Global Lead, Strategic Business Innovation , Media, Entertainment, Games, and Sports

Global Lead, Strategic Business Innovation plays a crucial role in support of the General Manager (GM) and in partnership with the Leadership Team (LT) in championing and communicating the business units vision, mission, and strategic solution areas. This position encompasses three key areas, each accounting for a significant portion of the focus: Strategy, Communication, and Innovation/Change Management. Tight collaboration with Media, Entertainment, Games, and Sports (MEGS) LT leads and Amazon Web Services (AWS) corporate stakeholders is essential to achieving MEGS 2024 goals. Key responsibilities include the articulation and execution of strategic plans, effective communication at all organizational levels, and the incorporation of innovation to facilitate change, enhance internal brand development and result in business growth.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.

Key job responsibilities
High level time allotment:
• Strategy: 30%
• Communication: 30%
• Innovation/Change Management: 30%
• Remaining 10% accounts for administrative and rhythm of the business responsibilities

Strategy:
• Provides support to the GM and partnership to the leadership team in establishing, communicating, and implementing a clear strategic direction for the MEGS org.
• Serves as the guardian of the Individual Business Unit’s (IBU) strategy, ensuring that strategic initiatives are understood and implemented across various business units and across Amazon Global Services (AGS).
• Implements a standard tracking and measurement system to monitor progress within the organization and communicate its success widely.
• Applies strategic expertise and leadership experience actively, offering mentorship and direct guidance to prioritize immediate execution alongside long-term planning.
• Addresses a range of domains including customer experience, business process enhancement, and international expansion, leveraging expertise to overcome diverse business challenges.

Communications:
• Working in lock-step with the corporate communications team, Worldwide Field Enablement (WWFE), AIM, PR, AR, Go-To-Market (GTM), the LT and GM, and leads the creation and implementation of a global communications strategy that supports the IBU’s core objectives.
• Enhances stakeholder engagement by establishing connections with customers, partners, and AWS leadership.
• Collaborates with the marketing and GTM teams to promote and improve Go-to-Market strategies.
• Partners with corporate brand leadership to maintain and evolve the company's brand narrative.
• Works with internal and external parties to build corporate reputation, strengthen brand visibility, and encourage employee engagement.
• Brings together and accelerates GTM efforts through focused forums for learning, and builds bridges across AWS to allow for AGS to ‘snap’ into AWS Industries at scale and with ease.

Innovation and Change Management:
• Supports the leadership team in change management efforts, ensuring the organization adopts new technologies and processes to improve performance.
• Actively seeks to identify and understand industry changes on behalf of the MEGS LT, maintains a forward-looking perspective to identify and integrate emerging trends into company strategies and growth plans.
• Based on aligned strategy, acts as a driving force for innovation, aligning product development and operational changes with the company’s vision.
• Leads select transformative initiatives to embed innovative thinking within the company culture.

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