Amazon Sr Programming Manager Prime Video Live Sports 

United States, California 

964564084

Key job responsibilities
This role requires a mix of Schedule planning and creation for PV Sports properties including, but not limited to, the New York Yankees, NWSL, NASCAR, WNBA, NFL Thursday Night Football and NHL Monday Night Hockey in Canada and rights management/adherence. In addition, it will lead the end-to-end Programming function and launch readiness roadmap for the Live Sports team and is responsible for post-event reporting, analysis and tracking.A day in the life

Key job responsibilities:
- Plan, build, manage and distribute live event/game schedules based on our rights portfolio to maximize value and customer engagement.
- Lead the launch and annual re-launch of our rights properties across Prime Video to ensure flawless holistic execution.
- Manage rightsholder relationships with external partners at Leagues and Teams.
- Compile, track and distribute viewership reports to internal and external partners, including the preparation, organization and analysis contained in reports
- Drive synergy with stakeholder teams including production, content acquisition, ad sales, business affairs, business development, finance, and operations to create, implement and improve new and existing processes.
- Manage relationship with external partners to organize all cross-functional communications, presentations, approvals, and ad hoc activities required.
- Customer Obsess over internal and external programming stakeholders.
- Ensure contingency planning is in place for our live events
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- 8+ years experience in Programming, Strategy and/or Media
- Experience working in Sports broadcasting, content creation, programming and / or production.
- Experience working with Sports Teams, League's and/or Media Companies/Networks
- Experience working with Nielsen or similar 1P viewership data

Experience launching, operating, managing, and delivering results in a live Sports Programming role. Proven track record of working cross functionally to lead and earn trust with multiple stakeholders across various departments through written and verbal communication.