Senior Manager, Research Science, Intelligent Talent Acquisition, Global Hiring Science
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value due to the opportunity to impact global hiring practices at a leading tech company, offering extensive career growth and involvement in innovative research.
- Global impact on Amazon's hiring practices
- Work with cutting-edge AI and data analytics
- Collaboration across diverse teams
- Requires deep expertise in research and stats (7+ years preferred)
Pros
- Role with a significant global impact on hiring at Amazon.
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI and machine learning technologies.
- Collaboration with diverse teams and fostering innovative hiring solutions.
Cons
- High expectations for performance and ability to influence stakeholders.
- Fast-paced environment may lead to work pressure.
- Demands a comprehensive background in psychometrics and research.
Who it's for
Senior / Lead • Hybrid / office with flexibility
Good fit
- Experienced talent acquisition researchers
- Individuals passionate about data science applied to HR
- Leaders looking to innovate hiring strategies
Not recommended for
- New graduates seeking entry-level roles
- Professional interested solely in operational positions
- Candidates resistant to data-oriented functions
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Description
Do you want a role with deep meaning and the ability to have a global impact? Hiring top talent is not only critical to Amazon’s success – it can literally change the world. It took a lot of great hires to deliver innovations like AWS, Prime, and Alexa, which make life better for millions of customers around the world. As part of the Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA) team, you'll have the opportunity to reinvent Amazon’s hiring process with unprecedented scale, sophistication, and accuracy.
ITA is an industry-leading people science and technology organization made up of scientists, engineers, analysts, product professionals, and more. Our shared goal is to fairly and precisely connect the right people to the right jobs. Last year, we delivered over 6 million online candidate assessments, driving a merit-based hiring approach that gives candidates the opportunity to showcase their true skills. Each year we also help Amazon deliver billions of packages around the world by making it possible to hire hundreds of thousands of associates in the right quantity, at the right location, at exactly the right time. You’ll work on state-of-the-art research with advanced software tools, new AI systems, and machine learning algorithms to solve complex hiring challenges. Join ITA in transforming Amazon's hiring landscape and making a meaningful difference in people's lives. Together, we can solve the world's toughest hiring problems.
Within ITA, the Global Hiring Science (GHS) team designs and implements innovative hiring solutions at scale. We work in a fast-paced, global environment where we use research to solve complex problems and build scalable hiring products that deliver measurable impact to our customers. We are seeking a senior research manager with a strong foundation in psychometrics, statistics, and developing metrics to evaluate programs and processes.
We are looking for equal parts researcher and consultant, who is able to influence customers with insights derived from science and data. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to design new hiring solutions and experiment with measurement methods intended to precisely define exactly what job success looks like and how best to predict it. Preferred candidates have a strong track record of developing research programs with demonstrated business impact.
Key job responsibilities
What you’ll do as a GHS Science Manager:
• Partner with key stakeholders to create innovative solutions that blend scientific rigor with real-world business impact while navigating complex legal and professional standards
• Build voice of customer (candidates, hiring managers) feedback ecosystems that capture actionable insights
• Translate complex research findings into compelling, actionable strategies that influence senior leader/business decisions and shape Amazon's talent acquisition roadmap
• Lead a cross-functional science team focused on improving the quality of our hiring globally
• Ensure effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple teams with competing priorities
