Research Scientist , WW Sustainability
About the role
Join us at the forefront of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements that support Amazon's long-term worldwide sustainability strategy. At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.
We are looking for a Research Scientist to join our growing Sustainability team to drive the science behind value chain decarbonization. This role will establish Amazon's scientific methodologies for sector- and cross-sectoral decarbonization mechanisms, and establish benchmarks for automated validation and risk assessment.
Responsibilities
As a Research Scientist, you will be responsible for independently leading assessments of environmental issues across the full spectrum of Amazon businesses and evaluating sustainability impacts across the value chain.
- Develop quality assessment frameworks for complex environmental interventions, baseline-setting approaches, and measurement methodologies
- Build quantitative benchmark and statistical models that enable scalable evaluation across heterogeneous data sources
- Create attribution methodologies for supply chain interventions across Amazon's diverse footprint
- Develop social and environmental safeguard criteria that integrate community impact assessments
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including procurement, sustainability operations, and business units to translate scientific methodologies into operational requirements
- Work under the direction of senior business leaders while acting as lead Subject Matter Expert for value chain decarbonization science, including designing and leading research, data collection, modeling, documentation, interpretation, and validation
Qualifications
The basic qualifications for this role include a PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience, as well as experience investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products, and experience analyzing both experimental and observational data sets.
Preferred qualifications include knowledge of R, MATLAB, Python or similar scripting language, experience with agile development, and experience building web-based dashboards using common frameworks.
Benefits
Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
Pay
The base salary range for this position is $136,000.00 - $184,000.00 USD annually, and the total compensation package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.