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Amazon Senior Economist - Amazon Business, Business Prime in Austin, Texas
Description
Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $35 billion dollar global business. At Amazon Business, a fast-growing startup passionate about building solutions, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the intersection of tech & retail in the B2B space developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations thrive. At Amazon Business, we strive to be the most recognized and preferred strategic partner for smart business buying. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Join us in building and celebrating the value of Amazon Business to buyers and sellers of all sizes and industries. Unlock your career potential.
The Business Prime team is looking for a talented Economist with well rounded set of capabilities to help manage our ever growing need for analysis of increasingly complex business questions. At Amazon, understanding customer data is paramount to our success in providing customers with relevant and enticing benefits as well as an expanding set of propositions internationally. You will be working in one of the worlds’ largest and most exciting big-data environments. The Economist role occupies a unique space at the intersection of technology, machine-learning, econometrics, large-scale scientific computing, social science, and product management.
In this role, you will be the thought leader on the economic underpinnings of the Business Prime program, influence stakeholders across function and at senior levels of Amazon, engage with SDM counterparts to build the technology solution to serve customers, and with partner with marketing on campaigns optimized to maximize value for customers and Amazon. The ideal candidate will need to understand business problems and turn them into useful analyses and recommendations. They will communicate complicated concepts clearly to business leaders and other scientists, have a desire to make a large business impact for customers using econometrics, data science and strong execution and completion skills for major, highly-visible strategic projects under fast-paced business deadlines. The role involves both building data products, i.e. automated and productionized models at scale, as well as pricing, plan structure, benefits/proposition, and other strategic decisions including customer churn reduction.
Amazon Business (www.amazon.com/business) is an online store that combines the selection, convenience and value customers have come to know and love from Amazon, with new features and unique benefits tailored to the needs of businesses. Amazon Business provides easy access to hundreds of millions of products – everything from IT and lab equipment to education and food-service supplies. Amazon Business customers also enjoy a variety of benefits, including business-only pricing and selection, a multi-seller marketplace, single- or multi-user business accounts, Business Prime, approval workflow, purchasing system integrations, payment solutions, tax exemptions, dedicated customer support and more.
Business Prime is a paid subscription service for verified business, charity or government organizations that provides the familiar Prime shopping experience end users love at home, with pricing plans and benefits that are suited for work. Business Prime now serves customers throughout the world, with a tiered pricing model currently based on number of users, and associated benefits with different willingness to pay and cost to serve profiles. Our customers range from government entities with tens of thousands of users to sole proprietors, each with different micro-economic characteristics.
Basic Qualifications
PhD in economics or equivalent
Experience in industry, consulting, government or academic research
5+ years experience in analytics, data science and applied economics
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in building statistical models using R, Python, STATA, or a related software
Experience working with software developers and product managers
Experience in pricing, subscription economics, churn reduction, rewards programs
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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.