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Description

Work on a hybrid agile development team to reimagine continuous improvement (CI) mechanisms at scale through the latest digital technologies. In this role you will bring new CI related solutions to life, expand existing features globally, and play an integral role in delivering multi-generational product growth across Amazon and the global business community.

Key job responsibilities

As a Principal PMT, you will drive the vision for these world class solutions and manage the teams that will execute and deliver on those visions. These solutions are critical to the success of business units across Amazon globally from both a near-term and long-term standpoint.

• This position requires a proactive, highly motivated and experienced PMT with an aptitude for critical thinking, invention and simplification, design thinking, systems thinking, communications, thriving in ambiguity and opportunity rich spaces, influencing evolving tech architectures, continuous improvement, and has a demonstrable history of building and growing critical enterprise level software.

• You will develop the vision, tenets, strategy, and roadmap for a variety of new and existing product features, while contributing to the multi-generational product strategy.

• This will include interacting with business leaders and technical resources to identify enhancements, prioritize work streams, research, influence technical infrastructure and architectures, and manage iterative product development.

• You will work backwards continuously with customers, plan continuously, experiment, and scale features to expand value

• You will be juggling multiple high complexity, high value, and high visibility product initiatives simultaneously on a global scale across business organizations.

• You will help the product transition more completely into AWS cloud and SaaS - developing high quality, reliable, and scalable technology services and solutions to enable next level product maturity.

This position will sit in either Denver, Bellevue, Austin or Nashville with relocation available if needed.

A day in the life

• Dive deep with your customers to identify and understand their pain-points.

• Think big to build durable features that anticipate future pain-points.

• Use your judgment to influence product and technical roadmaps.

• Write press releases that clearly state the business case and imagine what customers will say when they use the product.

• Deliver features and services on-time with the best experience and quality.

• Evangelize your products, identify, and support product advocates to drive long-term adoption.

• Think through all aspects of your products' life cycle.

• Help others grow professionally.

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

About the team

Before the product, there was a paper, before the paper an idea. Led by a group of passionate and driven Amazonians who wanted to fuse the latest digital technologies with time-tested quality improvement principles, tools, and methods to reimagine self-directed continuous improvement culture at scale. Something that has the potential to change the language and way of CI across Amazon and global business community.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• 10+ years of technical product or program management experience

• 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

• Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement

• Experience working with and influencing senior level stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing mobile / internet products and technologies

• Experience with SaaS applications and infrastructure as code.

• Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent experience.

• Agile certification or equivalent experience.

• Strong oral/written communications and influence up to senior level leaders.

• Experience in opportunity rich, highly ambiguous product spaces.

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.

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.