AV Product Manager, CIS
Seattle, OR - USA
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Job Summary
This isnt a sit in meetings and write docs PM role. Youll be in the lab testing hardware from equipment manufacturers across multiple room configurations. Youll be onsite running research events with real employees collecting survey data and turning 2000 customer interactions per year into product decisions. Youll manage the AV Products Lab our physical testing and demonstration space and use it to sell the teams vision to leadership partners and stakeholders across the organization. Youll support the monthly business review capacity planning finance inputs and sprint delivery cadence for a team that ships real products into real rooms used by hundreds of thousands of people every day.
Key job responsibilities
User Research & Customer Testing
Design plan and execute user research programs targeting 2000 customer engagements per year through dedicated research spikes onsite events virtual surveys 1:1 interviews and focus groups
Lead onsite user research events (e.g. engaging end-users in-person at a single event) to collect qualitative and quantitative feedback on deployed AV products
Develop and deploy satisfaction surveys measuring user experience across new Zoom Room deployments tracking metrics like overall satisfaction scores
Synthesize research findings into actionable product recommendations identifying pain points (e.g. screen sharing workflows) strengths (audio/video quality) and feature requests
Manage branded research incentive programs (swag recognition) to drive participation and engagement with survey and testing programs
Coordinate user testing for new product development including conference room solutions whiteboarding products and training room standards across multiple hardware platforms
AV Products Lab Management
Own and operate the AV Products Lab as both a testing environment and a demonstration space for stakeholders and leadership
Coordinate hardware procurement shipping and installation for lab-based product testing across multiple manufacturers
Plan and host lab walkthroughs and demonstrations for senior leaders partner teams and visiting stakeholders to communicate the teams roadmap product direction and innovation pipeline
Manage proof-of-concept deployments and pilot programs coordinating with engineering and deployment teams to validate new products before mass rollout
Maintain lab documentation test reports and system configurations to support product development decisions
Business Operations & Stakeholder Management
Support the monthly business review (MBR) process end-to-end: data collection narrative writing metrics reporting and presentation to leadership
Manage capacity planning and resource utilization tracking across the product teams roadmap reporting actual hours against estimated capacity across 15 active projects
Support financial planning including AV spend forecasting vendor cost modeling and budget inputs
Track and report on team goals maintaining status updates and progress reporting through tools like Gopher and Asana
Coordinate quarterly stakeholder Q&A and strategy update sessions across global time zones (APAC/EMEA and AMER/APAC)
Produce high-profile bulletins status communications and leadership-ready documents that communicate team progress and risks
Agile Delivery & Scrum Leadership
Serve as scrum master for the product teams sprint cycles facilitating planning standups retrospectives and backlog grooming
Track and report engineering sprint metrics including throughput forecast vs. actual velocity (sprint points) and capacity utilization
Drive sprint retrospectives focused on continuous improvement T-shirt sizing accuracy completion rates and blocker resolution
Coordinate cross-functional dependencies with engineering service operations deployment and enterprise engineering teams to unblock delivery
A day in the life
You start your morning reviewing the sprint board in Asana and checking overnight updates from global partners. At 9:00 AM you facilitate standup with the product team four product managers plus engineering walking through blockers on the large conference room testing and confirming the user research event logistics for next week.
After lunch you host a lab walkthrough for a visiting director who wants to understand the Zoom Room migration roadmap and see the new dual-display cart solution in action. You walk them through the proof-of-concept setup share user research data showing satisfaction and discuss whats coming next for training rooms. At 2:00 PM you switch to business operations pulling capacity data for the MBR updating goal status and drafting the narrative for this months wins and risks section. You check in with finance on the AV spend forecast model and confirm vendor cost inputs are current.
Late afternoon you review 15 new survey responses from the latest Zoom Room deployment site tagging qualitative feedback themes and updating the research tracker. You prep the agenda for tomorrows sprint retrospective noting that throughput effectiveness dipped to 80% last sprint and you want to dig into why. Before signing off you send a quick update to the stakeholder distribution list confirming the next quarterly strategy session date and sharing a one-pager on research findings from the latest onsite event.
About the team
AV Products sits within IT Services (ITS) part of Corporate Infrastructure Services (CIS). The team was formed to bring product discipline to audio-visual technology across Amazons global conference room estate 20000 rooms spanning small conference spaces to 56-seat executive training rooms and S-Team boardrooms. We published our 3-Year Strategy Believe (2026-2028) establishing a roadmap that shifts Amazon from a single-vendor approach to a diversified product portfolio with premium high-value and economy tiers.
The team currently has four product managers a dedicated engineering team of five and works closely with AV Service Operations (AVSO) AV Hardware Deployment CIS Delivery Enterprise Engineering and GREF (Global Real Estate & Facilities). We operate in two-week sprints track velocity and throughput metrics and report monthly to leadership via a structured MBR.
- 3 years of product management experience
- Experience managing technical products or online services
- Experience in product program or project management in leading cross-functional teams in delivery of major new products or services
- Bachelors degree or experience as a product manager or owner
- Experience building and analyzing cost/benefit scenarios and business cases and communicating results throughout the organization
- Experience working as a Scrum Master or Product Owner across multiple cross-functional teams
- 3 years Audio Visual Experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
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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 VA ARLINGTON - 116300.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 116300.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA WA SEATTLE - 116300.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 116300.00 - 160000.00 USD annually
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