Director - Applied Science, Amazon Connect

Benefits

Parental leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Non-birth-parent leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Adoption assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Surrogacy assistance: Not verified

Mental health support

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Relocation assistance

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Childcare support

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Learning budget

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Verification

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Salary

$262K-$350K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$111,944 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+13.7% - Much faster than average

174% above the BLS role benchmark for data and ml aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Data and ML aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Data From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Director Plus From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Company

Equity

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Application

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About this role

Director - Applied Science, Amazon Connect Seattle, Washington, USA The Amazon Connect Interactive AI and Engagement organization was formed in April 2025 to bring together Contact Lens, Q in Connect, and Flows/Lex into one organization, responsible for weaving native-AI across the Connect application experiences delivered to end-customers, agents, and managers/supervisors. We are reimagining customer engagement to enable companies to deliver proactive and personalized experiences (in websites, mobile apps, and traditional contact center channels including voice, messaging, and email) that discern and resolve end-customers' intent before problems ever arise. To succeed, we need a unified science strategy and approach to power 'AI-throughout' customer experiences that leverage humans in the loop when required to meet business goals. We seek to hire a Director of Applied Science who will define and execute that strategy, and organization required. This leader will push the technical boundaries in generative AI science, shaping the industry, while influencing and leading key product investments across Connect service teams and leadership. The business opportunity is substantial. We are executing to be the leader irrespective of the ultimate balance between proactive end-customer self-service and agent-assisted workloads. To do so, science innovation will be pivotal to help achieve our ambitious goals, differentiating Amazon Connect from our competitors. Key job responsibilities The Director of Applied Science will lead us to propose and deliver an organizational plan that is aligned to a unified science strategy. This science strategy will enable data-driven, AI-powered continuous optimization across self-service, agent assistance, and manager assistance workloads. This leader

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