About the position
Amazon Devices Brand Studio (DBS) is seeking a Sr. Creative Program Manager to lead a global program, and associated projects and operations initiatives. You will manage the execution of deliverables for product launches, events, and marketing campaigns that support high-visibility, high-impact business goals. You will also own building and implementing scalable processes that help DBS deliver on our project roadmap. The ideal candidate will have bias for action and experience overseeing complex creative programs with a high degree of ambiguity. In this role, you are the hub of the project team, valued as a go-to resource on priorities, project details, timelines, and processes. You seek to be a true owner and drive relentlessly to raise the bar. You have a deep understanding of the creative process and are able to clearly define roles and responsibilities for cross-functional teams, manage multiple workflows simultaneously, meet deadlines, and proactively provide solutions to address risks and blockers. You are skilled at managing expectations with partner teams, comfortable with change, and thrive when solving problems in short order. You relish having a positive impact on team culture.
Responsibilities
- Manage complex creative programs and projects end-to-end, including ensuring quality inputs, assigning resources, building schedules and budgets, and routinely communicating project statuses
- Build and implement repeatable, scalable processes that help our organization prioritize, manage, and deliver on our project roadmap
- Facilitate effective creative reviews and alignment meetings with senior leaders, business partners, stakeholders, and agencies
- Assess and mitigate risks, make tradeoffs, proactively escalate issues
- Manage program resources and budgets, drive cost reduction efforts
- Onboard and manage contractor support staff
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience as a Design Program Manager, Producer, Account Manager, Creative Project Manager, or similar role with a creative agency, design studio, or in-house team
- 3+ years of experience leading large, complex creative project delivery for cross-functional teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills across all levels of leadership
- Experience developing and optimizing workflow tools and creative processes
- Experience managing creative work across product, brand, strategy, marketing, sales, or advertising initiatives (including integrated campaigns, social, digital, print, photography, video, out of home, etc.)
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge of current project management tools and methodologies
- Adept at working cross-functionally and influencing stakeholders
- Open and collaborative, with proven ability to set priorities, unblock teams, and meet deadlines
- Self-starter, with high attention to detail as well as the ability to zoom out and see the bigger picture
- Strong sense of ownership and urgency; optimistic, 'get it done' mindset
Benefits
- Equity options
- Sign-on payments
- Full range of medical benefits
- Financial benefits
- Other forms of compensation
