Sr Manager, Product Management Technical, Kindle Software

Are you an experienced product leader with a passion for building diverse and high performing teams Are you inspired by re-inventing how people consume written content digitally Do you like the idea of seeing your work impact tens of millions of customers Answer yes to any of these and you belong with Amazon Kindle and Books. Kindle is among the bestselling products in the history of Amazon with a rich legacy for driving customer-focused innovation. Our growth requires leaders who operate both strategically and tactically think big to drive new opportunities dive deep in data to uncover customer insights break down and solve complex problems and drive operational excellence.

As a Sr. Manager PM-T for Kindle Experience you will directly own and reinvent how customers experience Kindles apps and devices. The space is dynamic and evolving quickly and we have the opportunity to define how customers will use these purpose built devices to enhance their daily lives. You will help define the strategy on how to grow this business several fold and what features/capabilities we need to build to achieve that growth. To be successful you will build and grow a strong team leverage research and insights develop a bold vision work closely with peers and partners across Amazon and guide your team to deliver. You will work closely with engineering design research and analytics. You will also need to balance short term wins with long term bets as the reading and e-ink landscapes continue to evolve.

Key job responsibilities
Drive Kindle software vision and roadmap.
Develop and evangelize strategies that grow the space - more active users and more usage.
Develop and leverage partnerships across organizations.
Co-develop new user experiences and the evolution of E-reader user experiences
Serve as a key influencer in developing and auditing business strategy contributing significantly to the overall Kindle strategy customer engagement and analytics and financial planning.
Build a world-class product management team
Lead cross-functional teams - engineering design research science and other partner teams to deliver the right projects on time
Role is global in nature will work with teams in other countries.


About the team
The Kindle Software Product Management team owns the customer facing software experiences across all Kindle devices and apps - ranging from how you read navigate acquire content and more. We believe reading is essential for a healthy society; our mission is to be the worlds favorite place to read write and get more out of reading.

- 6 years of team management experience
- Bachelors degree
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product

- Experience delivering consumer software products and services in a high growth environment
- Experience delivering technology products or services in a high growth environment
- Experience working with fast-moving high-performance teams and driving innovative solutions tailored to unique business environments
- Experience using data and metrics to back up assumptions evaluate outcomes and make data-driven decisions
- Experience working on a consumer hardware or software product
- Can show strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
- Ability to work well with a variety of people ranging in various technical levels

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 197900.00 - 267800.00 USD annually