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Director - Applied Science, Amazon Connect

Seattle, Washington, United StatesFull-time$263k–$350k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10

Core

Define and execute a unified science strategy for native-AI across Amazon Connect to enable proactive, personalized customer experiences via generative AI.

Role type

Director of Applied Science (Strategy & Organization)

Builds

AI-powered customer engagement experiences (self-service, agent assistance, manager assistance) across voice, messaging, and email channels.

Domain

Generative AI, Customer Engagement, Contact Center

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Generative AI strategy, Predictive modeling, Large-scale data analysis, Machine Learning, SQL, Spark, Python, Perl

Preferred skills

PhD in CS/ML/Stats/OR, 15+ years ML industry experience, Expert SQL, Expert Spark/Python/Perl

Technologies

Generative AI, Spark, Python, Perl, SQL

Responsibilities

Define and execute unified science strategy, Lead organizational planning for applied science teams, Drive cross-AWS science collaboration (Bedrock, AGI, Q, Transcribe), Push technical boundaries in generative AI science.

Seniority

Director, Strategy & Organization