Description

How often have you had an opportunity to be a founding member of a team that is tasked with solving a huge business problem through innovative technology? If you want to join innovative team that is making history and breaking new ground for Amazon in Sub Saharan Africa, this is the place for you.

We are seeking a results-oriented leader with a solid track record in data-driven decision-making and proven expertise in program management. As the Sr. Program Manager for Free Cash Flow, you will be at the center of multiple cross-functional teams working to deliver operational improvements and drive profitability for our consumer businesses in Sub Saharan Africa. This role requires getting hands-on with data dive deeps to identify creative solutions to ambiguous problems, to scope and manage program launches and their timelines, and to maintain strong lines of communication with senior management on status, risks, and process / product changes. Cross-team coordination, program management, and executive presentation skills are essential.

Key job responsibilities

• Drive cross-functional strategic initiatives to continuously improve profitability while minimizing negative impact to the customer experience.

• Work closely with central program teams and operation stakeholders across US, EU, and Asia to understand changes in global strategies and processes for reducing our cost-to-serve. You will represent the voice of customer for Sub-Saharan Africa and decide how these initiatives can be best adapted for our marketplace needs.

• Partner with product and engineering teams to see through product interventions needed for FCF programs to scale and ultimately, drive substantial impact on cost reduction.

• Support Operations, Finance, and Retail category teams in managing their short-term commitments to profitability goals and implementing mechanisms to help keep them on track.

• Perform dive deeps into multiple elements that govern the decision making to launch or expand programs.

• Benchmarking our performance across FCF programs/practices with the best in class (internal and external), leveraging available data to own and influence the long-term vision of your area of ownership, and presenting the 3 – 5 year action plan to achieving the vision to senior management.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Cape Town, ZAF

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience

• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership

• Bachelor's degree

• Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements

• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy, definition and end to end product delivery

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of driving process improvements experience

• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.