Amazon Web Services Spending & Transaction Policy Team is looking for a talented Approvals Operations Senior Manager to support AWS’ dynamic and rapidly growing business. Amazon Web Services is at the forefront of the “cloud” computing and service industry providing IT infrastructure services such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, delivery, database services, browsers and more.
Reporting to the Approvals Global Leader, the Approvals Operations Senior Manager will lead a team responsible for centralizing approvals-related policies and processes to ensure consistent application of Amazon Policies and Private Pricing Program mental models while improving operational efficiencies to maximize deal velocity and maintain highest standards.
A successful candidate will distill diverse inputs from large internal customer segments and stakeholders to set a vision, design strategy, and achieve consensus on goals and priorities; work with internal or external cross-functional teams to build scalable policy and process improvements that increase operational efficiencies; participate in mentoring and peer development, whether directly or via development of materials; and be willing to roll up their sleeves and build with us.
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Key job responsibilities
• Define and centralize the Approvals Policy/Process organizational strategy, and are the single threaded owner of all Approvals Policy/Process related initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders to identify, investigate, and resolve existing deal approval policies and process escalations, blockers, issues, gaps, and pain points that impact deal velocity.
• Leverage your organizational experience, advanced business judgement, and understanding of the impact on stakeholders to drive goals to completion.
• Identify opportunities and define the roadmap to achieve organization-wide objectives while, streamlining or eliminating excess processes.
• Influence teams to decouple from dependencies and eliminate problems that stifle innovation.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 10+ years of leadership experience, managing teams, driving strategic programs and influencing policy.
- 10+ years of business operations experience (may include finance, legal, or other comparable experience), leading end-to-end transformational initiatives.
- Bachelor’s Degree
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Senior management experience running an operations team (preferably global)
- Executive level written and oral communication skills
- Legal experience, or strong finance background demonstrating a high level of analytical aptitude
- Ability to lead by demonstrating sound judgment even in ambiguous situations
- Excellent goal setting and organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects at once, follow through and meet organizational deadlines
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $154,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $288,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.