Principal Economist, Stores Ads Monetization_

DescriptionDo you ever struggle to explain your work? How's this: "Do you shop at Amazon?” Every day, tens of millions of customers visit Amazon to discover, research, and buy products. Millions of interactions are processed each hour, as customers navigate and explore our vast selection of products, features, and services around the world. The Amazon Stores Advertising Team’s vision is to enable customers to discover products they love from brand owners around the world. Amazon Stores are the product showroom for the “everything store”, our reach and impact uniquely positions us to innovate on behalf of our customers. The Stores Advertising Team partners with organizations across Amazon to drive high-quality advertising experiences across geographies, intents, missions, products and businesses; while ensuring a cohesive, lovable shopping experience.We are looking for a Principal Economist to establish the econ charter of the Amazon Stores Advertising Team. You will work with science and business leaders across Amazon to build econometrics models to improve ads monetization decisions in Amazon stores. You will partner closely with teams in Advertising, Weblab, Search, and Personalization to influence their roadmap, challenge their assumptions, and maximize the long-term success of our stores. Where possible, you will design and conduct experiments to estimate the long term impact of new ads experiences on customers and advertisers. You will influence the design of new ads products that maintain a lovable shopping experience.Key job responsibilities- Partner with teams across Amazon to raise accuracy of measurement of short and long term impact of ads on customer experience- Establish economic frameworks to improve ads monetization decisions in Amazon Stores- Design and run experiments to increase understanding of ads impact on advertisers, publishers, and customers- Act as the scientific authority for the Amazon Stores Advertising team in front of senior Amazon leaders and other science teams for economic related topics- Help craft the multi-year science strategy for the organizationAbout the teamThis role is within a brand-new organization focused on delighting customers while driving revenue. Prospective candidates should have the desire and capability to drive results from the ’ground floor’ of an impactful and important charter.Basic Qualifications- PhD in Economics or related Finance field.- 8+ years of relevant experience in industry, consulting, government or academic research.- Expertise in causal modeling methods, both in experimental and observational settings.Preferred Qualifications- PhD in Economics or related Finance field.- 10+ years of relevant experience in industry, consulting, government or academic research.- Expertise with both reduced-form and structural modeling.- Proven ability to mentor and develop junior scientists.- Excellent written and verbal technical communication with both technical and business audience.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 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 $170,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $294,700/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.