DESCRIPTION
Job summary
Amazon Advertising is dedicated to driving measurable outcomes for brand advertisers, agencies and entrepreneurs. Our ad solutions— including sponsored, display, video, and custom ads—leverage Amazon’s innovations and insights to find, attract, and engage intended audiences throughout their daily journeys. With a range of flexible pricing and buying models, including self-service and programmatic ad buying, these solutions help businesses build brand awareness, increase product sales, and more.
As a key leader in this rapidly growing business, this person will build a top performing team and drive significant revenue growth for the Amazon Advertising business in Singapore. This leader will be responsible for leading and driving growth for the Advertising organization. They will simultaneously develop key large accounts and work in partnership with agencies and internal stakeholders representing the full suite of Amazon advertising products.
Key Objectives
1) Build a high performance, input driven and multi-functional team
· Attract, hire and retain top sales and digital media talent
· Provide strong mentoring and coaching to direct reports
· Elevate skill sets and develop bench strength in the organization
· Determine short and long-range business plan and translate this into action plans
· Create and implement programs and tools that increase performance
2) Grow revenue significantly
· Develop account, and agency coverage strategy for our Singapore Ads business
· Drive strategic relationships with Fortune 500 type clients. Build upon prior success in this area to continue to grow this opportunity.
· Partner with Amazon Retail and Ad Product teams on category and product development strategies
3) Serve as Amazon’s Advertising Industry Ambassador
· Utilize existing client and agency relationships to drive large, long-term deals with top brand advertisers
· Represent Amazon at industry conferences and events with the Singapore Ads team
· Drive strategic meetings with senior executives to help set program direction and priorities
4) Drive product innovation through thorough understanding and representation of customer and industry trends/needs to ensure Amazon continues to provide a powerful and differentiated value proposition
· Partner with product development to prioritize and build innovative new advertising products to provide a truly better and differentiated advertising business for our customers
· Partner with internal Retail teams to develop strategic relationships across top industry vertical segments including Consumer Packaged Goods, Consumer Electronics and Entertainment
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is an experienced leader with a reputation for hiring and developing the best talent. The ideal candidate will have the respect of agencies, colleagues and large client leaders. They will have a track record of success at driving top results, leading diverse and cross-functional teams, and representing client needs/perspectives to the product organization. They will be an exceptionally strong analytical thinker who likely hails from a leading online firm or technology-enabled organization. A strong track record of developing and executing business strategies, tactics, plans, processes, systems and programs is preferred.
The ideal candidate will have a reputation for building high performance teams with a demonstrated ability to sell the value of a media property rather than just the program/price. They will have a track record of closing large complex deals themselves. They should be a strong coach and mentor for the organization and be adept at managing an organization and ensuring excellent communication with international stakeholders. The successful candidate will have a talent for responding effectively to industry direction, customer needs and competitive positioning. They will thrive in fast-paced dynamic environments and have very strong communication and presentation skills.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Track record of leading teams across digital advertising, ecommerce, marketing or related fields.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Advanced business degree or MBA. Educated to degree level, preferably in a technical or analytical discipline.