Principal PMT, Software & Experiences, Personal Devices

The person in this role will play a pivotal role in going from docs to delivery from defined hero experiences in PRFAQ docs for our constellation of Personal Devices to shipping them working with partner teams across device software Alexa Core Domains and Design. Will understand key dependencies partner roadmaps evolving tech stacks and AI models early in the cycle and work to ensure a path to implementation; or influence the evolution of the stack to enable the experiences to ship. This role requires a multifaceted leader who will serve as a strategic leader operational catalyst cross-functional integrator and execution-focused product leader. The successful candidate will champion the product vision with senior stakeholders inspire and mobilize teams around specific experience development navigate complex organizational dependencies while securing resource alignment and maintain focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences across our device ecosystem. We are looking for a relentless product builder who will keep their eyes on the prize and ship delightful experiences for customers on our Personal Devices. Requires technical sophistication to understand the entire software stack from OS to device software to the Alexa system visual design system domain software and 3P service integrations. Requires the ability work with Principal / Senior Principal engineers to participate in making the right architecture / implementation choices for scalable horizontal software solutions to deliver common experiences across Personal Devices.

Key job responsibilities
ØShip hero experiences across Personal Devices
ØMap out dependencies across partner teams
ØWork with individual product PMs to make requisite feature schedule trade-offs
oParticipate in quality & resource trade-offs
ØWork continuously with key leaders PMs / TPMs across partner teams to influence the art of the possible in a resource constrained environment to get great features and experiences built for Personal Devices
oShipping features that have complex cross-org dependencies is the metric of success
ØImagine and drive the future of AI enriched experiences for future generations of Personal Devices as well as participate in the definition of future categories of devices.
ØBe a relentless advocate for Personal Devices build / gain mindshare in partner orgs
oInspire a desire to ship great experiences on these new and exciting Personal devices
oPrototype and demo experiences to inspire product building
ØHold a high bar on the quality of experiences be a hands-on product maker test experiences through the dev. cycle and provide input demonstrate editorial capability and product taste
ØParticipate in and actively shape development of common set of horizontal features across Personal Devices -> demonstrate ability to scale software investments.


About the team
Personal Mobile Devices team is a new team within Alexa Hardware org focused on building insanely great devices and experiences for our customers. Our vision is to enable Alexa to be a continuous helpful presence in our customers lives. Across earbuds glasses and other wearable devices in new form factors we aim to bring devices that are a joy to wear and experiences that are magically personalized and proactive intuitive and empathetic.

- Bachelors degree
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
- Experience technical product management

- Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements
- Experience in project management methodologies business analysis or process improvement

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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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