Sports Strategy Principal, Prime Video Sports
About The Position
We are looking for a strategic, creative, and analytical candidate who can help develop and drive Amazon's US Sports strategy. The Sports Team within Prime Video brings selection of live and on demand sports content to Amazon customers, including NFL Thursday Night Football, the NBA/WNBA, NASCAR, and more. The core part of this role will be helping identify and evaluate new content opportunities to bring to Prime Video Sports. The ideal candidate is a data-driven thinker who is comfortable and enjoys solving problems with ambiguity. This individual will be comfortable juggling multiple priorities and working with stakeholders across different areas of Amazon (including, but not limited to partnerships, economics, finance, marketing, research, and production). This candidate will need to use strategic thinking and stakeholder management to find the best opportunities for PV moving forward. The Prime Video Sports Strategy, Finance, and Research team leads analysis on who our current and potential sports customers are and what value they are bringing to Amazon.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 8+ years of experience in Investment Banking, Management Consulting, and/or Strategy at a major Media, Sports, or Entertainment company. At least 4 years must be in Media or Sports directly.
- Experience using complex modeling and analysis to inform key business decisions Candidates must be highly proficient in excel
Nice To Haves
- Avid Sports Fan
- Master of Business Administration or equivalent
- Experience at a Streaming company
- Experience working with Nielsen or similar viewership data
Responsibilities
- Works cross-functionally across sports, finance, and other areas of the organization to propose new deals with different sports and media entities; including structuring of deals, valuation, package improvements, etc.
- Collaborate with Finance and Partnerships to build models during evaluation of potential sports opportunities
- Lead deep-dive analyses around sports fans, content types, distribution methods, and more to inform our go-forward US Strategy
- Perform extensive competitive benchmarking analyses, and identify and elevate noteworthy trends for a senior audience
Benefits
- Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
