As Head of Global Events, you'll lead Amazon's Devices & Services partner events strategy and a team of five events professionals executing events across multiple tiers and organizational stakeholders. This role is suited to a business-focused leader who can translate partner engagement opportunities into measurable outcomes, establish strategic relationships that amplify our developer community, and demonstrate strong financial acumen in budget management and strategic decision making.
You'll proactively network across D&S teams to identify opportunities where your team's events expertise can add value, and partner with leadership to secure resources to expand the team's support footprint. Working closely with senior stakeholders across FireTV and Alexa product teams, Developer Marketing, Business Development, and D&S leadership, you'll align events strategy with product roadmaps, partner enablement objectives, and executive communication priorities. The role requires approximately 25% travel and includes responsibility for the Home Lab, which drives technical integration of Amazon products for event demonstrations and partner experiences.
Key job responsibilities
• Serve as strategic advisor to FireTV and Alexa leadership on event investments, developing frameworks for partner activations that showcase technical capabilities, business opportunities, and differentiation
• Drive continuous improvement in partner engagement quality, developer satisfaction, and business impact through data-driven decision making and feedback loops
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 5, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, customer obsession, and partner-first thinking
• Set clear goals aligned to business objectives, provide regular feedback, and create development opportunities that enable team members to grow their careers
• Build organizational capability through strategic hiring, succession planning, and skills development focused on
B2B event expertise
• Model Amazon's Leadership Principles and create an inclusive, collaborative team environment that values diverse perspectives
• Oversee end-to-end planning and execution of major industry events including
CES, Alexa and FireTV partner summits, developer conferences, and strategic partner showcases
• Manage corporate events for D&S leadership that facilitate partner engagement, business development, and strategic relationship building
• Ensure operational excellence across all events through rigorous project management, risk mitigation, quality control, and contingency planning
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with FireTV and Alexa product teams, Developer Marketing, Business Development, PR, and other key stakeholders
About the team
The Developer Marketing, Education, and Technology team (MET) is part of the Content & App Partner Engagement (CAPE) organization within Amazon's Devices & Services division. The Global Events team manages a multi-million dollar events portfolio driving
B2B engagement across FireTV, Alexa, and the broader Devices & Services organization, including leading D&S presence at major industry events like
CES and MWC, managing developer and partner summits, and overseeing internal executive initiatives.
- 10+ years of professional non-internship marketing experience
- Experience managing teams
- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
- Experience with Excel or
Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables)
- Experience driving direction and alignment with
cross-functional teams
- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- 12+ years of progressive experience in event management or related field with demonstrated focus on business audiences
- Proven track record managing large-scale
B2B events (5,000+ attendees) and complex partner event portfolios
- Experience managing multi-million dollar budgets with demonstrated fiscal responsibility and ROI optimization
- Experience working with time-tracking/resource management tools
- Experience with budgeting and scheduling software
- 12+ years of building profitable partner ecosystems experience
- Experience working with a matrixed team of stakeholders to achieve a common goal or equivalent
- Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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USA, CA, Hawthorne - 164,100.00 - 222,000.00
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USA, CA, Irvine - 164,100.00 - 222,000.00
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USA, WA, Seattle - 164,100.00 - 222,000.00
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