Key job responsibilities
Live sports is a major growth vertical for Prime Video. We're acquiring the biggest and best events like NFL Thursday Night Football, NBA, NASCAR, Premier League, and Champions League for our customers and building new experiences to change the way people watch live sports! We offer customers thousands of popular events from exclusive content to marketplace content from relationships with 3Ps like Paramount+ and AppleTV+ where customers can also subscribe to add-on channels. Prime Video is a fast-paced, growth business - available in over 240 countries and territories worldwide. The team works in a dynamic environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is at the heart of everything we do. If this sounds exciting to you, please read on.
We're looking for a Senior Program manager to take sports deals from deal signing to their first live broadcast with the goal of increasing the selection of live sports broadcasts on Prime Video. onboards and operates events for our fast growing business. Are you interested in shaping the future of live streaming? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? If so, you might be the right person.
Key activities include:
As the Senior Program Manager, you will be responsible for leading the execution of taking new and existing live sports events from deal signing to their first live broadcast on Prime Video. Leading from the front, you will partner with key stakeholders from business, product, tech, and other teams on key priorities and take on the challenges of launching the most complex launch projects. A successful candidate will be customer-focused, team-oriented, meets deadlines under time constraints and while continuously raising the bar for quality.
Transform the processes and tools that unlocks scaling the selection of live sports events on Prime Video in the future. Identify initiatives, establish goals, plans and related metrics, track progress, and manage through obstacles to achieve quality improvements and operational efficiency gains.
Communicate with senior management on progress, risks, issues and decisions needed to ensure meeting launch dates and quality targets of live sports events for Prime Video customers.
A day in the life
The team's core mission is to manage programs that deliver live content to Amazon customers. This involves interacting with sports media and metadata partners, managing workflows through the publishing process, and defining operational procedures with the goal of bringing highly engaging sports content to Prime Video customers. In addition, you will work closely with cross-functional counterparts in product management, engineering, content acquisition, operations, and executive teams to ensure the teams and systems are supporting the broader growth of our business, launching new features, developing and growing business opportunities, and enhancing our customer experience.
About the team
The team's core mission is to manage programs and workflows associated with delivering live content to Amazon customers. This involves interacting with sports media and metadata partners, managing workflows through the publishing process, and defining operational procedures with the goal of bringing highly engaging sports content to Prime Video customers. In addition to continuously driving and improving execution of this core mission, you will work closely with cross-functional counterparts in product management, engineering, content acquisition, operations, and executive teams to ensure the teams and systems are supporting the broader growth of our business, launching new features, developing and growing business opportunities, and enhancing our customer experience.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of Supply Chain, Product Management, Program Management experience
- Experience owning end-to-end programs to drive results
- Experience communicating effectively with senior leadership
- Experience conveying complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences
- Can work proactively and independently, meet deadlines, and deliver on projects and tasks
- Experience managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products and online services on tight deadlines
- Experience building scalable programs and repeatable scalable processes, levering various tools and methods to create scale and efficiency
- Knowledge of digital marketplace and understanding of the video competitive landscape
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in the entertainment industry
- Experience building and growing relationships with internal and external partners
- Experience in an operational role, or experience managing teams
- Experience using customer insights and data to deeply understand target customers and dive deep
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, WA, SEATTLE - 127,300.00 - 222,700.00 USD annually
