Highlights
Deliver the AMER regional events plan in active partnership with the Heads of EMEA and APJ events, ensuring all three regional portfolios ladder into a single global events framework rather than operating as independent plans. You will lead a team of event marketers, own a multi-country portfolio and its P&L, and work alongside regional peers in EMEA and APJ to ensure the AMER portfolio connects seamlessly with a broader global events framework.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Head of Events, Americas (AMER), to own the strategic direction and delivery of AWS"s regional events portfolio across North, Central, and South America. This is a regional leadership role, and you will have the opportunity to shape how flagship event programs come to life across multiple countries, languages, and business environments. You will lead a team of event marketers, own a multi-country portfolio and its P&L, and work alongside regional peers in EMEA and APJ to ensure the AMER portfolio connects seamlessly with a broader global events framework. If you are an event marketing leader who is energized by building an event portfolio and balancing local market priorities with global strategy, we want to hear from you.
Key job responsibilities
- Own the strategic design and delivery of AWS"s AMER regional events portfolio, partnering with local marketing and sales to align programs with business objectives, customer priorities, and growth targets
- Deliver the AMER regional events plan in active partnership with the Heads of EMEA and APJ events, ensuring all three regional portfolios ladder into a single global events framework rather than operating as independent plans
- Serve as the global AMER interlock, representing AMER in planning forums and translating the global framework into regional execution while feeding regional insight back into the global plan
- Partner with Content, Platforms, GTM, Keynotes, Product Marketing, and Area Marketing to deliver strategies that align with global messaging while staying relevant to each region
- Partner directly with the Integrated Demand Center to align regional event strategy with global demand generation priorities, pipeline targets, and measurement standards
- Manage the regional events portfolio and budget with full P&L responsibility, delivering a connected in-person, hybrid, and virtual strategy tailored to local audiences, languages, and regulatory environments
- Design and implement measurement frameworks to track the impact, ROI, and effectiveness of regional events across every channel
- Lead and develop a high-performing team, with clear goals, mentorship, career development, and succession plans across a highly matrixed global organization
About the team
The AMER Events team delivers AWS"s flagship event programs across North, Central, and South America, as part of the Events, Sports and Sponsorships organization. Our mission is to create compelling event experiences that address the unique market needs and cultural considerations of our customers and partners, while contributing to a cohesive global events portfolio. We build at the intersection of global strategy and local execution, turning a worldwide framework into programs that feel authentic to each market. This is a chance to help shape a regional event portfolio and influence how AWS shows up for customers across the region.
About Company
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Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles