Principal Economist, Amazon Leo, Plans & Pricing

About the role

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network, aiming to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. The Amazon Leo team is looking for a seasoned Principal Economist to help close the digital divide. We operate in a fast-paced startup environment and offer many challenging and rewarding projects.

Responsibilities

The Principal Economist role is responsible for defining and delivering the plans and pricing that enable business and government customers to access Amazon Leo services around the world. This involves close partnership with business development and sales teams, product teams, and our own science and analytics teams to define the principles and frameworks, plans and pricing, demand and capacity tradeoffs, and guardrails that enable high-velocity decision-making at scale.

• Define economic principles and frameworks to guide high-velocity decision-making
• Define service plans and pricing for business and government customers, direct and indirect channels, and fixed and mobility use cases
• Define choice models and pricing strategies for new product offerings and bundles
• Define volume and regional discount guardrails and frameworks
• Deliver post-mortem insights and define experiments to optimize plans and pricing
• Identify customer trends in post-mortem analysis

Requirements

Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum due to applicable export control laws and regulations.

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics or equivalent field
• Experience in economic research, economic consulting, applied economics, or a related quantitative field

Preferred qualifications include effective verbal and written communications skills, experience in building analytic or scientific data products or solutions, and experience in developing and executing an analytic vision to solve business-relevant problems.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. The base salary range for this position is $189,400.00 - $256,200.00 USD annually, with a package that includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).