This role sits at the intersection of several critical business priorities. Amazon is expanding its delivery capabilities, particularly in Japan where shifting consumer behavior towards rapid delivery is a key focus. The position leads initiatives to diversify transportation modes and develop new business models that can tap into the segments of local communities.

As earth’s most customer-centric company, Amazon has continuously raised the bar in increasing the speed of delivery to customers: from days, it has come down to the same day and even down to hours! Have you ever wondered what is the secret behind Amazon’s ability to delight customers with increasingly faster deliveries? Well, as we all know, there is no magic, and it takes years of strategic long-term planning to build out the backend machinery and perseverance and excellent execution across multiple systems and teams to make this happen. Speed deliveries is a major growth and investment area for Amazon, as we work to shift consumer online shopping habits across the entire nation of Japan. Amazon Flex is the arm of this sophisticated machinery that provides elastic, on-demand delivery capacity to delight customers with ever increasing speeds of delivery. Amazon Flex works directly with independent contractors – called delivery partners – to make deliveries to our customers. These delivery partners are members of the local community and choose from several types of delivery opportunities while making great earnings. Amazon Flex is powered by a mobile app that works in concert with our advanced backend systems, allowing these partners to earn more with the assistance of AI powered technology to assist with and simplify the delivery tasks. At Amazon Flex Japan, we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager role to lead the Incubation & Business Expansion team that is right at the heart of this historic shift.

Are you a strategic thinker with an expansionist mindset that loves to think deep about anticipating the future business needs and loves solving them with innovative new approaches? Do you enjoy dreaming about big, bold futuristic ideas and debating with colleagues about what would it take to make them a reality? Are you motivated by the prospects of not only helping Amazon achieve scale in the delivery operations, but enabling growth in the local communities and economy while doing so? Do you love leading teams and motivating them to innovate, launch and operationalize entire new business lines? If you found yourself answering yes to most of these questions, you would thrive in this role of Sr Mgr. of Incubation & Business Expansions at Amazon Flex Japan.

Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will lead a high caliber team of Program Managers and be responsible for Business Development, Growth and Expansion of the Flex business in Japan, including partnerships with key external companies. As the leader of this team, you will motivate your team to bring in diversified modes of transportation to the transportation fleet, by ideating new offerings and launching innovative programs and business models to enable entirely new and untapped sections of the local communities to participate in Flex and benefit from the growth of Amazon. You will have strong analytical skills to assess the potential market size and opportunities, and a keen sense of prioritization grounded in business pragmatism to pursue the right opportunities at the right time. You will be self-driven, motivated and naturally curious to learn about the delivery operations to ensure that the various offerings meet the needs of Amazon Logistics. You will report to the country manager for the Flex business and be part of a cross-functional leadership team that steers the strategic path of this business. You will have excellent oral and written communication skills and be able to strategically influence leadership with good data driven discussions.