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Amazon Senior Product Manager - Technical, Kindle in Sunnyvale, California
Description
Are you passionate about impacting customers lives? Do you want to work at a team that solves significant customer problems? Amazon requires leaders who move fast, have an unrelenting tenacity to get things done, and can break down and solve complex problems. This is a smart team of doers that work passionately to solve customer pain points and make their life easier.
As a Sr. Product Manager - Technical for Kindle, you will be working with a unique and gifted cross-functional team to developing exciting products for our customers. You will have the critical role of leading and driving the hardware product definition for Kindle devices, and shape the product roadmap while driving new features based on this vision.
We are looking for someone with a passion for product making and a proven track record of shipping commercially-successful connected devices with intuitive customer experiences. You are business-oriented and skilled in the development and implementation of a product plan. You will be responsible for capturing, documenting, and communicating requirements throughout all stages of the product family's lifecycle. You must be responsive, flexible and able to thrive in an open, collaborative environment. Come help build the future of Amazon devices and services for millions of customers!
Key job responsibilities
Lead hardware product strategy and definition for Kindle products
Create buy-in for product vision both internally and externally and evangelize that vision within the organization
Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that affect the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals
Develop detailed business requirements that can be used to create product specifications and design
A day in the life
Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that affect the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals
Work closely with management, design, operations, finance, and engineering leadership to develop and deliver innovative consumer products
Manage prioritization and trade-offs for customer experience, performance and schedule
Manage delivery of current products concurrently with future product planning
Drive product and feature launches with teams inside and outside of Amazon
About the team
Kindle E-readers are among the bestselling products in the history of Amazon, with a rich legacy for driving customer focused innovation. Our growth requires leaders who operate both strategically and tactically: think big to drive new opportunities, dive deep in data to uncover customer insights, break down and solve complex problems, and drive operational excellence.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of team management experience
Bachelor's degree
Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing and launching V1 products
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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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $149,700/year in our lowest geographic market up to $258,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.