The EU XCM Media Team (CrossCategory CrossChannel CrossCountry Marketing) is looking for a Senior Media Operations and Business Intelligence Manager with a strong background of media planning budget management and campaign measurement. The ideal candidate will also bring knowledge of media tech and tools solutions to enable the organization to automate and standardize media planning processes.
You will be contributing to the longterm product vision of the EU XCM Media Team by supporting multiple functional areas of crosschannel media planning including buying finance campaign reporting and measurement. You will be responsible for reoccurring governance validation and audit exercises of existing solutions. You will work closely with global measurement team external agency partners and service providers to develop standardize and optimize data pipelines and operational parameters that can be applied consistently across 12 European countries while capturing local nuances. You will collaborate with our tech & tools team on the development of automated processes in order to simplify media analytic and financial reporting processes (e.g. budget tracking dashboard and visualization tools) across Europe.
You will work with the Media BI Manager and Media Managers to gather inputs and manage the reporting of various initiatives (such as business reviews budget reporting econometric reports) back to the wider business. To be successful in this role you will have a background in ATL media media analytics and operations or largescale performance marketing and apply this to develop processes and tools that turn complex workflows into simple delightful customer experiences. You have a mix of strategic vision and handson project management skills and are comfortable embracing ambiguity. Your ability to quickly understand the business context and priorities together with your analytical creative and problemsolving mind will lead you to deliver against tangible business metrics. You have excellent written & verbal communication skills and are able to juggle multiple priorities at the same time. You are able to work autonomously adept at building positive relationships across a wide range of teams functions and locations and have demonstrable experience in stakeholder engagement.
We are looking for someone who is highly organized and comfortable working in a fastmoving dynamic and data driven environment. This role is based at our Amazon corporate office in London/UK or Munich/DE.
Key job responsibilities
Automate: Identify opportunities to standardize offshore or automate tasks to save time and eliminate inefficient processes.
Crossfunctional collaboration: Work closely with Media Planning Measurement & Research Business Intelligence and Finance to ensure alignment streamline processes and drive results.
Technology implementation: Evaluate recommend and implement marketing technologies and automation tools to enhance operational efficiency and enable marketing success.
Partner with external auditors to monitor media buying performance and report back results to the wider team and stakeholders as well as identify opportunities to improve media buying efficiency.
Build trustworthy relationships with internal finance teams media and measurement agency partners and research department.
Mine and synthesize media planning research media budget management and business insights.
Partner with our external media agency internal and external measurement partners across Europe and US central team aligning measurement project and supporting data collection acquisition and validation.
8 years relevant professional experience in media planning media finance or media buying.
Have experience in media research insights or data analytics.
Robust technical knowledge of media buying and reporting systems.
Solid understanding of UK or DE media landscape. Experience in more than one local would be beneficial but not essential.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate projects across functional teams (e.g. Measurement Analytics Media Finance) and external partners (e.g. Media Agency).
Advanced proficiency in Excel and Word.
English language skills required (business fluent).
Outstanding verbal written and presentation skills.
Bachelors degree or equivalent.
Media agency experience or inhouse agency experience (planning insights or commercials).
Knowledge of either retail FMCG or entertainment categories.
Experience of media planning in multiple EU countries.
Smartsheet certified
Basic SQL skills
Strong quantitative and analytical skills including working with budgets and numbers.
Highly detailoriented have excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask.
Selfmotivation flexibility and an impeccable attention to detail.
Intense bias for action in a fastpaced sometimes ambiguous environment.
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