Senior Research Scientist, Sustainability, WW Sustainability

Senior Research Scientist, Sustainability, WW Sustainability

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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 Senior 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.

As a Senior 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. You will independently develop quality frameworks and methodologies that enable Amazon to scale procurement of high-quality environmental interventions while maintaining scientific rigor and environmental integrity.

• 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

Diverse Experiences:
World Wide Sustainability values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Inclusive Team Culture:
It's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and Amaze Con (inclusive diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth:
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

• 5+ years of investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products experience
• PhD, or Master's degree and 5+ years of quantitative field research experience
• Knowledge of R or Python
• Experience communicating qualitative research methods and findings to non-qualitative researchers
• Knowledge of quantitative approaches (e.g., t-tests, regressions, ANOVAs, etc.)

• Experience with carbon markets, including additionality concepts, baseline‑setting, monitoring/reporting/verification (MRV), registry systems, or environmental attribute certificates
• Domain expertise in agricultural emissions, soil carbon dynamics, biogeochemistry, or land use change assessment
• Experience with risk assessment and uncertainty quantification in environmental systems
• Knowledge of environmental policy and regulatory frameworks (AIM, GHG Protocol, ISO standards)
• Extensive experience using life cycle assessment (LCA) databases and techno‑economic analysis (TEA)

Amazon is an equal opportunity…