Business Growth Manager, Sports Channels, Sports Partnerships

We are looking for a strategic, analytical, and results-driven candidate who can drive the management and growth of key Prime Video Channels (PVC) for Amazon's Sports video business. The Sports Partnerships Team within Prime Video brings a growing selection of live sports content to Amazon customers around the world, including NFL, NBA, WNBA, NASCAR, NHL, and NWSL.

The ideal candidate is a critical thinker with a strong attention to detail, an ability to juggle multiple priorities, and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves. In this role, you will work across different teams internally and externally to ensure the success and growth of key sports subscription services on PVC and invent and simplify our processes as we continue to scale our Sports Channels business. We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and uses problem solving skills to overcome a variety of challenges. This individual should be highly proficient in Excel and capable of communicating clearly and concisely in both written and verbal formats.

Key job responsibilities
• Coordinate internal and external cross-functional workstreams to ensure the success of Amazon's sports subscription services. Collaborate with territory leads on international growth opportunities.
• Derive business insights and develop tactical recommendations to optimize and grow each channel
• Support writing of updates and deep dive documents for senior leadership
• Support deal negotiations for new channels
• Learn and be curious of customer’s and partner’s needs, both existing and potential, and use that knowledge to advocate for and drive the delivery of features that provide customers with a best-in-class streaming experience
• Have a thorough understanding of the sports and entertainment industry, seasonality and business trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments

Basic Qualifications

- 4+ years of account management, business development, content licensing or finance experience
- Experience with Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables)
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
- Fluent in English.
- 4+ years of experience working in a directly relevant industry (sports, digital, consulting, banking), with exposure to sports and/or entertainment industry.
- Experience using Excel and/or other analytical/Business Intelligence tools.
- Proven ability to meet tight deadlines, multi-task, and prioritize workload.
- High attention to detail, comfortable with hands-on management of tasks.
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams, communicate with colleagues in both business and technical roles and develop process that drives scale.
- Adept at working with different systems and making recommendations on improvements for both systems and processes.
- Ability to succeed amidst ambiguity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, both with internal teams and external vendors.

Preferred Qualifications

- Background in program management/accounting/finance.
- Excel Expert level and SQL proficiencies.
- Leveraging technology to invent, improve, and scale.

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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