Sr. Agency Development Manager, US Agency, US Agency Team

Amazon Ads is in a rapid and exciting growth phase. In order to accelerate the next phase of development, we are committed to transforming the depth, scale and ambition of our partnerships with major media agencies. This is a fantastic opportunity for a mid- senior level individual to join the team to shape and drive Amazon Ad's strategic agency partnerships with major agencies. Displaying a consultative style, candidates must be excellent communicators, experienced at operating at a senior level with both agencies and advertisers, and be able to earn trust with stakeholders across other Amazon teams. In addition, candidates should be comfortable with complex data sets and have the ability to invent and simplify for customers. Candidates will be self-motivated, happy to work autonomously and highly goal-oriented in order to contribute to Amazon Ad's ambitious growth plans.

If you’re interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you’ve come to the right place.


Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
- Develop and execute a customer-led growth strategy at key Holding Companies and/or their Operating Companies
- Be comfortable reviewing your book of business at a large scale as well as diving deep into account level as needed
- Lead education and enablement of key agency functions including delivery of agency-wide events
- Identify opportunities for agency collaboration around creative solutions and large scale custom executions
- Partner with wider Amazon teams to identify transformative opportunities for agency partnerships offered by Amazon Ads product development roadmap
- Collaboration with partner teams across Amazon Ads (e.g Account Management, Account Executives, Ad Tech and Global Agency and Account)
- Ability to lead video conversations with proficiency to help educate and grow Amazon’s video footprint within the agency
- Commerce experience is a plus
- This role currently requires a minimum of three days working from the assigned office a week and will require travel as needed. Beginning January 2, 2025, the expectation will be five days a week of in office presence with travel as needed.

Basic Qualifications

- 10+ years of media sales experience
- Experience working in a matrixed organization
- Experience conducting in-depth analysis of issues at a selling partner or customer level and providing actionable recommendations
- Experience successfully engaging and negotiating at C-Level within agencies and agency groups

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience (technical and operational) with multiple domain areas of programmatic advertising technologies (DSP, RTB, bid shading, machine learning optimization, ad verification, ad tracking, ad attribution, etc.)
- Experience in TV, streaming TV, and/or broadcast AV sales
- Experience with data/analytics and using data to make decisions

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

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments, restricted stock units (RSUs), and sales incentives. 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 - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually