We seek an analytical thinker who has experience developing executing and refining growth strategies to lead a newly created ad sales strategy and planning function. Advertisers leverage Amazons data-driven insights engaging creative formats and diverse placements to reach the right audiences to grow their brand. Our ad sales team informs educates and supports advertisers across six continents. Success in this role requires defining ambitious goals regarding how our sales team can better serve advertisers drawing on best practices across Amazon and the digital advertising industry developing internal relationships to align product finance recruiting and account management teams on inputs needed to hit these goals and inspecting and removing blockers as teams execute on these goals.
A qualified candidate thrives in articulating complex concepts to cross functional audiences using internal metrics voice of the customer and industry trends to support recommendations. Amazons environment is fast-paced rewarding entrepreneurial thinking flexibility detail-orientation focused prioritization enthusiasm and comfort working across continents and time zones.
Key job responsibilities
Build relationships with sales operations product marketing finance HR and leadership to define multi-year operating plans for global division of ad sales including revenue product adoption and headcount targets
Own quarterly business reviews leading finance sales and strategy leads in compiling a document for ad sales VPs guiding deep dives as needed
Define metrics tools and processes needed to set and achieve product adoption revenue and sales productivity goals
Identify gaps to goals build mechanisms to close implement change with peers in leadership monitor impact and enable ad sales to deliver on ambitious targets
Develop best practices for improving sales productivity and cascade across teams in 15 countries
A day in the life
This role will be evenly split between primary research and analysis authoring strategy documents and leading internal review meetings requiring a mastery of influencing senior leaders without direct authority.
- 7 years of experience in sales operations sales strategy or business operations in technology digital advertising or related industries
- 5 years of experience leading cross-functional strategic initiatives
- Experience defining refining and implementing sales processes procedures and policies that drove measurable improvements in sales productivity or revenue growth
- Experience analyzing large datasets using Excel SQL or BI tools and communicating findings to senior leadership to influence strategic decisions
- Proven track record of managing complex multi-stakeholder projects across multiple geographies or business units
- Bachelors degree or equivalent
- Business level of written and verbal communication skills in English and Japanese
- Basic/Conversational level in Chinese
- Experience using Salesforce (or other CRM tool) or BI tools
- Experience with SQL
- Experience conducting sophisticated and creative analysis of complex data and translate the results into actionable deliverables messages and presentations
- Experience presenting to senior leadership
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