Senior Tech Product Manager Special Projects

Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur A builder A dreamer This role is part of an Amazon Special Projects team that takes the companys Think Big leadership principle to the extreme. We focus on creating entirely new products and services with a goal of positively impacting the lives of our customers. No industries or subject areas are out of bounds. If youre interested in innovating at scale to address big challenges in the world this is the team for you.

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Key job responsibilities
Owns reporting mechanisms and ensures data integrity at the VP/SVP level for multiple projects Communicating portfolio risks updates and forwardlooking plans
Works crossfunctionally with technical teams on product definition endtoend roadmaps (e.g. defining objectives milestones and deliverables)
Clearly and briefly articulates how product results impact downstream technical adoption and helps define our overall product strategy
Influences key stakeholders through effective communication and strategic engagement to drive decision making and project progression.
Leads multifunctional teams through both tactical and strategic decision points understanding dependencies risks and mitigations
Provides strategic insights on overall project and operational performance to ensure portfolio alignment program prioritization and issue escalation are addressed efficiently.
Drives of program plans and critical decision making while taking accountability for on time on budget delivery of program goals & milestones
Provides expert guidance on budget planning forecasting and leverages quantitative analytics to forecast time and cost to goals & milestones.
Supports/manages crossfunctional meetings including scheduling logistics the creation and distribution of meeting agendas and minutes and drive completion of action items.


A day in the life
You check in with teams developing products talking to technical leads and engineers. Unexpected results in a recent test lead you to dig in to understand the issue better huddle with relevant engineers and partner teams to formulate hypotheses for the issue and test to validate them. Working with technical leads you add roadmap items to validate hypotheses in the next development sprint informing downstream customers of potential impact. You then write a document for senior leadership focusing on recent progress and major decisions made defining measures of success elevating risks and how you plan to mitigate them.

Bachelors degree
Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of 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.