Sr Product Manager-Tech, Amazon Smart Vehicles
DESCRIPTION
As a Product Manager, you will provide strategic and tactical guidance to the Amazon smart vehicles team for the features and experiences of our products and services. You will drive the strategy and oversee multiple product roadmaps. You will ultimately be accountable for the requirements that shape the next generation Automotive products and services. This role is inherently cross-functional. As such, you will work closely with software development, business development, marketing, and other leaders to bring products to market, and to identify, develop and grow business opportunities for Amazon and our automotive partners.
Our ideal candidate will have launched multiple, high-profile consumer facing products, have demonstrated the ability to lead high-performance teams, and have deep understanding of product management, user experience, and software development processes (especially agile). Ideally, you will also have experience in automotive infotainment and connected vehicle area. You should be highly analytical, able to work effectively across teams, and thrive in entrepreneurial, fast-paced work environments.
Key job responsibilities
• Lead product strategy and vision supported by internal data and external analysis.
• Define creative, high quality, simple product requirements and roadmaps based on product strategy.
• Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, performance and operational support requirements.
• Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key partners
• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver products to market using agile development methodologies.
• Stay current and report on industry trends, including new opportunities, competitor capabilities, etc.
• Drive product launches including working with marketing, public relations, and business leaders.
• Recruit and develop top-tier product management talent.
About the team
Do you have a passion for Automotive? Do you want to challenge the status quo of the in-vehicle digital experience? You want to take on very ambiguous problems? If you answered yes to these questions, we have a dream job for you. The Amazon smart vehicles team is looking for a seasoned product leader to define and create next generation voice-forward automotive experiences.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience managing technical products or online services
- Experience bridging technical and business teams to collect and refine requirements, prioritize incoming work requests, and ensure all committed work is delivered on time
- Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
- Experience in representing and advocating for a variety of critical customers and stakeholders during executive-level prioritization and planning
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience building automotive products and services
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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.