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Head of Business Analysis and Strategic Planning, Prime Gaming

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a high-growth business? A chance to use your analytical leadership, insights and business skills to help grow one of the fastest growing business in Prime. Imagine the opportunity do so as part of an agile team that reaches a global gaming audience. Imagine working on cutting-edge consumer-facing products, where every single team member is a critical voice in the decision-making process. Imagine being able to leverage the resources of a Fortune-50 company within the atmosphere of a start-up. Welcome to Prime Gaming, where everyone on our team has an impact on delivering happiness to Prime members, game developers and game players around the world.

Prime Gaming is looking for a savvy Business Analysis leader, who can operate independently, execute individually and lead a growing team of Analysts that support Prime Gaming. You will be joining a fast growing, quickly evolving organization, where the ability to wear many hats and help out on many projects will be crucial. You will have a track record of moving fast to acquire and structure data into impactful analytics and reporting tools that drive forward-looking recommendations.

The ideal candidate will be an inspiring and compassionate people leader, highly adept at hiring and developing high-performing teams. You possess deep business acumen and can audit and raise the bar on frameworks that synthesize quantitative and qualitative learnings into a tight, clear strategies. You will need to prioritize effectively in a fast-moving and ever-changing environment, and therefore can communicate clearly and persuasively. You will think and act both strategically and tactically, and drive the same from others. This is a highly visible position that will interact at all levels of the organization.

In this role you will blend in-depth data analytics and finance support. The role will produce reports and analyses to drive decision making related to investments and prioritization within Business Development, Marketing, Operations and customer and game developer facing product roadmaps. The role will structure high-level finance and business problems into distinct pieces of analysis; obtain the required data; produce 'actuals' metrics; and provide forward-looking recommendations. You will interact closely with senior leaders across internal and external teams.

As the Senior Manager of Business Analysis for Prime Gaming, your key responsibilities will include:

· Lead and inspire a team to dive deep, be right a lot and do so with a high bias for action
· Gain an in-depth understanding of Prime Gaming business model and how we operate within the Game subscription space and as part of the broader Amazon Prime.
· Offer data analytics and finance insight
· Design metrics and measurements that adequately measure process and business performance; define business requirements and drive their implementation by the data engineering team
· Design an optimal blend of descriptive, prescriptive and predictive reporting
· Automate and continuously improve recurring reports – e.g. monthly business review documents – for the global leadership team
· Prepare ad hoc reports and analysis in response to leadership requests
· Collect data from various sources, including querying databases
· Analyze data to identify patterns, root cause, and business opportunities
· Support leadership in planning and forecasting activities
· Engage in active dialogue with all business partners

About Amazon Games
Amazon Games applies the principles of Amazonian culture to the world of game design. We have a diverse team of talented, creative people pairing their love of making games with the unique strengths that come with being part of Amazon. Across all of our teams and locations, we are united by a common purpose: to share great gaming experiences with customers around the world. We believe in a future where everyone is a gamer and everyone can create, compete, collaborate and connect through games, and we are looking for the right people to help us build that future. With the power of Twitch and AWS at your fingertips, you will have the chance to innovate in gameplay, creativity, marketing, and technology, while working alongside some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.

Inclusive Culture, Work/Life Balance, & Career Growth
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences and are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We offer ten employee-led affinity groups with 190 global chapters, innovative benefits, and annual and ongoing learning experiences (including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences). Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance and offers flexible working hours. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. Additionally, our team is dedicated to supporting you with mentorship and pathways for ongoing development. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and are building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and promotes career choice.

Basic Qualifications

· Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics or related field
· 7+ years of Business Analysis or Product Leadership experience in a mid/large size company with a proven record of successful outcomes
· 7+ years of team management with direct reports
· Experience with process management (re-engineering) – e.g. Kaizen, Six Sigma
· Experience with SQL, Excel, and data visualization tools and methods

Preferred Qualifications

· Relevant Business Analysis accreditation e.g BCS certificate in Business Analysis Practice, PMI-Professional in Business Analysis (PBA) Certification or equivalent
· Proven capability working with, presenting to and influencing senior executives
· Demonstrated ability to work independently while dealing with high levels of ambiguity
· Proven problem-solving skills
· Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.