We are seeking a Principal Product Manager Technical to build and drive our Print on Demand International Expansion strategy allowing authors and publishers to reach more readers in new marketplaces. As a Principal Product Manager Tech youll be an individual contributor who works backwards from our customers and owns the longterm strategy and product vision for when and where we expand next as well as executing on the plan you set.
Youll be responsible for leading global crossfunctional teams to deliver on your product roadmap looking around corners mitigating risks and effectively escalating to unblock delivery. Youll drive tradeoff decisions between customer benefit and complexity and use data and anecdotes to craft crisp compelling and wellreasoned documents to drive strategic alignment with senior leaders and communicate measurable results. Youll create and use mechanisms to progress your roadmap including updates to senior leaders partners and stakeholders.
The ideal candidate will have excellent product problem solving and communication skills and be able to effectively interact with technical and nontechnical stakeholders at all levels by deeply understanding customer needs and then aligning teams towards coherent technology and business strategies. The candidate will be at ease dealing with ambiguity have strong attention to detail be motivated by a fastpaced environment and be comfortable thinking big and diving deep. This means you are not only able to develop and drive highlevel strategic initiatives while staying on top of tactical but can also roll up your sleeves dig in and get the job done.
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About the team
Amazon strives to be Earths most customercentric company. With Print On Demand (PoD) we envision a world where customers can buy any book in any language and where publishers and authors can distribute their titles without having to hold physical inventory where every book is always instock and customer orders are manufactured in realtime and delivered ontime helping the environment by only printing books readers want.
Bachelors degree
Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
Experience technical product management
8 years of product or program management product marketing business development or technology experience
Experience as a strong leader who can prioritize well communicate clearly and effectively influence across crossfunctional teams
Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements
Experience in project management methodologies business analysis or process improvement
Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions evaluate outcomes and challenge conventional wisdom.
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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 $161900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $279900/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.