- 7+ years of experience in a senior leadership role in Compensation Planning, Sales Operations, Sales Strategy, Finance, Business Development, or other related fields
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or related field
- Experience hiring and managing high-performing teams
- Exhibits sound business judgment and a proven ability to influence others
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of presenting to senior management
“Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $35 billion dollar global business. At Amazon Business, a fast-growing startup passionate about building solutions, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the intersection of tech & retail in the B2B space developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations thrive. At Amazon Business, we strive to be the most recognized and preferred strategic partner for smart business buying. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Join us in building and celebrating the value of Amazon Business to buyers and sellers of all sizes and industries. Unlock your career potential.”
Amazon Business represents an incredible opportunity to address a vast new market segment and customer base. We are focused on building solutions that enable businesses to find, research, and buy products and services from a vast selection, across multiple devices, marketplaces and regions. Our customers include all type of businesses ranging from individual professionals to small businesses to large institutions (and everything in between). Our business customers have different needs than the traditional Amazon customers so we are reinventing everything from how we display our selection, price our products, and provide the right customer experience.
Amazon Business is seeking an experienced variable compensation leader to build and lead from the ground up both a variable compensation plan and a small compensation team for the US Commercial, Public Sector and Strategy (CPS) businesses. The ideal candidate earns trust through performance and relationship building, thinks strategically and analytically about business challenges and how to align our variable compensation, and has experience in sales operations. The candidate should have a deep analytic background to assist the Amazon Business Sales organization in meeting its business objectives. The right candidate should have a strong record of delivering results timely and effectively. This is a great opportunity for a builder!
This role can be located out of any of the Amazon Business locations in the United States, which include but are not limited to; Austin TX, Boston MA, Arlington VA, Chicago IL, Tempe AZ or Seattle WA as well as parts of the North East regions of the country.
Key job responsibilities
- 10+ years of experience in a senior leadership role in Compensation Planning, Sales Operations, Sales Strategy, Finance, Business Development, or other related fields
- Proven experience with the development and implementation of systems/tools utilized for compensation
- Experience working within a high-growth, technology company
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