Head of Business Strategy and Operations, Amazon

• The candidate should be business-minded, experienced managing a P&L, a strong communicator, enthusiastic, organized, data-driven and detail-oriented
• The candidate must be an excellent leader with a strong financial background and will draw upon solid analytical, critical thinking, communication (written and verbal) and problem-solving skills to effectively drive business results and collaborate with cross-functional groups
• The individual must have experience with financial modeling, leading a team, and driving execution of cross-functional projects
• The ideal candidate will have previously held a similar senior leadership role at an entertainment company or digital media brand and have a passion for podcast content
• 12+ years of professional experience in business-focused roles within the digital media, or entertainment industry, including a solid understanding of content strategy best-practices
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams
• P&L knowledge and experience working directly with business stakeholders to translate between data, financial and business needs
• Expertise in using data-driven approaches, including Objective and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
• Experience managing a team, interacting with employees of all levels, and collaborating with a diverse set of business and creative stakeholders

Desirable

• Wondery is seeking a Head of Business Strategy, Analytics & Operations (“Head of Business Strategy”) to support our growing business and be a right-hand to the CEO of Wondery
• This position will be a member of Wondery’s senior leadership team, reporting to our CEO
• The role will be the primary business interface with the Wondery / Amazon finance team, partnering to oversee strategy development, financial planning, data & analytics and operations/execution for the entire lifecycle of new initiatives
• This individual will have an active role in problem identification, detailed data analysis and development of strategy
• The position will also be the steward of Wondery’s goal-setting and prioritization process, implementing mechanisms to deliver results for our business goals at scale
• Be the right-hand to our CEO, and drive performance of our senior leadership team
• Partner with Finance to drive a deep understanding of Wondery’s business drivers
• Create mechanisms with Finance to ensure clear communication and accurate information (customer-facing and financial data) is flowing between Wondery and Finance
• Partner with business leaders to define and execute Wondery’s organization-wide goals and related KPIs
• Identify and prioritize new business opportunities through financial modeling business case development
• Develop, maintain, and execute a roadmap of operational improvement
• Ownership of key Wondery business review docs
• Work across Amazon to learn and share best practices
• Represent Wondery both internally and externally
• Modeling business case development
• Creates an environment where all voices are heard
• Excellent at balancing competing priorities and multiple work streams
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage heavy workload while providing visibility into your workflow
• In this role, you’ll work on answering the following questions:
• What are new ways of looking at our business to drive growth and profitability?
• What are the highest-priority opportunities across the Wondery business?
• How does Wondery communicate, support, and track our highest priorities?
• How is Wondery pacing toward its goals and long-term vision?
• How does Wondery leverage data, analytics and business insights to drive long-term success?
• How can the senior team be even stronger leaders across the organization?
• How can Wondery leverage and add value to all different parts of Amazon?
• How can we drive more communication, operational efficiency and excellence across Wondery?