Principal Data Scientist, Analytics and Insights, ...

• MBA or Masters in quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, or equivalent)
• 8+ years of experience working in data science ideally in the tech or consumer industry
• Evidence of doing or directing science work with high positive impact on business outcomes

Job summary
Amazon Advertising seeks the world's brightest leaders to enable advertisers to reach customers across our owned and operated sites, on other high-quality publisher sites across the web, and on millions of desktops, mobile, and connected TV devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. We seek candidates who want to join a team focused on building large-scale systems that integrate across multiple sources to provide unique advertising products. These products drive marketing investments into Amazon by giving advertisers the controls and data necessary to demonstrate the efficacy of Amazon advertising.

We are seeking a Principal Data Scientist with management experience (or a manager with hands-on experience who would like to get in on the ground floor of a new organization) to help with launching an analytics and insights team for our Non-Endemic business verticals, including Finance, Automotive, Hospitality, Entertainment, and Telecom. Initially this will be an individual contributor position with the potential for managing a growing a team once we scale the organization.

We are looking for leaders motivated by thinking big, moving fast, and changing the way customers use data to drive their business. If you love to implement solutions to challenging problems while working hard, having fun, and making history, this may be the opportunity for you.

• PhD in a technology discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, or equivalent)
• Proficiency in classical machine learning and/or deep learning
• Advertising or ad tech industry experience
• Experience managing Machine Learning Scientists, Data Scientists, Research Scientists, Applied Scientists, and/or Economists
• Management experience working on cross-functional projects.
• Proficiency in SQL or Python

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