Business Operations Manager, ProServe Business Operations and Advisory

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud (“cloud computing”). AWS is the leading platform for designing and developing applications for the cloud and is growing rapidly with millions of customers in over 190 countries. Many of these customers seek help from AWS Professional Services in their journey to a cloud-based IT operating model. At AWS Professional Services (ProServe), we are building a professional services team to work on customer engagements around the world, and to help our partners develop technical expertise and capacity supporting these customers.

EMEA AWS ProServe is seeking a Business Operations Manager to work with the AWS ProServe Leadership to continuously evolve delivery health, analyze historic results, and make business recommendations to senior management based on those analyses – all in an environment of rapid growth and increasing complexity. This will include working with senior leadership to develop, implement and manage the business processes, systems, reports and strategies that optimize business functions to meet organizational goals and initiatives. The Business Advisory Manager will act as a trusted advisor to EMEA Professional Services Leadership. This role balances strategic and operational activities.

Key job responsibilities
Opportunity Pipeline Management: work with sales and Professional Services teams to coordinate monthly pipeline and deal quality reviews to ensure execution across the team in the sales cycle.
• Delivery Health Management: work with delivery and Professional Services teams to lead weekly inspection on all aspects of active project delivery, ensuring that the teams are achieving the outcomes for the engagement.
• Scale & Simplify Business Operations: Develop and implement mechanisms to drive continuous improvements across the business, including process automation/elimination.
• Work with internal stakeholders including Sales, Delivery, Finance, and Global Business Operations teams to collect business requirements and ensure all methodologies, policies, and procedures are communicated and maintained.
• Provide leadership in P&L and cost analysis and improvement across the ProServe Team.
• Provide strategic guidance to Business Leaders, bringing deep knowledge of Business Operations and proven execution of implementing best practices.
• Provide data-driven insights on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and standardized business metrics. Manage dashboards, regional reports and executive review documents, providing insights and partnership with our leaders to help look around the corner and plan for the future.
• Lead and review the end-to-end execution of annual planning process which includes, bookings, revenue, headcount and goal planning.


About the team
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Experience using Microsoft Excel to manipulate and analyze data
- Experience defining, refining and implementing sales processes, procedures and policies or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working within a high-growth, technology company
- Experience in finance, business management and sales operations
- Experience communicating and presenting to senior leadership
- Experience with sales CRM tools such as Salesforce or similar software

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.