2023 BCD MBA Intern, Corporate Business Development

At Amazon, we are excited to offer graduate students the opportunity to launch into big careers with limitless possibilities. We know searching for an internship or a full-time role is as much about finding a company where you can picture yourself being successful as it is about finding the right role.

Amazon’s Corporate Business Development (Corp BD) team works across all of Amazon’s businesses and leads our most complex and high-impact opportunities. The Corp BD team is trustworthy, adaptable, focused on quickly gaining enough context to enable informed decision-making and on getting things done.

As a Corp BD intern, your work involves regular interaction with leaders across Amazon and the opportunity to influence highly strategic initiatives throughout the company in order to bring value through strategic partnerships. Our team’s work spans across the Amazon business units, with a focus toward initiatives that guide the next phase of growth, including digital media, advertising, ecommerce, payments, cloud computing and mobile technologies. Your contributions help to manage relationships and negotiations for partnership deals which are unconventional in nature, need a centralized advocate, and/or have broader implications to multiple Amazon business units. With this focus, work is common with major technology companies, such as Facebook and Google, as well as with high-growth start-ups to identify new partnership opportunities. Internal partnerships with management teams are critical to understanding relative advantages or risks, if/when major features are in existing roadmaps, and current trends around innovation, consolidation and customer adoption.

An Amazon MBA summer internship is 11-12 weeks long, consisting of a strategic project that is data intensive, analytical, centered on a real business issue, and representative of the full-time role. The Corp BD intern will have ownership of a high-profile project, where they will partner with key business groups and clients. By participating in the internship, you will have opportunities to analyze unique business ideas, make data driven decisions and provide input to drive meaningful change. Each intern will have exposure to upper level management (including Vice Presidents and Directors) and the opportunity to apply general business and financial analysis skills to support successful execution of corporate strategies. This opportunity is Seattle-based.

We are seeking an innovative, creative, analytical and strategic thinker, who is passionate about Amazon and the future of media and the Internet. You should enjoy solving complex problems, work effectively with cross-functional teams and thrive in a fast-paced setting that is constantly evolving. You like to think creatively and proactively seek out opportunities to advance the growth initiatives of Amazon’s businesses.

Specific responsibilities include the following:
• Identify, evaluate, negotiate, and manage partnerships that can involve content, commerce, marketing and technology components
• Evaluate economic and strategic cost-benefit of potential partnerships
• Lead effective cross-functional teams including Product, Operations, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Tax, Accounting, and senior management
• Develop best practices to foster, manage, and track growth opportunities
• Collaborate with internal business teams on initiatives involving strategic thinking balanced with quantitative analysis
• Analyze and quickly understand emerging segments within the technology market and the impact to Amazon

Basic Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an MBA program
• 3+ years of experience in a relevant role, including business development, investment banking, corporate development or dynamic roles within technology or media companies
• A combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of the 5 years of professional experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Thought leader with an understanding of the key business drivers and customer dynamics in the digital media, commerce, advertising, mobile, and high-tech industries
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively while applying sound business judgment
• Strong analytical skills and an ability to navigate complex quantitative analyses
• Ability to succeed in ambiguous, unstructured situations
• Excellent oral and written skills to communicate complex issues and influence others internally and externally
• Ability to gain respect and trust of senior management and external executives
• Self-starter who excels in a fast-paced and fluid environment
• Passion for big challenges and a good sense of humor

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