Overview
Amazon is looking for an outstanding Sr. Assessment Scientist to be part of our Global Assessment & Technology Optimization team. As a member of the team, you will get the opportunity to create and evaluate innovative assessments to employ thousands of Amazonians all over the world.
You will be working in a global, entrepreneurial environment and working through unique challenges to deliver predictive assessments that wow our candidates and allow them to get to know the role as part of the testing experience.
You will work closely with global teams across Amazon to design, deliver and experiment with innovative solutions to predict success for jobs that have the greatest impact to Amazon. You will plan and lead new assessment development projects, validation activities, job analyses, organizational research studies, and create compelling data visualizations to accompany these projects. Successful candidates will have experience in technology organizations, feel passionate about serving their clients, and have excellent problem solving abilities.
What you’ll do:
• Create and develop innovative assessment tools and performance-based simulations for predicting successful performance and organizational fit
• Lead and support the development of innovative assessment tools and strategies in all phases of content development, validation design, and implementation.
• Lead the effective and efficient delivery of large, high-visibility projects
• Provide ongoing analytics and data visualizations, and develop new analytic strategies for current and future assessments
• Design research methodologies to identify and define characteristics of high performance
• Perform complex statistical/quantitative analyses
• Influence executive project sponsors and multiple business and development teams across the company
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Master’s degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology or related field
• 5+ years’ relevant experience in applied selection practices, talent acquisition strategies, job analysis for selection, or some combination of the three
• Experience in the selection assessment development cycle: job analysis, content creation, validation, and scoring
• Proficiency in at least one statistics program (SPSS, R, SAS, etc.)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Quantitative analytical abilities
• Proven problem solving skills
• Strong organizational skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Proficiency in data visualization using R or Tableau
• PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology or related field
• Previous work experience in recruiting or assessment strategies
• Experience designing job simulations and realistic job previews
• Experience designing assessments in global environments and working to ensure testing is accurate, fair and applicable across
multiple countries
About Amazon
Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform.
Founded by Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com website started in 1995 as a place to buy books because of the unique customer experience the Web could offer book lovers. Bezos believed that only the Internet could offer customers the convenience of browsing a selection of millions of book titles in a single sitting. During the first 30 days of business, Amazon fulfilled orders for customers in 50 states and 45 countries - all shipped from his Seattle-area garage.
Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of the company's DNA. The world's brightest technology minds come to Amazon.com to research and develop technology that improves the lives of shoppers and sellers around the world.
We're a company of pioneers. It's our job to make bold bets, and we get our energy from inventing on behalf of customers. Success is measured against the possible, not the probable. For today’s pioneers, that’s exactly why there’s no place on Earth they’d rather build than Amazon.
We are a company of builders who bring varying backgrounds, ideas, and points of view to inventing on behalf of our customers. Our diverse perspectives come from many sources including gender, race, age, national origin, sexual orientation, culture, education, as well as professional and life experience. We are working to develop leaders and shape future talent pools to help us meet the needs of our customers around the world.