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The Business Operations Manager is a critical role within the Operations and Technology team, responsible for driving operational excellence and efficiency across the Communications & Corporate Responsibility (CCR) organization. This individual will work closely with cross-functional leaders and business operations roles to streamline processes, implement best practices, and ensure seamless collaboration between various teams.We are seeking a Business Operations Manager with a builder’s mindset who will accelerate adoption to procedures and policies across the organization. This role will connect the dots across the business across all levels. In addition, you will support in driving high visibility and strategic initiatives, develop new or improve existing standards, guidelines, tools, simplify processes and drive deliverables that help the organization operate efficiently. You must be able to build and maintain trusting relationships cross-departmentally with our internal business partners. Our ideal candidate is an extremely organized and a detail-oriented operations professional with experience scaling operational functions across a 1200+ person organization. Well-developed project and stakeholder management skills is essential to success in this role. If you are someone who can look around corners and has passion for efficiency, then we’d like to hear from you!Key job responsibilitiesProcess Standardization and Strategic Planning:• Support the rhythm of business standardizations, including processes and templates for business reviews, goal planning, and operational planning cycles.• Create and manage the strategic planning calendar for the CCR organization.• Develop mechanisms to drive automation in weekly S-team and monthly Board of Director reports.Operational Efficiency and Continuous Improvement:• Proactively identify and address business operations-related gaps and needs through strategic problem-solving.• Establish baseline metrics and reports to support the development of new practices and goals.• Develop and socialize enablement plans, playbooks, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).• Responsible for maintaining process documentation and auditing internal knowledge repositories.Cross-Functional Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing:• Build and maintain trusting relationships with internal business partners from finance, legal, HR, GCP, and other departments.• Connect with other Business Operations roles within and outside the CCR organization to share learnings, best practices, and distill global trends.Program and Project Management:• Own program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicate results to mid-senior leadership.• Manage high-visibility and strategic initiatives, ensuring successful execution and alignment with organizational goals.Information Management and Technology:• Own the organization's file storage system and partner with the Technology team on migration plans.• Leverage tools such as Amazon WorkDocs, Asana Workfront, Quip, Box, Tableau, and Salesforce/Budget Tool for efficient operations.Special Projects and Ad-hoc Responsibilities:• Take on special projects as identified by leadership, contributing to the overall success and growth of the organization.About the teamThe Operations and Technology team is an embedded service team within the Communications & Corporate Responsibility (CCR) organization. Their primary responsibilities are to support employees in sustainability, community impact, and communications roles. The team delivers secure, centralized technology, scalable programs and processes, and develops resources and services that boost the culture, productivity, and efficiency of the CCR organization. We value elements we believe are crucial to happiness and success: impact, scale, security, collaboration, work-life harmony, and inclusion.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of program or project management experience- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams ...

The Amazon Communications team is seeking a driven, detail-oriented, and savvy PR/Communications professional for the role of Public Relations Manager, Seller Experience. The person who fills this role will be responsible for both proactive and reactive PR activities to support the operations offerings within the Selling Partner Services business, such as Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), Supply Chain by Amazon, and more, that support the more than two million sellers who sell in Amazon’s store. This person will work closely with business partners to provide PR counsel and guidance, drive PR strategy and execution for key business announcements, work in close collaboration with senior business leaders, and drive messaging and narrative development. The role will also support issues management, helping to manage media escalations while looking around corners to plan ahead for potential issues.This role can be located in Seattle, WA or the Washington, D.C. area.The successful candidate will be a self-starter who can clearly formulate and communicate PR recommendations and plans to both peers and executives, drive collaborative decisions, build relationships internally and externally, and deliver results. He/she will also be comfortable providing counsel and guidance to a wide variety of counterparts crossing a number of disciplines, and will be an expert in clearly communicating complex programs. Additionally, this role will consistently work with a range of media contacts across ecommerce trade and national business publications. The ideal candidate will have strong PR experience, a track record of successfully managing proactive announcements with coverage results, and media relations expertise in both pitching proactive stories on a national scale and managing issues and reactive storylines. Key job responsibilities• Lead PR strategy and programs related to seller operations and logistics • Provide counsel to executives and cross-functional teams on PR approaches and messaging • Manage and guide proactive PR announcements, launches, and narratives • Develop and manage relationships with a range of top-tier media contacts • Write and evolve messaging and talking points in a thoughtful and strategic way • Build, guide, and execute PR plans, including communicating plans internally and securing leadership approvals • Successfully manage complex, fast-moving and unexpected communications challenges, both proactively and reactively • Help manage a third-party agency to support PR activities • Willingness to represent Amazon as a spokespersonBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 7+ years of recent professional communications or public relations experience- Bachelor's degree ...