DescriptionDo you want to create the next generation of personalized shopping and recommendations? In this role you will lead Amazon's Recommendation's organization to define new products and user experiences. Amazon strives to be the Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can research and purchase anything they might want online or offline. We are looking for people to help us build the future.As a Senior Technical Product Manager, you will be responsible for defining the 3-5 year strategic vision for the creation of new personalized recommendation experiences at scale. You will build and execute a roadmap with industry leading solutions that enables Amazon's Recommenders to surprise and delight our customers. This is an opportunity to be part of a ‘greenfield’ effort and innovate in a space that is poised to grow exponentially over the next few years.In this role, you will:
Define vision, develop roadmap and drive execution of new recommendation models and customer experiences
Develop detailed, crisp business requirements and user stories that can be used to create product specifications and architecture for each product and application
Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, performance and operational support load
Work closely with engineering, design, applied science, and program management in an agile environment to deliver products to customers
Drive product roadmap creation including working with operations, executive team, and other team members
Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues to help the team meet strategic, financial, and technical goals
Interface and partner with all levels of the Amazon businesses.
Establish standards/best practices to raise the bar on product management across the organization
This role requires an individual to have impeccable judgement, in differentiating between one way and two way doors. She/he should be adept at building consensus across a cross functional team and partnering effectively with other leaders in the design/development/roll-out of new products. The senior PMT will need to be flexible, adapting her/his approach to ensure schedules are reasonable and consistently delivered for our customers.Basic Qualifications
5+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience
Bachelor's degree
Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
Experience with end to end product delivery
Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
Experience managing technical products or online services
Experience in representing and advocating for a variety of critical customers and stakeholders during executive-level prioritization and planning
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in using analytical tools, such as Tableau, Qlikview, QuickSight
Experience in building and driving adoption of new tools
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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.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 Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/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.
