Job Description

Sr Program Manager, Events, Amazon Design Excellence

Job ID: 2790860 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Amazon Design Excellence (ADX), an internal team aiming to elevate the impact of design at Amazon and our reputation as a top destination for design talent, is seeking a talented, creative, and experienced Sr. Program Manager to join our exciting team working to help create thriving conditions for design and creative excellence at Amazon. We are an innovative, cross-organization, customer-obsessed team, empowering groups and individuals across Amazon to strengthen, connect, and evolve Amazon to be the best home for design and creative professionals on the planet.

We are seeking a creative, strategic, and self-directed Sr. Program Manager to help define, create, and launch a framework for large events and activities to enhance and extend our flagship annual design conference, Conflux, and drive a rhythm of activity throughout the year. Your passion for design and ability to craft memorable moments will connect, inspire, and empower our creative community around the globe. You will work across Amazon and the industry to identify inspirational speakers, develop educational workshops and curate engaging events to foster a healthy design community. If energizing and connecting a vast array of creatives striving to change the world through creative problem solving and customer obsession sounds like a fun challenge, please apply!

This role will be based in Seattle, WA. Relocation to Seattle is offered within the US.

Key job responsibilities

1. Drive vision, roadmap and delivery of creative events: internal conferences, summits, speaker events, workshops, and programs.
2. Oversee the end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of creative events – summits, speaker events, workshops, and programs.
3. Manage logistics, scheduling, vendor relationships, and seamless delivery.
4. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify team needs, interests, and opportunities, developing programs that support skill development, creativity, and innovation.
5. Recruit, train, and manage volunteers to support event execution.
6. Manage event budgets and ensure all programs are cost-effective while maintaining a high standard of execution.
7. Own sourcing and negotiations with vendors.
8. Define, collect, and report on key program metrics to measure success and guide year over year improvements.
9. Develop communication strategies to promote events.
10. Stay current with industry trends in creative programming, events, and learning experiences. Incorporate new ideas and approaches into the planning and execution of internal events.

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.
• 5+ years of event management experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience.
• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Posted: November 17, 2024

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Job Tags

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