Sr Mgr, Science & Analytics, Creators_

DescriptionThe Creator team’s mission is to make Amazon the Earth’s most desired destination for commerce creators and their content. We own the Associates and Influencer programs and brands across Amazon to ensure a cohesive experience, expand creators’ opportunities to earn through innovation, and launch experiences that reinforce feelings of achievement for creators. Within Creators, our Shoppable Content team focuses on enriching the Amazon shopping experience with inspiring and engaging content like shoppable videos that guides customers’ purchasing decisions, building products and services that enable creators to publish and manage shoppable content posts internal teams to build innovative, content-first experiences for customers.We’re seeking a customer-obsessed, data driven leader to manage our Science and Analytics teams. You will lead a team of Applied Scientists, Economists, Data Scientists, Business Intelligence Engineers, and Data Engineers to develop innovative solutions that help us address creator needs and make creators more successful on Amazon. You will define the strategic vision for how to make science foundational to everything we do, including leading the development of data models and analysis tools to represent the ground truth about creator measurement and test results to facilitate important business decisions, both off and on Amazon. Domains include creator incrementality, compensation, acquisition, recommendations, life cycle, and content quality. You will work with multiple engineering, software, economics and business teams to specify requirements, define data collection, interpretation strategies, data pipelines and implement data analysis and reporting tools. Your focus will be in optimizing the analysis of test results to enable the efficient growth of the Creator channel.You should be able to operate with a high level of autonomy and possess strong communication skills, both written and verbal. You have a combination of strong data analytical skills and business acumen, and a demonstrable ability to operate at scale. You can influence up, down, and across and thrive in entrepreneurial environments. You will excel at hiring and retaining a team of top performers, set strategic direction, build bridges with stakeholders, and cultivate a culture of invention and collaboration.Key job responsibilities· Own and prioritize the science and BI roadmaps for the Creator channel, working with our agile developers to size, scope, and weigh the trade-offs across that roadmap and other areas of the business.· Lead a team of data scientists and engineers skilled at using a variety of techniques including classic analytic techniques as well Data Science and Machine Learning to address hard problems.· Deeply understand the creator, their needs, the business landscape, and backend technologies.· Partner with business and engineering stakeholders across multiple teams to gather data/analytics requirements, and provide clear guidance to the team on prioritization and execution.· Run frequent experiments, in partnership with business stakeholders, to inform our innovation plans.· Ensure high availability for data infrastructure and high data quality, partnering with upstream teams as required.Basic QualificationsBachelor's degreeExperience in a least one area of Machine Learning (NLP, Regression, Classification, Clustering, or Anomaly Detection)Experience building data productsPreferred QualificationsPhD in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative fieldExperience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products and projects on tight deadlinesAbility to establish and manage your business to a set of key metrics and goalsSkilled at communication and data presentation, to both technical and non-technical audiencesAmazon 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 mazon.jobs/en/disability/us.Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $196,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $340,300/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 boutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.