Global Expansion Manager, Expansion Strategy

The Global Expansion Manager will be responsible for planning and prioritizing the geographic expansion and market entry of AWS Training and Certification (T&C) offers across the globe. The vision of the AWS Training and Certification (T&C) organization is "to cultivate hundreds of millions of highly skilled cloud professionals by offering the leading cloud training and certification programs in the industry, enabling AWS customers to innovate and achieve their cloud goals." The ideal candidate has both a strategic business background, as well as a deep understanding of country specific rollout planning, localization efforts, sales, and marketing functions. You should have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business challenges, and are able to build and convey compelling plans and frameworks. You have a natural ability to balance multiple projects and work within a high-growth and constantly evolving environment. You have a passion for solving complex business challenges and thrive on constantly improving the customer experience. Key job responsibilities Primary Responsibilities Include · Engage with regional leaders to identify and prioritize country-specific market demand and requirements for new T&C products, offers, and modalities · Engage with launch planning teams across T&C and the broader AWS organization to align expansion priorities with existing product and infrastructure roll-out plans · Define the GTM launch readiness requirements and coordinate with overall launch readiness teams to ensure a market leading GTM experience · Develop and manage a prioritization process for aligning T&C leaders on market entry plans, taking into account key dependencies · Manage the success of geographic market launch and expansion efforts, We will happily consider internal candidates. Please contact the hiring manager directly to set up an informational conversation. If positive, we will then organize an interview "mini-loop".

· 7+years of experience in business strategy, management consulting, and/or corporate international expansion, · Experience engaging and influencing senior business leaders, with strong familiarity regarding international business dynamics, Go-to-Market launch requirements, and market feedback-loop mechanisms · Demonstrated experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders and cross functional teams, including sales account management, business development, product management, product marketing, program management, legal, as well as partner communities,

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience in developing, negotiating and executing business agreements
Preferred Qualifications
• MBA
• Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
• Experience influencing internal and external stakeholders
  
  Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
  
  Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud. In additional details for internal candidates