The Open Source Strategy and Marketing (OSSM – pronounced “awesome”) team is looking for a high caliber Program Manager who enjoys creating helpful content for developers, organizing a fun and meticulously planned event, and traveling the world.
The ideal candidate will be familiar with open source communities and AWS services, have experience engaging with open source developers in person and online, and will have successfully delivered a range of activities at multiple open source conferences for one or more companies.
You’re a good fit if you:
• Can dive deep into technical details to understand content relevance and design unique and engaging experiences for a developer audience
• Are skilled at talking to developers about marketing and vice versa and can ask developers and marketers astute questions about their work as well as programs that you own
• Have a good understanding of open source communities, their cultures, and preferred methods of engagement and promotion. Can effectively communicate this understanding to other stakeholders.
• Highly value diversity and actively seek to welcome and include people of all backgrounds.
• Think big, see the big picture and can break it down to actionable goals and deliverables, managing priorities for multiple complex programs in parallel
• Can coordinate across many functional areas in order to delight our customers and deliver results by anticipating blockers and making tradeoffs when there are competing priorities
This position may sit in Portland, OR or Seattle, WA USA only. Relocation offered to these sites only from within the US only.
Key job responsibilities
• Work across teams to 1/build mechanisms and documentation to ensure consistent quality and messaging for the AWS presence at third-party open source events, 2/ lead execution of AWS presence for our team’s strategic OS events 3/engage with open source communities through events and appropriate social channels 4/create helpful training for internal stakeholders on how to successfully engage with open source communities
• Create positive and engaging event and online experiences for open source developers so that they leave happy and impressed with AWS
• Build strong relationships with open source foundations and projects, customers, and enterprise partners. Ensure AWS is a beloved partner and leader, and clearly communicate partners’ priorities with stakeholders
• Define strategic events, outreach, and training (scope, schedule, and budget) for open source community engagement. Provide business case and ROI, set objectives and influence resource allocation
• Define the outreach (event, training, and social media) calendar and clearly communicate status, risk, and any required mitigations to maintain timelines and commitments
• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of metrics, reports, and analyses to enable effective decision making
• Prepare and deliver regular business reviews and clearly and concisely communicate program status
• Travel to our team’s strategic open source events, and other events as required, and oversee our team’s event execution on site
• Attend some team karaoke evenings (singing is always optional)
About the team
The OSSM team includes veterans who have worked for some of the industry’s top open source companies and foundations as well as talented and passionate open source newbies. Based on our open source experience (both with impressive success and spectacular failure) and communications skills, we help service teams, the field, and others effectively engage with open source constituencies: project communities, media and analysts, and customers. Our mission is to help AWS 1) significantly increase the scope and value of our open source involvement and 2) help customers and communities learn about our involvement and understand why it matters.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Portland, OR, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– 5+ years of program or project management experience
– Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
– Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
– Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
– 2+ years of social media management experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– Bachelor’s degree
– 3+ years of leading large complex programs experience
– 3+ years of experience working with open source communities
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $92,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/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.