Description

Are you interested in building and scaling the Amazon Launchpad program to elevate new and innovative brands selling on the Amazon online store? Amazon Launchpad's mission is to support entrepreneurs by providing resources, expertise, and creative marketing to help showcase and deliver innovative products to our customers. If you live for these kinds of challenges, we've got the job for you!

We are seeking a customer obsessed, data oriented Sr. Program Manager to work on the Amazon Launchpad team.

You must be solution-oriented and thrive in a fast paced, demanding and ambitious environment. This work demands a self-starter who is motivated to deliver an exceptional experience to brands in the Amazon Launchpad program. You will accelerate the growth of brands within the Launchpad program by driving engagement with our program and its benefits. Your work will directly impact some of the most talented consumer product startups in the world.

Key job responsibilities

• Understand selling partner needs, defining clear project plans and executing to high expectations in a fast-paced environment.

• Deliver a strategy for ongoing selling partner engagement and support.

• Anticipate bottlenecks, be able to make tradeoffs and balance business needs versus technical or operational constraints.

• Lead external communications with selling partners and optimize communication strategy for long-term success.

• Drive cross-functional and cross-regional alignment to achieve strategic program goals

• Develop and track key metrics and report program learnings and effectiveness to internal stakeholders.

• Interact with stakeholders at multiple levels and working with marketing, sales, tech, analytics, finance, legal, PR, and executive teams to define and deliver solutions.

A day in the life

The role offers and requires collaboration with internal teams and external organizations that support the startup and small and medium business ecosystem. To succeed in this role, you will deploy written and verbal communication skills that enable collaboration across teams, influence cross-functionally and drive results by compelling stakeholders to action through data driven proposals to peers and senior leaders.

About the team

Amazon Launchpad's mission is to support entrepreneurs by providing resources, expertise and global support to help showcase and deliver innovative products from small businesses to millions of Amazon customers.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We have a vision for and commitment to your personal success. Whether your goals are to explore new concepts or take on bigger opportunities, we'll help you get there.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience

• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements

• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

• Bachelor's degree

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience

• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, 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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $104,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.