Senior Program Manager
DESCRIPTION
Are you interested in innovating to deliver Amazon’s experience to new customers across Africa? We are looking for Senior Product Managers and Senior Program Managers to partner closely with category management, technology, and product teams to deliver a best-in-class experience to our customers.
As a Sr Product Manager, you will lead product development of key features in our product roadmap, drive key business metrics, and develop requirements for innovative technologies for our customers.
As a Sr Program Manager, you will partner with senior stakeholders to build and execute programs strategy and roadmaps to achieve business goals.
The successful candidate has the ability to communicate priorities and work effectively with stakeholders, including teams across software engineering, logistics, product management, legal, finance, and core retail and marketplace businesses.
We have Program and Product Manager positions throughout many areas, such as Delivery Experience, Retail Operations, Seller growth, Seller Experience, Fulfilment by Amazon, Fees and Pricing and others. When you apply to this position, your profile will be evaluated during the interviews for the most suitable role within our team.
Amazon knows that a diverse, inclusive culture empowers us all to deliver the best results for our customers. We celebrate diversity in our workforce and in the ways, we work. As part of our inclusive culture, we offer accommodations during the interview and onboarding process. If you’d like to discuss your accommodation options, please contact your recruiter, who will partner you with the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT). You may also contact ACAT directly by emailing acat-africa@amazon.com. We want all Amazonians to have the best possible Day 1 experience. If you’ve already completed the interview process, you can contact ACAT for accommodation support before you start to ensure all your needs are met Day 1
Key job responsibilities
Build and manage high quality product/program roadmaps based on business vision and strategy.
Partner with teams to secure resources, scope efforts, set project priorities and milestones, and drive delivery.
Manage prioritization and trade-offs to ensure the right features are built with the right quality at the right time.
Partner with global product teams to identify and influence development of new products and services.
Identify the gaps and pain points in the existing processes and drive improvements;
Deep dive on issues and come up with solutions, creating solutions from scratch for short and long term
Promote/drive decision making throughout the team.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience building program/product strategy, managing end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior stakeholders
- Experience owning/managing large program or projects
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Previous experience in retail/e-commerce/start-ups
- Previous experience with operations
- Knowledge of SQL or similar data base programming languages
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.