Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, mentor, and develop a team of scientists and engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, scientific rigor, and operational excellence.
• Set the technical vision and roadmap for the team’s measurement and modeling initiatives, aligning with business priorities.
• Partner with senior leadership to define measurement strategies and translate business needs into science roadmaps and deliverables.
• Guide the team in applying ML, statistics, and econometrics to develop, analyze, and productionize prototype models.
• Drive the design and analysis of large-scale online experiments to validate models and measure impact.
• Foster collaboration across science teams through peer-review processes, publishing research internally and at industry conferences.
• Establish scalable, efficient, and automated processes for large-scale model development, validation, and implementation.

Requirements

• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience
• 4+ years of applied research experience
• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

Preferred

• Experience building complex software systems, especially involving deep learning, machine learning and computer vision, that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Experience communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs
• Domain expertise in quantitative marketing or advertising measurement.

Benefits

• Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.
• Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.