Sr. Product Manager Tech, WWGST Grocery Robotics and Automation Systems

Amazons Worldwide Grocery Stores Robotics team is looking for an experienced technology product leader to support the development and integration of advanced automation technologies. As a Sr. Product Manager Tech you will assist the business in determining which business requirements can and should be automated and how they are then integrated with other business and technical processes.

As a Grocery Automation subject matter expert youll partner with operations business and technical teams to research and evaluate automation solutions define New Product Introduction (NPI) proof of concepts and drive implementation from concept to deployment. Serving as the primary business liaison youll prioritize requirements navigate trade-offs and deliver clear executive communications with strategic decision-making frameworks.

Youll collaborate across dedicated tech teams partner organizations UX design business intelligence operations legal marketing and creative functions to launch innovative solutions that elevate the customer experience. Success in this role requires a strategic mindset to analyze complex challenges orchestrate resources efficiently and deliver projects that maximize materials energy and workforce optimization while upholding the highest safety and operational excellence standards.

Key job responsibilities
- Anticipate bottlenecks manage risk and escalations and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
- Research and evaluate potential solutions in the grocery automation space in partnership with the operations and tech team define the requirements and roadmap for the NPI and for Proof of concept (POC) and drive implementation of the proposed solution.
- Manage large complex technology initiatives especially robotics initiatives delivering critical solutions significant improvements new mechanisms or deprecating systems that are no longer needed.
- Accountable for the overall strategy of a large program. Successfully manage all stages from concept to delivery.
- Develop programs that meet challenging business goals and/or shows measurable improvements in efficiency or experience for customers employees/engineers or business area.
- Understand the architecture of the systems you work with (e.g. workflows APIs runtime characteristics design limitations and maintenance requirements).
- Influence team technical priorities and business strategy through data-driven contributions.
- Communicate ideas effectively verbally and in writing to a wide range of audiences including Directors and VPs. Foster a constructive dialogue harmonize discordant views and lead the resolution of contentious issues (build consensus).
- Partner with customers stakeholders and engineering teams.
- Define clear goals and objectives. Drive crisp decisions in your program area about what projects move forward and in what priority order.
- Proactively identify risks and bring them to the attention of your team and stakeholders with plans for mitigation before they become roadblocks.
- Travel up to 25%.

About the team
The team innovates designs develops and integrate automation solutions to reduce cost and time to serve while improving customer and employee experience for our Grocery operations. Our road map focuses on systematically improving every aspect of the Amazons Grocery operations from: associate experience safety costs storage throughput capacity speed flexibility scalability sustainability operational performance and reliability. Our team members possess deep design experience and innovation skill-sets in these technical areas. We work closely with internal partner teams in all geographies to align priorities eliminate duplication or waste. Our solutions are extremely cost effective driving Customer value and experience. The team provides oversight and approvals for project technical feasibility design and realization.

- 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
- 5 years of technical product or program management experience
- Experience in representing and advocating for a variety of critical customers and stakeholders during executive-level prioritization and planning

- MBA
- Experience in building and driving adoption of new tools

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TX Austin - 151200.00 - 204600.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 151200.00 - 204600.00 USD annually