Economist
Posted on: 15 Feb 2021
Seattle, WA
Job Description
DESCRIPTION
The Research and Measurement team in Amazon Operations HR is seeking an Economist to innovate at the unique intersection of employee experience data, operational metrics, and HR data. With a scientific HR organization and the growth trajectory of WW Operations, you will support new research areas that can shape our future.
We are looking for motivated economists with strong analytical skills who can partner with research and data scientists. and business owners across organizational boundaries to measure the impact of experiments and nudges and recommend appropriate actions.
Major responsibilities include:
· Managing global-scale research initiatives across multiple business segments that impact leaders in our organization
· Developing and evaluating measurement and causal models that effectively identify associate experiences, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that play a role in determining business outcomes including retention, safety, quality, engagement, and productivity.
· Ability to query complex data from multiple sources, data cleaning, and advanced statistical analysis.
· Provide technical supports for designing and measuring randomized experiment.
· Interpret data, writing reports, and make actionable recommendation.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· PhD in economics or related field
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· PhD in Economics, Finance, Marketing and related fields
· Expertise in Applied Microeconometrics
· Familiar with major methods used in causal inference including randomized experiments, diff-in-diff estimations, matching estimations, regression adjustments, synthetic control estimations, instrumental variables and regression discontinuity design. Knowledge about some ML-based causal methods is a plus.
· Proficiency in Stata, R or Python.
· Experience in handling survey data (especially survey data measurement error) is a plus.
· Exceptional verbal and written communications skills.
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
Amazon.com
Seattle, WA
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.
The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.
In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.
Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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IndustryInformation Technology
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No. of Employees647,500
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Jobs Posted12764
