Principal Product Manager - Technical Amazon Elastic Block Store EBS

AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) is looking for a seasoned product manager to help us set the vision and build the future of block storage on AWS. The EBS service delivers high performance virtualized storage in the cloud for EC2. Millions of customers from individual developers to large enterprises use EBS for durable and performant storage and it is a key building block for any application. As a member of the team youll work alongside engineers and leaders to develop and operate one of the largest distributed systems in the world.

We are looking for an experienced Technical Product Manager External Services (PMTES) to help define new features and solutions for EBS customers. In this role youll have ownership of several critical customerfacing features. Youll thrive in this role if you love learning about complex systems love working with technical teams are inspired by the idea of inventing new solutions on behalf of customers and have a persistent desire to improve how things are done.

Our ideal candidate has the strategic thinking creative vision customer empathy technical acumen and operational understanding to deliver largescale customerfacing features. You have delivered largescale SaaS applications with a focus on user experience experimentation and metricsdriven decision making. You are excited about the incredible opportunity cloud services represent and is deeply passionate about working with great teams that deliver the highest quality services. You thrive in a fastpaced environment that requires strong technical and business judgment and solid communication skills.


Key job responsibilities
Defining products by working backwards from the needs of different customer segments / jobstobedone
Managing the entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical
Establishing goals and analyzing metrics and product usage data to identify opportunities and deliver success
Leading user research to identify new opportunities to innovate on behalf of our customers
Determining the right product user experience
Launching the vision product strategy and road map for our products and working with key stakeholders in the company to deliver on that vision e.g. sales partner team international site leaders etc.
Overseeing the gotomarket plan and enablement working to ensure that sales solution architects and partner teams have what they need to be successful
Setting pricing strategy and performing quantitative analysis and forecasting


A day in the life
Your day starts a call with a large enterprise customer provides insights for feature enhancements. You then meet with the Director of Engineering to discuss the product roadmap and resource allocation. Midmorning you collaborate with product marketing and business development on gotomarket strategies. After lunch you analyze user feedback and work on a PR/FAQ for a key use case expansion. Your day ends with preparation for a strategy meeting with our VP on how we grow the business.


About the team
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7 years of working as a Technical Product Manager experience
5 years of technical (software development network development IT other related) experience
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Superior analytical skills including selfserving data from a data warehouse and manipulating it towards insights
Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline such as computer science computer systems math information technology or similar
High self motivation and self starting attitude and drive a must

Experience delivering largescale SaaS PaaS or LaaS products where you are responsible for the full product lifecycle from concept through GTM (go to market)
MBA from a top MBA program
Experience in public cloud computing or with a major enterprise software or infrastructure provider
The ability to work cooperatively with and gain the respect of the engineering team
A career path that demonstrates increasing levels of product management responsibility and impact
Experience with financial modeling & pricing

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $163000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $281800/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.