Sr Product Manager Technical Global Procurement Technology GPT

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Amazon Global Procurement Technology (GPT) is seeking an experienced Sr. Product Manager (Technical) to envision define and deliver Amazons digitally integrated and automated Indirect Supply Chain.

This role takes responsibility for partnering with internal business leaders and users to identify the most impactful business needs where technology solutions can deliver worldwide customer value to make Amazons sourcetopay process even more efficient; develops solutions in partnership with crossorganizational technology teams and third party software vendors and plots the course to bring strategic business solutions to life through technology.

The successful candidate will bring clarity to ambiguous problems while collaborating with Program Managers and Engineers to plan and deliver impactful technology solutions. Developing 13 year strategies and product roadmaps decomposing releases into prioritized featuresets defining adoption and product success metrics metrics analyzing and recommending bestfit solutions across internal and external software offerings and identifying opportunities to integrate systems into a cohesive user experience ecosystem the GPT Sr. PMT has the opportunity to drive innovation and measurable business results on a global scale.

Applicants will demonstrate experience developing new software technology products and evolving existing products through the Product Lifecycle leveraging market research customer and user research and mapping existing solutions to critical business requirements. Success requires the ability to spot an opportunity research and develop a product solution concept use expertly crafted narratives and data to propose new product investments and then mobilize product development through requirements design roadmapping development and launch. They will also have experience aligning to measurable business goals (KPIs or OKRs) developing product strategies forming business sponsor and governance groups and user focus groups creating product road maps detailing functional and nonfunctional requirements crafting solution recommendations facilitating business and technical meetings partnering with resources outside of the team to get things done making priority tradeoff decisions managing customer expectations generating product buzz and communicating to a large number of stakeholders. The candidate will have experience managing complex and integrated products that leverage resources across multiple engineering and stakeholder groups.

The role is expected to communicate effectively to all levels within the company both in writing and in meetings.

The ideal candidate will have technical expertise including an understanding of systems design using AWS cloud components able to actively participate in architecture and design discussions able to independently resolve integration challenges with external teams and review ERD state diagrams cloud infrastructure diagrams and related technical documents. The GPT team makes heavy use of native AWS infrastructure including ECS/Fargate EBS EC2 Lambda DynamoDB RedShift GLue S3 Athena and QuickSite (among other services). Since our engineering teams will include PMTs in their internal design reviews our PMTs need to understand these types of cloud services to actively participate and ensure that the architecture and design presented by engineers align well with nonfunctional requirements and longterm business value.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast paced environment deals well with ambiguity develops and builds clarity and is willing to roll up their sleeves to dig into any initiative or business problem. The candidate will have high standards for themselves and everyone they work with and will be constantly looking around corners to prevent short sighted decisions while making tradeoff decisions to optimize timetomarket. We are looking for a proven ability to work closely with the engineering team and someone who is excited to take on new ambiguous product domains that rely on the candidates ability to generate clarity solutions and a path to successful outcomes.


TRAVEL REQUIREMENT: 2030


Key job responsibilities
Support various business groups within the Global Procurement Organization converting requests into valuejustified initiatives wellresearched solution recommendations product charters and roadmaps a pipeline of featuresets and deliverables to deliver value to multinational business teams.
Partner with business sponsors and stakeholders to identify clear and measurable path to improve Amazons Sourcetopay process by reducing the risks to the supply chain process through technology improvements.
Apply a structured change management approach to roadmap changes and new product opportunities to effectively meet customer needs and maintain transparency.
Developing both business and product metrics to drive transparency and measurable positive change.
Operate as a singlethreadedleader of the products within the PMTs portfolio taking responsibility for creatively delivering results through partnerships vision and product leadership.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:
Earn the trust of key stakeholders both inside and outside of the department
Manage intake requests for features and projects assisting requestors to valuejustify their product and feature proposals
Become a subject matter expert for business processes and relevant technology systems within the assigned business domains and associated programs.
Champion standards and process improvements (both for business stakeholders and for Engineering and Program Management teams)
Speak the language of business; speak the language of engineering; think the language of product management

About the team
The Global Procurement Technology (GPT) team drives the mission to leverage existing technology and build new digital solutions that digitalize scale and advance worldwide procurement business capabilities for the indirect supply chain at Amazon. We presently develop and support over 20 software products with more underway which serve worldwide Amazon business teams and thirdparty suppliers. Our technology solutions and everevolving digital strategy have gained the attention of panAmazon business and technology teams. We strive to design solutions globally deliver locally and attract customers through results.


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
Experience managing technical products or online services
Experience in representing and advocating for a variety of critical customers and stakeholders during executivelevel prioritization and planning
Bachelors degree
5 years of technical product or program management experience
7 years of product or program management product marketing business development or technology experience

Experience in using analytical tools such as Tableau Qlikview QuickSight
Experience in building and driving adoption of new tools
Experience in highlevel system design involving AWS Azure or Google cloud technologies.
Working understanding and experience with OLTP OLAP and data streaming technologies.
Working experience with cloud compute networking and security services (such as IAM Cognito VPC EC2 ECS/Fargate EBS ELB Lambda)
Experience working with Data and Applied Scientists to incorporate AI capabilities into products understanding the AI & science lifecycle to develop deploy and maintain AI.

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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 Companys 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 $136100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.