Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
The Sr. Manager Product Manager Technical will play a pivotal role in defining and implementing the software roadmap critical to connect devices to the Kuiper satellite communication system. The successful candidate must have direct experience with embedded software connecting satellite and/or wireless broadband services for residential (B2C) and enterprise telecom and mobility customers (B2B). As the Sr. Manager for the PMT device software team you will oversee the development of architecture solutions systems integration and roadmap for managing embedded software systems on customer terminals (CTs) and WiFi routers/gateways as well as AWS services and applications for telemetry over-the-air updates and various other manageability features. You will guide a group of PMTs to work with engineers addressing these system integration challenges while also focusing on team development and upholding a high standard for delivery quality.
Key job responsibilities
- Work directly with customers engineering teams and operational stakeholders to define Kuiper embedded software service features via working backwards business requirements documents which can easily be translated into product and engineering deliverables.
- Lead a team of PMTs to define build and launch embedded device software features for Kuiper services to meet requirements of different customer verticals.
- Create detailed product requirements documents based on an intimate knowledge of the specific customer verticals including use case prioritization feature definition and product roadmap.
- Work with leadership team to set the customer strategy and make appropriate high-judgment trade-offs between features and speed-to-launch.
- Manage entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution and work with key internal and external stakeholders to deliver on that vision e.g. engineering sales finance operations international.
- Responsible for launch plan and enablement working to ensure that all teams have what they need to be successful.
- Establish goals and reviewing metrics to identify opportunities and deliver success.
- Research and identify new opportunities to innovate on behalf of our customers.
- Anticipate bottlenecks manage risk and escalations and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
- Provide regular performance feedback and career development guidance to team members.
Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the team
The Kuiper Antenna Systems Product management team supports the devices that connect our customers to the Kuiper network. We work with engineering to deliver the product hardware and software for both applications and the underlying embedded Linux system. We work hand in hand with hardware engineering and operations teams to deliver a great experience for our customers.
- 6 years of team management experience
- Bachelors degree
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
- Experience delivering consumer software products and services in a high growth environment
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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 job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.