Forecasting Manager, Amazon Advertising

Amazon is hiring a Forecasting Manager, Amazon Advertising in Seattle, United States. It pays $99k-$172k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions Python, SQL and Tableau among its tools and skills.
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Develop demand forecasting and headcount planning tools using statistical and machine learning techniques for Amazon Advertising.

PythonSQLTableau

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Amazon Advertising is the earth’s most customer centric advertising program and is dedicated to driving measurable outcomes for brand advertisers, agencies, authors, and entrepreneurs. Our ad solutions—including sponsored, display, video, and custom ads—leverage Amazon’s innovations and insights to find, attract, and engage intended audiences throughout their daily journeys, helping advertisers build brand awareness, increase product sales, and more. This role can be based in Seattle or New York.

Forecast and Strategy team (F&S) Team within Amazon Advertising is looking for an experienced professional with excellent analytical skills and strong business acumen to develop and implement our demand forecasting and headcount planning tools and mechanisms in a fast-paced and innovative environment, at a global scale.

As a Forecasting Manager, you will be responsible for modeling forecasting problems leveraging advanced statistical models, discovering insights and identifying opportunities through the use of statistical, machine learning, algorithmic, data mining and visualization techniques which you will implement and enhance through automation.

You will need to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams to analyze forecast variances, understand and mitigate variance drivers, identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies, derive the strategical staffing plans (hiring and site strategy) and deliver successfully against high organizational standards. You should be able to apply a breadth of tools, data sources and analytical techniques to answer a wide range of high-impact business questions and present the insights in concise and effective manner. Additionally, you should be an effective communicator capable of independently driving issues to resolution and communicating insights to non-technical audiences. This is a high impact role with goals that directly impacts the bottom line of the business. Accurate forecasts drive improvements in cost and quality of our advertising operations on a global scale.

Key job responsibilities
· Produce and communicate Long Range and Short Range forecasts for a variety of business oriented KPIs, ingested by Planners, Finance managers, Program managers and Operations.
· Produce strategical staffing plans, including hiring plans and site strategy models, and communicate those plans to Operations leaders.
· Design, build and implement innovative forecasting and planning tools and mechanisms, to create a reliable and effective short and long term forecast for a wide range of Amazon Ads departments.
· Build and maintain KPIs that reliably reflect forecasting accuracy, and downstream impact on the business.
· Create new reporting & analytic opportunities by analyzing and understanding key planning processes
· Thought leadership on integration of new products/services supported by Advertising.
· Write and present documents up to the VP level.

Basic qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Science/Engineering/Economics
- 5+ years of demand planning and forecasting experience

Preferred qualifications

- Lean-Six Sigma Black Belt certification

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, NY, New York - 98,500.00 - 172,300.00 USD annually
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 89,500.00 - 156,600.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Forecasting Manager, Amazon Advertising at Amazon rates 25 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
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Key facts

Forecasting Manager, Amazon Advertising is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $99k-$172k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Seattle.
The job was posted on September 24, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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