Senior Studio Strategy Manager, Studio Strategy & Ops

Amazon • Culver City, CA

10d

About The Position

The Amazon Studios Strategy & Ops Team is looking for a Sr. Studio Strategy Manager. The Studios Strategy team drives the long-term operational strategy of the Studio. We identify opportunities to deliver the creative scope and vision of our slate with increasing efficiency. The team is focused on a) optimizing the cost structure of our operating model and b) optimizing our operations to deliver content at lower costs. This role will work on cross-functional projects that cover long-term strategy and operations for Amazon Originals series and movies in the US and our 21+ local territories – including long-term resource planning, opportunity and tooling identification, and investments/initiatives that scale studio capabilities effectively. Projects include but are not limited to internal capacity optimization, portfolio analysis, op model recommendation, infrastructure investment, and emerging technology strategy. We seek a critical thinker, builder, and project manager who can keep pace with our growth in a deadline-driven, highly ambiguous environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree is required in business, finance, marketing or related fields.
• 2-5+ years of experience at an investment bank, private equity, management consulting, and/or a media/entertainment/tech company in a strategy/business development/analytical role with modeling experience.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to work with owners to define key business/operations questions and recommendations.
• Demonstrated success in achieving aggressive short, medium and long-term goals, with a proven ability to influence others.
• Demonstrated bias for action and attention to detail with strengths in problem solving, issue-resolution, and the ability to work in a deadline driven work environment.
• Media/Entertainment strategy experience

Nice To Haves

• Masters in Business Administration degree is preferred
• Knowledge of creative, production, post production processes and related workflows
• Experience helping global organizations scale.
• A passion for content production and/or entertainment.
• Business development experience

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis around operating efficiency at each phase of the content lifecycle in order to recommend programmatic solutions
• Drive cross-organizational alignment and decision making around upcoming investments across the media supply chain
• Deep dive into content spend and budget drivers to proactively enhance Studio data and tooling
• Conduct research of production industry market trends and opportunities, including competitive analysis and benchmarking
• Deliver ad hoc strategic projects and recommendations

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees