Description

Amazon is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business and developing a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our products are strategically important to our Retail and Marketplace businesses for driving long-term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground to create world-class products. We are highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are growing at an unprecedented rate with a seemingly endless range of new opportunities.

Offsite Team within Sponsored Products is looking for a strong Principal Product Manager Technical to lead the product vision and execution for Sponsored Product ad experiences on Off Amazon publisher sites. You will engage with customers including publishers, advertisers, and partner teams to help formulate your vision, and define the features, goals and metrics that drive a substantial science and engineering team to turn your vision into product. You will work closely with software engineers and scientists making the right design decisions and trade offs aligned with the product vision. This is a high visible role, and will require the candidate to be comfortable in making high judgment decisions, both with and without data. You will use customer anecdotes to find inspiration, and data analysis to confirm your suspicions. You'll contribute to the organizational planning for one of the largest advertising programs on the planet, present to senior executives, and evangelize your vision and promote wins to build your reputation as a leader.

Key job responsibilities

The candidate will work with a talented team of engineers and scientists to define and execute on creating good ad experiences Off-Amazon. The candidate will be a product visionary, but at the same time be pragmatic and agile. The role will require demonstrated experience in operating in a complex and ambiguous environment, but adept at breaking down these ambiguities into manageable and tractable milestones, while making progress towards achieving the end vision through continuous experimentation. Influencing without authority across organizations (both internal and external) will be a critical skill in this role.

The candidate should also be comfortable in making high-judgment calls, both with and without data. The role also requires collaborating closely with UX designers in crafting how the future of shopping experience on Amazon looks like. The candidate will be a business leader, defining the right success metrics for the program and our customers to drive long-term business growth. This is a high visible role, and strong communication is required. The candidate will be willing to learn and be curious about how downstream and upstreams operate, as it directly influences their business. If you are excited about developing new customer-facing experiences that directly impacts hundreds of millions of customers, while working at the intersection of cutting-edge science, engineering, and UX; this may be perfect a fit!

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of end to end product delivery experience

• 8+ years of technical product or program management experience

• Bachelor's degree

• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product

• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

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

• Experience technical product management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements

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

• Advertiser experience preferred.

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.