Live Events Program Manager

This is a Full Time Job

Program Manager, Live Events, Prime Video Sports Operations

If so, you would be the right person for the Program Manager role on the Prime Video Live Events team, leading the expansion of Live Events in North America and Latin America by bringing sports leagues to Prime Video.

Key job responsibilities
As the Launch Manager, you will be responsible for leading the execution of taking new and existing live sports events across both 1P and third-party to deliver to the broadest live sports selection for our sports fans. This includes onboarding activities from deal signing to their first live broadcast on Prime Video and then maintaining steady state operations post launching ensuring high quality and availability.

Key activities include:
• Collaborate with content acquisition and marketing teams to develop the roadmap for expanding the coverage of live sports
• Plan, coordinate and track cross-functional work streams across product, technology, merchandising and operational teams to bring new sports events to live on Prime Video
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Designers, Production, and Marketing to define how live and on-demand content will be presented to customers on Prime Video
• Work cross functionally with the content acquisition, product management, engineering, merchandising, and operations teams to document and define initiatives and drive them through execution to launch the sports events on Prime Video
• Work closely with sports media partners, 3P content aggregators to build Digital Content Supply Chains and continuously improve the processes for publishing sports content
• Establish goals, plans and related metrics, manage initiatives and track progress to achieve quality improvements and operational efficiency gains
• Create reporting and dashboards for key metrics to illustrate progress against goals to support team activities and report to management on weekly/monthly basis

A day in the life
You will define and execute the programs to bring new sports leagues to Prime Video and launch live events. A successful candidate will be highly analytical, resourceful, customer-focused, team oriented, and will have an ability to work independently under time constraints to meet deadlines. A successful candidate will have a proven track record in taking on end-to-end ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast-paced and dynamic business environment.

Qualifications
• Experience and understanding of digital video streaming and/or digital video supply chain
• Experience with managing projects for live broadcasting