Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur A builder A dreamer This role is part of an Amazon Special Projects team that amplifies the companys Think Big leadership principle. 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
Working closely with technical development teams on product definition optimization and development prioritization to maximize long term success
Articulating how product results impact downstream technical adoption and support our overall product strategy
Driving crossfunctional program success from goal setting across teams through technical design testing and launch
Leading multifunctional teams through both tactical and strategic decision points understanding dependencies risks and mitigations
Defining measures of success
Communicating program risks updates and forwardlooking plans to senior leadership and partner teams
Defining strategy for the long term while executing against a live program in the near term
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 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.