Principal Marketing Manager - Technical Events, Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX)Job ID: 2645065 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.
Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry.
As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) is looking for a Senior Events Marketer to own and run our iconic internal software builder experience event, DevCon.
DevCon provides learning opportunities to our internal developer conference focused on leading technology, infrastructure and security topics, builder best practices, career development, and more.
DevCon is an essential event with must-view content for every software builder, an opportunity for members and leaders in our software builder community to reach and exchange knowledge with one another, and a prioritized event for the launch of innovations and services benefiting Software Builders.
Your responsibility as an event expert will include developing event strategy and acting as the single threaded leader for all event components.
You will define the goals of the program work streams, build your core working team, manage budgets and timelines, and oversee a variety of vendor and venue partners to ensure all stakeholders are working together to deliver a high-quality in-person and livestream experience.
You will also have strong communications skills to write strategic attendee journey docs, manage executive leadership reviews and post event debriefs.
The ideal candidate is highly motivated, familiar with the software builder environment at Amazon, and an extremely organized individual with 7+ years of experience building experiential events that drive strategic goals.
You are results-driven, able to handle ambiguity and rapidly-changing priorities, have excellent communication skills and a sharp analytical sense.
This position will be a part of the ASBX Product Marketing Management team and will work closely with content strategists, marketing managers, product managers, principal engineers, and strategic internal partners to develop and execute event plans that deliver key messages, product information, and drives brand awareness and engagement across the software builder community at Amazon.
Key job responsibilitiesOversee planning, production, and execution of large scale events that are virtual and/or in-person.Assist in the definition and creation of event goals, while keeping customer needs in mind, to ensure event success.Serve as event project manager.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to: work back schedules, pre-event consultation, venue selection, event agency selection/management, agenda development, attendee journey and event flow, event promotion and registration management, budget creation and oversight, on-site staffing, final event metrics and reporting.Expertly drive pre-event weekly core team meetings, including ownership of event planning documentation tracking deadlines and anticipating road blocks before they become escalations.Build and distribute regular pre-event status reports and post-event reports.Work closely with content marketing, product managers and product marketers to achieve business goals via event marketing.Track and manage event budgets.BASIC QUALIFICATIONSDemonstrated success in program management, event management and goal alignment.7+ years of technical conference implementation.9+ years experience working in a fast-paced tech culture.9+ years working in an organizational environment that markets products to developers.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSSkilled negotiator with proven experience finding creative ways to do more with less and a track record of staying on budget.Demonstrable, successful history of defining event and creative strategy and proven executional excellence.Decisive, action-oriented, and able to motivate, inspire, and lead cross-functional teams in different geographies and business units.A strong leader and excellent communicator who can drive consensus and articulate program recommendations and tradeoffs to senior executives.Ambitious self-starter with demonstrated ability and willingness to roll up sleeves and execute to get the job done.Ability to manage time and juggle multiple priorities to execute high quality deliverables.Proven knowledge of working with industry tools such as Cvent (or similar), Hubspot and HTML.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.
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