Economist, AWS Marketing Science
About the role
AWS Marketing is looking for an Economist to help expand our measurement framework beyond demand generation—into brand, product-led growth (PLG), and developer programs. You will develop models and analyses that quantify how these investments drive customer acquisition, engagement, and long-term value.
This role combines rigorous economics with applied problem-solving. You will build econometric models, run causal analyses, work with large-scale datasets, and translate findings into recommendations for marketing and finance stakeholders. You will operate in a space where established B2B methodology is limited—bringing structure, creativity, and intellectual rigor to novel measurement problems.
Responsibilities
- Develop econometric and causal inference models to estimate the impact of brand, PLG, and developer program investments on acquisition, engagement, and revenue
- Build measurement approaches that produce program-level and customer-level estimates, extending the team's existing channel-level framework
- Connect upper-funnel metrics (awareness, consideration, salience) and product engagement signals to downstream business outcomes including revenue and customer lifetime value
- Apply methods suited to long-horizon effects with slow feedback loops—distinguishing these from shorter-cycle performance marketing signals
- Conduct empirical analyses using large-scale observational and experimental data, ensuring statistical rigor and reproducibility
- Partner with the senior economist leading this area to design research agendas, scope analyses, and iterate on methodology
- Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including marketing leaders and finance partners
- Stay current on measurement literature across academia, consulting, and industry; bring relevant approaches into AWS's framework
- Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to operationalize models and integrate results into marketing science products
About the team
The AWS Marketing Science team is a group of scientists, economists, and engineers building science products that power marketing decisions across AWS. We measure outcomes, target customers, and forecast growth—and we consult with marketing stakeholders on how to optimize their investment. Our team has deep expertise in lower-funnel measurement (multi-touch attribution, incrementality testing, long-term ROI) and is now expanding into brand, PLG, and developer program measurement. You will be part of building that capability from the ground up.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- PhD in economics or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of industry, consulting, government, or academic research experience
- Knowledge of at least one statistical software package such as R, Stata, Matlab, or SAS
- Experience with handling large datasets
- Experience working in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment
- Experience in marketing measurement
- Experience working with software developers and product managers
Pay
- USA, NY, New York: $157,300.00 - $212,800.00 USD annually
- USA, TX, Austin: $136,000.00 - $184,000.00 USD annually
- USA, VA, Arlington: $136,000.00 - $184,000.00 USD annually
- USA, WA, Seattle: $136,000.00 - $184,000.00 USD annually
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for Supplemental life plans)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
- Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
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