Senior Economist, Amazon Japan, Japan Stores Econ (Seattle) Job at Amazon, Seattle, WA

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  • Amazon
  • Seattle, WA

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Economist to accelerate Amazon Japan's customer growth and engagement. In this exciting charter, you will use economic principles and econometrics to foster and drive innovations for some of Amazon's flagship programs, including Prime, Amazon Points, and Deal Events (e.g., Prime Day).

Amazon has a trailblazing track record of working with Ph.D. economists in the tech industry and offers a unique environment for economists to thrive. As an economist at Amazon, you will apply the frontier of econometric and economic methods to Amazon’s terabytes of data and intriguing customer problems. Your expertise in building reduced-form or structural causal inference models is exemplary in Amazon. Your strategic thinking in designing mechanisms and products influences how Amazon evolves.

In this role, you will work with a diverse team of product and science talents to identify business opportunities and build best-in-class econometric models to address them. You will work with engineering teams to productionize your models and improve the experiences of our customers and associates. You will own, execute, and expand a research roadmap that contributes to Amazon's long term success. As one of the first economists outside North America/EU, you will make an outsized impact to our international marketplaces and pioneer in expanding Amazon’s economist community in Asia.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced economist in empirical industrial organization, labour economics, or related structural/reduced-form causal inference fields. You are a self-starter who enjoys ambiguity in a fast-paced and earns trust from stakeholders in an ever-changing environment. You think big on the next game-changing opportunity but also dive deep into every detail that matters. You insist on the highest standards and are consistent in delivering results.

Key job responsibilities

  1. Work with Product, Finance, Data Science, and Engineering teams across the globe to deliver data-driven insights and products for regional and world-wide launches.
  2. Use economic insights to guide business to make the right strategic decisions.
  3. Innovate on how Amazon can leverage data analytics to improve customer growth and engagement.
  4. Contribute to building a strong data science community in Amazon Asia.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  1. Ph.D. degree in Economics, Quantitative Marketing, Information Systems, or Operations Research.
  2. 4+ years in post-doctoral work experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  1. Expert knowledge and proven track record in empirical industrial organization and/or reduced-form causal inference.
  2. Experience in data analytics in a B2C industry (e.g., consumer/retail/retail financial services/telecoms/media).
  3. Experience with big data tools such as Scala, PySpark, AWS products.
  4. Experience with machine learning models and their applications in the Tech industry.
  5. Publications in world renowned scientific journals.
  6. Excellent in using non-technical yet precise languages, verbally and in writing, to communicate complex analytical subjects with business stakeholders.

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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Job Tags

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