Who you are
* This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state
* Extensive relevant professional experience in either contracts, operations or sales analyst work streams
* Extensive People Management experience
* Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written) across all functions and levels of the organization
* Experience being part of a team of managers working to support a larger team with a unified vision
* Knowledge and understanding of EU regulatory changes
* Working knowledge of contracts
* The ability to guide and influence leadership
* Experience with stakeholder management
* Prior Operations experience
* Prior experience working as part of an international team or with global clients, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders
* Bachelor's degree
What the job involves
* The Business and Product Operations Manager will support a growing global AWS Business and Product Operations team in EMEA, while maintaining their own individual contributor responsibilities
* This candidate will partner with management in Sales, Enterprise Support, Professional Services, Legal, Marketing Sponsorship, Finance, and SMGS Ops to enhance the customer experience related to contract drafting, operations, and support
* Candidates must possess the ability to manage a team of contract specialists and operations analysts performing within diverse work streams and be able to provide career development and coaching to their direct reports
* The candidate will be expected to steer relationships with stakeholders in the region while partnering with global functional team owners
* Candidates will contribute to the creation, improvement of data, and metrics by analyzing trends, and recommending and implementing process improvements that will have senior leadership visibility
* They will also be responsible for their team's performance against functional KPI's and service levels
* Comfort working in a fast-paced environment and an ambiguous space with changing priorities is necessary
* The candidate should be passionate about their work, self-motivated, detail oriented and have excellent problem-solving abilities
* They will be able to communicate analytical results, both written and verbally, in a clear and easy to understand way
* Manage a team of contract specialists and operations analysts across distinct work streams, including contract drafting, operations, and support, in a cross-functional working environment. Lead the hiring process provide coaching, and development where needed
* Support and implement existing team goals and vision, while fostering a culture of inclusion
* Maintain individual contributor responsibilities in one of the team's work streams
* Responsible for helping to shape the culture of the team and ensure adherence to HR policies and global department best practices
* Proactively identify and implement operational improvements, enhancements, and system customizations for functional teams that meet business requirements
* Drive continuous process improvement while developing relationships with business partners and stakeholders for long term solutions
* Retrieve and analyze data using Excel,, and other data management/BI systems to present to global functional leaders and management
* Support team and help implement compliance protocols across all relevant functions