Are you passionate about languages and translation Are you motivated to have a direct impact on customers around the world Do you have a tech background and love finding creative solutions to challenging problems Amazons Translation Services team is responsible for building the tools and features that support the localization and translation needs of all Amazon businesses. We partner with content owners to translate and deliver content for customers around the world and we are obsessed with providing the right quality content in each language we support. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to create the vision strategy and roadmap that will continually improve and scale our services and deliver the best experience for our customers in their preferred language. If you are passionate about building equitable experiences for worldwide customers and are undaunted by large scope lets talk.
Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Product Manager Technical you will own the strategy and of one of the product charters within the Translation Services space. You will partner with stakeholders across the business content owners localization program managers and translators to understand their biggest problems and opportunities then build a backlog of features to address those problems. You will work closely with one or more software development teams to define and build those features then measure the features ability to successfully meet your stakeholders needs. You will own the following deliverables: documentation of your products vision; assessment of entitlement and ROI for your product roadmap; feature requirements and user stories; experimentation setup and analysis; and release notes. You must be able to be deeply connected to the customer experience product details and success metrics yet be able to zoom out to the 10000foot level to understand how your charter fits into the broader Translation Services ecosystem and Amazon as a whole.
A day in the life
There may not be a typical day. One day you may be leading a vision workshop or presenting to a VP and the next day conducting a deep dive into a customer anecdote or collaborating with your software development and UX Design partners to build a feature. But what is consistent is always have your charters goals and progress top of mind driving clarity and stakeholder alignment and looking around corners to anticipate problems that may affect individual or team outcomes.
About the team
The team consists of Product Managers UX Designers and Program Managers in locations across the US and Europe. The central team supports all the Translation Services product needs in order to increase speed quality and improve cost of translation. We build state of the art tech based products (CAT Machine Translation Translation Memories and Term Base technology) to streamline productivity and ensure consistent quality.
Bachelors 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
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
Experience in using analytical tools such as Tableau Qlikview QuickSight
Experience in building and driving adoption of new tools
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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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC