Economist, Pricing
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.
Amazon Business Supplier Experience Science team is looking for an experienced Economist/Scientist to excel at pricing, selection, forecast and optimization. Amazon Business (AB) represents an incredible opportunity to address a vast new market segment and customer base for Amazon. We are focused on building solutions that enable B2B customers to find, research, and buy products and services across multiple devices and marketplaces. The Amazon Business Science team owns the science and analytics for key AB problems including price setting, selection additions and operations optimization. Amazon Business is a fast growing business sector. We need leaders who can think big and drive big vision into a reality. Please come to work with us if you are result driven, think big, and want to have fun and make a history.
You will build the science models and the supporting structures needed to analyze, dive deep, and innovate the pricing strategies. You will also 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 need learn different aspects of the business and understand how to apply science and analytics to solve high impact business problems. You will be expected to provide clear and concise explanation to results and approaches as well as provide opinion and guidance on problem solving.
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 supplier operations strategy development based on science models and data analysis
• Develop models to measure long term impact of seller behaviors
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams both within and outside of AB to launch selection and operations systems based on science and data.
• Use economical techniques to create scientific solutions for business problems.
• Research, experiment and implement novel approaches.
• Work closely with other scientists in the team and across teams.
• Work and collaborate effectively with product managers and software engineering teams to build algorithms and models and integrate successful models and algorithms in production systems.
• Use the best practices in science: data integrity, design, test, and implementation and documentation.
• Contribute to Amazon's Intellectual Property through patents and internal and external publications.
A day in the life
The economist/scientist will develop, enhance, automate, and manage science models from end to end. He/she will also have the opportunity to present findings to cross functional team partners to drive improvements. He/she will work with other Applied/Research/Data Scientists, Economists, Data Engineers, Software Development Engineers, Program Managers and Business Partners to build analytical and science models. The scientist/economist will be expected to provide clear and concise explanation to results and approaches as well as provide opinion and guidance on problem solving.
About the team
Amazon Business (AB) represents an incredible opportunity to address a vast new market segment and customer base for Amazon. We are focused on building solutions that enable B2B customers to find, research, and buy products and services across multiple devices and marketplaces. The Amazon Business Science team owns the science and analytics for key AB problems including price setting and selection additions.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in economics or equivalent
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of industry, consulting, government, or academic research experience
- Knowledge of at least one statistical software package such as R, Stata, Matlab, SAS
- Experience in prediction and forecasting in a research or industrial environment
- Experience with handling of large datasets
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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/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.