Research Scientist, Alexa Devices & Marketing at Amazon.com | Seattle, WA | $136K/yr – $184K/yr

Research Scientist, Alexa Devices & Marketing

Seattle, WA (Unknown)

$136K/yr – $184K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 5 months ago

Job Summary

Drive research and data-driven insights to inform Alexa product and marketing decisions, leading cross-functional study design and scalable measurement.

Own research roadmap and cross-functional alignment with product and marketing teams.
Must-have: PhD or Master’s with 4+ years in quantitative field research.
Standout: Ability to synthesize diverse data into actionable leadership-ready insights.

Job Description

Work closely with product and marketing teams, as well as fellow researchers, to identify research topics and build a research roadmap; communicate and refresh on a regular basis to ensure relevancy.
Create a deep understanding of customers through descriptive, inferential, and experimental approaches (existing or invented) that you identify as being most effective for answering a given business question.
Design, implement, and analyze data from surveys, randomized experiments, and other large-n data sets.
Work with data engineering and business intelligence teams to triangulate survey data with customer engagement and segmentation data.
Create repeatable and scalable mechanisms to measure key customer metrics that drive product iteration.
Synthesize a wide range of primary and secondary data types leading to focused, insightful, and actionable insights that persuade and inspire partners and leaders to take concerted, informed actions.
Work closely with research peers to promote best practices, build resources, and train team members to enable them to execute their own research projects.

PhD, or Master\'s degree and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience
Experience investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products
Experience analyzing both experimental and observational data sets
General AI fluency is a requirement

Knowledge of R, MATLAB, Python or similar scripting language
Experience with agile development
Experience building web based dashboards using common frameworks
Experience with AI/ML technologies

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
parential leave
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