International Contracts Mgr, Amazon Leo

Amazon • Los Angeles, CA

5d

About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to
deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of
existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations
operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

The International Contracts Manager supports the Amazon Leo for Government team
focusing on international government and commercial customers. You are
responsible for leading our effort to deliver a documented contracts management
approach for international customers. This approach will be scalable as ALG
expands to serve its international customer base.
The person filling this role will have a demonstrated ability to think
strategically about the mission, product, and technical challenges, with the
ability to build and convey compelling international contract management
strategy in a written context. The person filling this role will be familiar
with relevant global government acquisition guidelines, have supported
international government and commercial pursuits, and be experienced with
relevant international government compliance requirements. The person filling
this role will leverage their knowledge and skills to decide what actions to
select stakeholders to determine the right goals and inform decisions. The
person filling this role will take the lead on ALG specific international
contract initiatives, while delivering independently (seeking and accepting
direction when needed).

In this role you will:

• Leverage your familiarity with relevant global government acquisition
guidelines and compliance requirements to lead development of contract
management strategies applicable for international government and commercial
customers
• Manage and lead contract management efforts for international government and
commercial customers
• Develop and use deep industry background that enables you to engage and
communicate effectively on a wide range of technical and business discussions
with customers, partners, and internal Amazon Leo team members
• Leverage your expertise and judgment to work through and document strategy for
Amazon Leo for Government international contract management, including relevant
stakeholders.
• Be a thought leader with respect to international contract management and
process improvement
• Identify and clear blockers with the right resources, escalating when
appropriate
• Demonstrate leadership and ability to navigate through complex problems,
weighing various priorities and options, and managing multiple options and
constraints
• Communicate clearly and effectively to peers and leadership on the plans,
status, and critical issues
• Foster a constructive dialogue, harmonizes discordant views, and leads the
resolution of contentious issues
• Drives adoption of best practices for operational excellence
• Accelerates progress by creating or optimizing multiple cross-team procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 6+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
• 6+ years of professional or military experience
• Experience influencing internal and external stakeholders
• Experience identifying, negotiating, and executing complex legal agreements
• This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.

Nice To Haves

• MBA
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Responsibilities

• Support proposal development and negotiations for both prime contracts and subcontract opportunities.
• Support contract execution through working with team members to release request for proposals/quotes, negotiation positions, documenting trade-off decision for leadership, tracking contractual deliverables, and process contract close-out procedures.
• Develop international contract management team short term and long-term goals/objectives.
• Establish and execute a plan to achieve the documented goals/objectives.
• Working with finance partners, track metrics in regards to actual contractual spend and revenue; as well as forecasted financials; milestone completion; etc.
• Establish, maintain and execute SOP and templates related to international contracts

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level