Program Manager, Royalty & Payments , Amazon Publishing

Are you a customer-obsessed Program Manager with a passion for ensuring a best-in-class experience for content creators Amazon Publishing is seeking a meticulous and forward-thinking Program Manager to join our Royalty & Payments team. This team focuses on the planning execution and delivery of our royalty and payment commitments globally.

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Key job responsibilities
In this role you will own a portfolio of operational programs including payee onboarding subrights payment quality assurance author and rights holder support team performance metrics and partner team process monitoring. This role requires an understanding of current and future technologies required to deliver the end-to-end process including contracts payee setup payment troubleshooting customer-facing payment resolutions and metrics collection and reporting. This role is inherently cross-functional and works closely with multiple teams including Finance Tax Contracts Author Relations Editorial Vendor Management and Product to drive operational efficiencies.

Were looking for a candidate that has experience in a customer-focused role with strong judgment ability to dive deep into operational issues identify and address root causes clearly with internal stakeholders and external customers inspect and improve processes and consistently deliver results. Most importantly you are excited to join a small team that makes a big impact.



About the team
Amazon Publishing is a leading trade publisher of fiction nonfiction and childrens books with a mission to empower storytellers and connect them with readers worldwide. The Amazon Publishing teams based in Seattle New York Luxembourg London and Munich publish emerging bestselling and critically-acclaimed authors in digital print and audio formats.

- 3 years of program or project management experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g. pivot tables & charts multiple criteria lookups nested logical/IF formulas data cleansing array formulas etc.)

- 3 years of driving end to end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- Experience in stakeholder management dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes project management and schedules

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 and restricted stock units (RSUs). 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 MI Grand Haven - 74200.00 - 129800.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 82700.00 - 129800.00 USD annually