Description

Amazon's Global Talent Management and Compensation (GTMC) Center for Applied Science and Economics (CASE) builds science models supporting employee career-related experiences such as their evaluation, learning and development, onboarding, and promotion for Amazonians. Additionally, the team conducts experiments for a wide range of employee and talent-related product features, and measures the impact of product and program initiatives in enhancing our employees' career experiences at Amazon.

Amazon's GTMC team is looking for Economists who are highly specialized in the field of macroeconomics and time series forecasting. The economist will enhance science models by enabling them to adapt to external talent dynamics, enabling personalized, consistent, and high-impact employee experiences across the talent lifecycle. This will make the models more responsive to evolving market conditions and enhance the alignment of Amazon-wide talent strategies with team and organization-specific strategic objectives.

Key job responsibilities

The Economists within GTMC will be primarily involved in building advanced forecasting and time series models that account for the nuances of aggregate econometric modeling within the HR space. This includes modeling the inter-relationship of various talent outcomes, as well as scenario planning and modeling tasks to quantify the implications of external macro as well as industry-level shocks on key HR talent outcomes.

The economists will closely collaborate with a range of scientists from different backgrounds, as well as program and product leaders, to implement and assess the science solutions into the company's products.

Basic Qualifications

• PhD in economics or equivalent

• 2+ years in post-doctoral work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ 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

• • Deep knowledge in time series econometrics, VAR models, empirical macroeconomics, or the use of micro and panel data to improve and validate traditional aggregate models.
• • Strong background in statistics methodology, applications to business problems, and/or big data.
• • Ability to work in a fast-paced business environment.
• • Strong research track record.
• • Effective verbal and written communications skills with both economists and non-economist audiences.
• • Advanced expertise and knowledge of econometric observational causal inference models

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.