at Amazon in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Description
The professional will work within the highly strategic function of Planning & Analytics team for Global Integrated Marketing (GIM). They will identify and evaluate strategic business opportunities, including new initiatives and partnerships. They support cross-functional teams across AWS marketing to assess these opportunities and build a fact basis for decision-making.
Key job responsibilities
- Build the structure and approach to ambiguous and complex analytical problems and translate analysis into actionable insights and recommendations for the business
- Develop business requirement to assess the impact of AWS marketing across channels and its effectiveness in creating a favorable selling environment and driving business growth
- Evaluate new marketing opportunities by modeling performance reflecting plausible scenarios or illustrating the limits of tolerable risks.
- Recommend strategies and tactics to streamline the current business operations processes for operational efficiency.
- Partner with other analytics teams and finance to continually improve measurement methodologies, synthesizing multiple points of view in a simple, clear manner
- Present findings and recommendations to the senior leadership team
About the team
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.
Global Integrated Marketing (GIM) delivers global, integrated marketing programs that include ads, sponsorships, brand partnerships, web, email, social media, events, and digital to drive brand awareness, preference and adoption for AWS services. The GIM Planning and Analytics team works directly with GIM leadership team to drive strategic initiatives and shape the overall long-range marketing strategy for the business.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating – that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or comparable field of study.
- 3+ years of experience in Business or marketing strategy, Consulting, Corporate development, Finance, or operations
- 5+ years of advanced Excel skills (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, power pivots, etc.)
- Experience making business recommendations and influencing stakeholders.
- Experience defining business requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or equivalent Master’s degree in Marketing, or Finance.
- Proven project management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines – running strategy engagements, and measuring effectiveness in B2B space with the ability to measure, test, learn and iterate in order to get the best results possible
- Track record successfully navigating ambiguous situations
- Experience creating financial models to assess long-term value of investments
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.
- Intellectual curiosity, a passion for data-driven decision-making, and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills (including structured thinking and attention to detail) with experience communicating and presenting with senior executives
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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $70,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $151,700/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.
