Principal PM Technical Discovery Tech US Prime Marketing Technology

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The Discovery Tech team helps customers discover and engage with new popular and relevant products across Amazon worldwide. We do this by combining technology science innovation and creativity to build new customerfacing features and experiences alongside tools for marketers. You will be responsible for creating and building critical services that automatically generate target and optimize Amazons crosscategory marketing and merchandising. Through the enablement of intelligent marketing campaigns that leverage machinelearning models you will help to deliver the best possible shopping experience for Amazons customers all over the globe.
We believe in rapid development and frequent experimentation allowing us to continuously improve the customer experience. You will have the opportunity to explore the many channels Amazon provides for customer outreach and engagement. The team provides a great opportunity to make an outsized impact in a burgeoning space and on fresh or even yet to be built services. There are few opportunities anywhere to start on a new team and make an immediate impact at this scale.

Were seeking an experienced Principal Product Manager (Technical) to lead new monetization initiatives across Amazons marketing and advertising placements. This role will drive the strategy and of innovative advertising solutions that create value for vendors sellers and customers while delivering significant business impact. You will work backwards from the customers to lead design architect and implement large critical technical solutions to make a profound impact for our customers. You will play a key role in driving the strategy vision roadmap and opportunities to scale working closely with software engineers applied scientists business stakeholders and partner teams such as retail Category teams the Personalization team and Amazon Advertising. You will have a high degree of ownership over critical features and the customer experience leading projects involving distributed systems web development frontend/backend design and more.

You are a strong leader who can prioritize well communicate clearly and who has a track record of building strong teams that deliver results. You have a strong sense of ownership passion to provide great customer experience and excellent troubleshooting skills even when in highpressure situations. We need someone who is eager to grow with us and is passionate about driving clarity in highly ambiguous product and technical environments and has a motivation to achieve results in a fastpaced environment.

A successful candidate will have a strong sense of ownership great judgement be highly analytical able to work effectively in a matrixed organization and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into products and applications that customers love. The ideal candidate for this role will be customerobsessed with the capability to dive in and learn new technologies fast and who is comfortable in a fastpaced dynamic environment; will be a creative and an analytical problem solver. Experience with eCommerce branded marketing and/or advertising products will be applicable and helpful.

Key job responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include
Lead the vision and strategy for new monetized placements with Advertising and Retail
Drive the development of new sponsored experiences across key shopping surfaces
Own the experimentation roadmap for new advertising placements and sponsored events
Owning strategic planning to achieve business objectives and define product vision experimentation roadmap and comprehensive balanced KPIs to measure impact and progress.
Mentoring individual contributors ensuring organizational health and career development within your organization
Working closely with software managers engineers scientists and business stakeholders across different teams on a daily basis to define system architecture elaborate user stories and discuss business and technical tradeoffs.

7 years of technical product or program management experience
Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
Bachelors degree in engineering statistics computer science operations research business analytics information systems or equivalent
Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
Experience as a strong leader who can prioritize well communicate clearly and effectively influence across crossfunctional teams
Experience leading 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
Experience leading crossorganizational programs and setting and holding teams and individuals to timelines and deliverables without explicit authority
Experience working with and influencing senior level stakeholders

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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.