Responsibilities

• Develop econometric and causal inference models to estimate the impact of brand, PLG, and developer program investments on acquisition, engagement, and revenue
• Build measurement approaches that produce program-level and customer-level estimates, extending the team's existing channel-level framework
• Connect upper-funnel metrics (awareness, consideration, salience) and product engagement signals to downstream business outcomes including revenue and customer lifetime value
• Apply methods suited to long-horizon effects with slow feedback loops — distinguishing these from shorter-cycle performance marketing signals
• Conduct empirical analyses using large-scale observational and experimental data, ensuring statistical rigor and reproducibility
• Partner with the senior economist leading this area to design research agendas, scope analyses, and iterate on methodology
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including marketing leaders and finance partners
• Stay current on measurement literature across academia, consulting, and industry; bring relevant approaches into AWS's framework
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to operationalize models and integrate results into marketing science products

Requirements

• PhD in economics or equivalent

Preferred

• 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 with handling of large datasets
• Experience working in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment
• Experience in Marketing Measurement
• Experience working with software developers and product managers

Benefits

• 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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .