision to solve business-relevant problems
- Experience in industry, consulting, government or academic research
- Experience in supporting the creation of external reports.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Salary : $143,300 - $247,600
