Description

We are seeking a Principal Product Manager- Technical to build and drive our Print on Demand International Expansion strategy, allowing authors and publishers to reach more readers in new marketplaces. As a Principal Product Manager – Tech, you'll be an individual contributor who works backwards from our customers and owns the long-term strategy and product vision for when and where we expand next, as well as executing on the plan you set.

You’ll be responsible for leading global, cross-functional teams to deliver on your product roadmap looking around corners, mitigating risks, and effectively escalating to unblock delivery. You’ll drive trade-off decisions between customer benefit and complexity and use data and anecdotes to craft crisp, compelling, and well-reasoned documents to drive strategic alignment with senior leaders and communicate measurable results. You’ll create and use mechanisms to progress your roadmap, including updates to senior leaders, partners, and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have excellent product, problem solving and communication skills and be able to effectively interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, by deeply understanding customer needs, and then aligning teams towards coherent technology and business strategies. The candidate will be at ease dealing with ambiguity, have strong attention to detail, be motivated by a fast-paced environment, and be comfortable thinking big and diving deep. This means you are not only able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives while staying on top of tactical execution, but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in and get the job done.

If you sound like this person, we can't wait to meet you!

About the team

Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company. With Print On Demand (PoD), we envision a world where customers can buy any book in any language and, where publishers and authors can distribute their titles without having to hold physical inventory, where every book is always “in-stock” and customer orders are manufactured in real-time and delivered on-time, helping the environment by only printing books readers want.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product

• Experience technical product management

• 8+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience

• Experience as a strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly and effectively influence across cross-functional teams

• Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements

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

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, evaluate outcomes, and challenge conventional wisdom.

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.

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.

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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.