Principal Product Manager – Tech, Ship With Amazon Product

Join Ship with Amazon (SWA) to shape the future of shipping as a part of a new, emerging business and solve the biggest customer pain points in the logistics industry globally.

It’s no secret that Amazon relies on its technology to deliver millions of packages every day to its customers – on time, with low cost. We, the Product and Technology organization, simplify complex software solutions that work across our shippers, vendors, and warehouses to optimize both time & cost of getting the packages delivered. Our services already handle thousands of requests per second, make business decisions impacting billions of dollars a year, integrate with a network of small and large shippers, operators and drivers worldwide, manage business rules for millions of unique products, and improve the ordering and delivery experience for millions of online shoppers. That said, this remains a fast-growing business and our technical journey has only started. Our mission is to build the most efficient and optimal shipping solution on the planet, using our technology and engineering muscle as our biggest advantage. We aim to leverage top technologies in big data and optimization techniques to operate high volume, low latency, and high availability services.

What will you do?
As a Principal Product Manager – Tech, you will lead new, large product initiatives to define the long-term strategy and vision to meet emerging customer needs. You will handle complex product development and business management scenarios, proactively identifying gaps/opportunities to then develop a suite of products to solve the problems.

The ideal candidate has a strong logistics/supply chain and product management background combined with a solid understanding of current technologies (e.g. AI, APIs, mobile development). S/he can develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives but also roll up their sleeves, dig in and get the job done. Maturity, strong business judgment, ability to influence cross-functional and remote teams, a customer-centric and creative mindset with strong analytical skills are essential. This opportunity requires excellent product management, prioritization, and communication skills, as well as the ability to navigate ambiguity.

Key job responsibilities
• Define a data-driven product vision, detailed requirements, and prioritize competing opportunities.
• Work directly with engineering to build exceptional products.
• Partner with other teams across Amazon Product and Tech to identify and influence development of new products and services.
• Understand customer (external and internal) needs, define clear project plans and execute to high expectations in a fast-paced environment.
• Interact with stakeholders at multiple levels and in multiple locations, working with business, operations, tech and BI teams to define and deliver solutions.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, and make tradeoffs to balance business needs versus technical or operational constraints.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders in other regions to define requirements that support international use cases.
• Define user stories and product requirements; while contributing to the technical design of new product features.
• About 10% travel required.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 8+ years of technical product or program management experience
– Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definitions.
– Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product.
– Experience working directly with Engineers on product delivery.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– Experience in logistics.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $161,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $279,900/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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