Principal Technical Product Manager Forecasting

Where will Amazons growth come from in the next year What about over the next five Which product lines are poised to quintuple in size Are we investing enough in our infrastructure or too much How do our customers react to changes in prices product selection or delivery times

These are among the most important questions at Amazon today. The Topline Forecast team in the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) organization is dedicated to answering these questions using statistical methods. We develop cutting edge data pipelines build accurate predictive models and deploy automated software solutions to provide forecasting insights to business leaders at the most senior levels throughout the company. We are looking for a senior motivated and innovative principal product manager to help us answer these (and many more) questions.

To do this you need to understand what matters to CLevel executives how they make decisions and be capable of incorporating this understanding into compelling narrative and content for presenting insights from Topline forecasting suite of products to help them make decisions. Topline Forecast is the most important input for planning exercise for Amazon consumer business.

This role might be for you if
You are passionate about developing products with a high degree of technical or science component
You have an executive presence to convince the Clevel executives of your insights
You possess strong business acumen with strategic analytical and critical thinking
You excel in communicating complex ideas in simple and easy to understand narratives across organizations providing clarity in decisions
You can deliver high standard product solutions working closely with engineering teams and understand the impact of technical design decisions on ability to scale and innovate for customers
You can prioritize operational excellence work alongside feature delivery on a roadmap

Key job responsibilities
In this job you will:
Work with the team of Topline scientists and economists and business stakeholders (including but not limited to middle mile and last mile operations teams and retail business and finance teams) to design and improve our forecast and develop insights
Identify business opportunities to expand automate or optimize Topline analytic products
Manage a major product or suite of products and drive adoption of product with stakeholders and customers
Write Product Requirement Documents laying out the vision of Topline products that will form the foundation of functional and technical requirements and plan for product delivery.
Drive strategic upward product communications (e.g. decision narratives investment proposals)
Drive alignment on product features business metrics and business strategies

8 years of product or program management product marketing business development or technology experience
Bachelors degree
Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
Experience with end to end product delivery
Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
Experience technical product management

Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements
Experience in project management methodologies business analysis or process improvement

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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.