In the Amazon Appstore team we create and deliver groundbreaking app and subscription experiences that are great on their own and magical when seamlessly working together.
Does the idea of being a key leader inventing and building the future of how customers are entertained and interact with Amazon devices sound exciting Are you passionate about delivering products at global scale creating simple solutions for complex problems and inventing new ways to delight customers As a Sr. Manager you will help create and drive the product strategy vision and roadmap for a team of senior product managers with a high degree of ownership over the customer experience. You will also help customers discover buy and engage with apps games and services on Fire TV and Fire Tablets. This role is inherently crossfunctional you will work closely with engineering user experience design economists hardware teams operations finance and executive teams to envision develop and launch innovative products.
The ideal candidate will possess strong people management exceptional product management and organizational skills have a highdegree of customer obsession along with ability to manage and execute against goals. A strong grasp of product development analytics and data driven decision making is crucial. The ability to communicate ideas with conviction partnering with their engineering counterpart to influence/collaborate with their team senior leaders and colleagues in multiple partner teams around the world will be vital to this candidates success. The immediate team is colocated in Seattle WA and Irvine CA but Appstore also has key sites in India Japan and across Europe.
Responsibilities may include:
Develop think big ideas and creating the business case to drive customer engagement acquisition and retention.
Setting a vision charter roadmap for the team and delivering on products and features through their entire life cycle from inception to postlaunch support.
Inspire the team colleagues and leadership to help bring new initiatives and products to life.
Being a passionate customer advocate by deeply understanding and articulating the customer needs through research expertise and prioritization.
Lead and develop a team of experienced senior product managers.
Preparing and delivering business reviews to the senior management team regarding progress and roadblocks.
Write and review new business concepts requirements documents define use cases features and KPIs.
Strategically creating a stepchange in how customers interact with Amazon devices as part of their app or game experiences.
Bachelors degree required MBA degree is a plus
10 years product management or similar field of experience
Excellent written and verbal English skills
Excellent numerical and analytical skills
Demonstrated experience of hiring and developing teams
Experience managing products through entire life cycle from inception to launch.
10 years in product management
5 years leading highperforming product management teams
Passion for creating innovative solutions for consumers
Excellent ability to mix intuition data and judgement calls to make decision
Proven ability to identify analyze and solve ambiguous problems independently with an extreme attention to detail
Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders successfully without formal authority and lead crossfunctional teams across geographies
Technical fluency; comfort understanding and discussing technology concepts experience evaluating tradeoffs and new opportunities with technical team members
Comfort working in a fastpaced environment where continuous innovation is required and ambiguity is constant
Experience using rapid prototyping and other creative mechanisms to gather direct customer feedback early in the product development process.
Proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $178100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $307900/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.