Country Manager, Italy

Deep & proven experience in building & growing consumer internet and media business in Italy - Deep experience delivering business top-line and profitability growth in leadership roles - Experience working with large cross-functional teams and executive-level external partners - A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field - Proficiency in English c1+
Amazon Prime Video's vision is to be the world's favorite entertainment brand, and the first-choice entertainment hub globally. Prime Video is a premium streaming service that offers customers a vast collection of TV shows, movies and live sports events - all with the ease of finding what they love to watch in one place. We also offer our members the opportunity to subscribe to add-on channels (3P streaming services) and to buy or rent new release movies on the Prime Video Store. Prime Video is at the forefront of the entertainment industry and growing fast, now available in 240 countries and territories worldwide. We work in a dynamic and exciting environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is at the heart of everything we do. Prime Video launched in Italy in 2017 and over the last 7+ years has been at the fore-front of shaping the entertainment streaming industry with its world-class international and disruptive local programming, category-creating initiatives and deep customer connect - all resulting in a strong business growth and deep fandom for our content and the service. We are happy with the progress we have made to-date and believe that the stage is now set for us to move into the next phase of our growth in the country. To achieve our ambition to be the favourite entertainment destination in Italy and to drive profitable growth for our business, we are looking for a Country Manager for Italy, who will help shape our next stage of growth as well implement our content & programming strategy. You will be a part of a senior team of leaders (alongside UK, France, Spain, and Germany Country Managers), reporting to one of our two Regional Directors. Key job responsibilities Key job responsibilities - Tasked with defining the long-term vision and strategy for overall Prime Video business in Italy Responsible for overall Prime Video customer and revenue growth - Responsible for overall profitability and financial-markers for the business - Directly responsible for Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) business (including any offerings with Ads), and co-responsible for Video Marketplace business (3P Channel subscriptions & Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) purchases/rentals) and live Sports alongside central teams. - Own all key customer metrics and outcomes for our video streaming business in Italy. - Support and implement overall content and programming strategy. - Partnering with the local Amazon MGM Studios team for creating disruptive and impactful Local Originals for Prime Video Italy. - Working closely with key partner teams across Marketing, Marketplace, Live Sports, Product & Technology, Telco & Device distribution, Ads and live Sports teams to drive key business outcomes for Prime Video Italy. - Partner with UK and Stores (Retail) teams to grow the overall Prime program - Represent the business across Public Policy, Regulators, Industry associations, PR and other public initiatives facing. - Lead by influence across all teams that partner with Prime Video in the country.
- Master's degree in Business Administration or related field is preferred
- Streaming & Entertainment experience
- Thriving in Amazon's Day 1 culture requires a growth mindset, exceptional communication skills, and an innate ability to deal with ambiguity
- Demonstrated ability leading by influence diverse teams
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively across business teams, especially across matrixed structured, to deliver business results; Willingness to roll up sleeves to get the job done
- Ownership mindset along with the ability to carry all perspectives and teams along.
- Excellent business judgment, with an ability to both think strategically and dive deep into the details when needed
- Strong bias for action and sense of urgency; ability to make things happen quickly.
- Passionate about the customer and striving to understand local customers and improve customer experience.
- Highly effective communication skills (verbal and written) honed to develop thoughtful, strategic and detailed narrative
- Exceptional collaboration and relationship building skills and ability to build trust and align teams to deliver on an aspirational vision and plans, agnostic of reporting lines.