OS Community Manager

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, is seeking a talented, self-directed community marketing manager to evaluate, build, and run marketing programs that expand and empower open source communities using AWS. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in an exciting, disruptive software business in Cupertino, CA.

The role will be part of a team responsible for creating and running global programs that are designed to build and enhance AWS support for open source communities. This includes creating the content strategy, managing the open source program public web presence for AWS, using social media and blog posts to promote key open source projects, and managing and coordinating participation at third party events. In this role, the successful candidate will partner with the product marketing, field marketing, start-up marketing, business development teams and AWS solution architects to ensure all programs can operate at scale and enhance local market activities. Successful candidates must have prior community building and marketing experience working at a top technology company and must use this understanding to determine, track and report appropriate engagement metrics for all programs.

The ideal candidate has a passion for open source technology, community building, and a successful track record in community marketing, project management, marketing communication and/or technical event management. Candidate must be able to manage multiple programs in parallel, be detail oriented, be personable in community interactions and work effectively with other teams in AWS marketing.

Roles & Responsibilities
· Devise and execute on a content plan and publication calendar, including documentation, tutorials, webcasts, recorded talks, blog posts and social media, web pages and wikis.
· Work closely with product marketing, field marketing and AWS solution architects to programmatically support open source projects, user groups and meet-ups. Generate regular reports on community engagement.
· Work jointly with open source technical evangelists to select manage, curate and grow key open source projects. Develop and maintain feedback loops and curate key members of the communities.
· Travel, as necessary, to execute marketing initiatives and to present the open source story for AWS.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 3+ years of relevant work experience in community marketing.
· Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, technical, or relevant field of study.
· Superior oral and written communication skills with an innate attention to detail.
· Proven success managing time and juggling multiple projects in a high growth environment where priorities shift fast.
· Experience in building and enabling effective open source community engagement programs.
· Ability to present ideas to various levels of an organization to gain support for initiatives.
· Published author, experienced presenter