Amazon
Principal Product Manager - Technical, Alexa Communications
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Principal Product Manager - Technical, Alexa Communications
Job ID: 2663609 | Amazon.com Services LLCThe vision for Alexa is to be the world’s best personal assistant. Such an assistant will play a vital role in managing the communication lives of customers, from drafting communications to coordinating with people on behalf of customers. At Alexa Communications, we’re leveraging Generative AI to bring this assistant to life.If you’re passionate about building magical experiences for customers, while solving hard, complex technical problems, then this role is for you. You will operate at the intersection of large language models, real-time communications, voice and graphical user interfaces, and mixed reality, to deliver cutting-edge features for end customers.Come join us to invent the future of how millions of customers will communicate with and through their virtual AI assistants.Key job responsibilities
As a Principal Product Manager - Technical in Alexa Communications, you will be responsible for building calling, texting, emailing, and sharing experiences, where Alexa acts as an agent to get things done for customers. This role is cross-functional — you will work closely with engineering, science, design, business intelligence, operations, finance, and executive teams to bring features to market and develop and grow business opportunities for Amazon. A successful candidate will be highly analytical, able to work effectively in a matrix organization, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high-quality, simple products and applications that customers love.As a product leader, you will:Own and define the vision, strategy, and product roadmap, manage tradeoffs and dependencies with key stakeholders, and execute on deliverables.Work closely with the engineering, design, and science teams to develop an offering that will delight customers.Drive product launches including working with business development, Alexa partner teams, public relations team, executives in other companies, and other product management team members.Monitor the business and refine the roadmap.A day in the life
Given the scope and high level of ownership that product managers have in Alexa, rarely are two days the same. You are a business owner, customer-facing representative for the service, and the point person for partner teams. On a weekly basis, you will be working with customers to learn about the problems they are trying to solve, analyzing service and business metrics, writing PRFAQs, BRDs, and naming documents, iterating on product decisions with the Science and Engineering team, working with partners in solution architecture, legal, documentation, etc., thinking big to envision what is next, and exhibiting learn and be curious for different technologies, growth strategies, and market trends.On a daily basis, you'll have a chance to work with everyone who makes products at Alexa successful, including senior leadership, engineers, business and sales experts, marketing, advocates, data scientists, content writers, and more. You will meet with customers to understand our core strengths and weaknesses. You will synthesize that feedback and other industry knowledge, with business and service data, to create strategies and test hypotheses. People will look to you on a regular basis to solve problems and connect them with specialists. To develop that expertise, you'll constantly be looking to learn by reaching out to other experts within the company and in the larger tech community, using your own product by developing samples, demos, side-projects, and through mentorship, both as a mentor and mentee. Our customers are developers and technical decision makers, so you will be using code, technical documentation, and architecture diagrams to understand problems and communicate solutions.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
8+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience.Bachelor's degree.Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product.Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.Experience with end-to-end product delivery.Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product.Experience in technical product management, program management or engineering.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements.Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement.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.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.
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Job ID: 2663609 | Amazon.com Services LLCThe vision for Alexa is to be the world’s best personal assistant. Such an assistant will play a vital role in managing the communication lives of customers, from drafting communications to coordinating with people on behalf of customers. At Alexa Communications, we’re leveraging Generative AI to bring this assistant to life.If you’re passionate about building magical experiences for customers, while solving hard, complex technical problems, then this role is for you. You will operate at the intersection of large language models, real-time communications, voice and graphical user interfaces, and mixed reality, to deliver cutting-edge features for end customers.Come join us to invent the future of how millions of customers will communicate with and through their virtual AI assistants.Key job responsibilities
As a Principal Product Manager - Technical in Alexa Communications, you will be responsible for building calling, texting, emailing, and sharing experiences, where Alexa acts as an agent to get things done for customers. This role is cross-functional — you will work closely with engineering, science, design, business intelligence, operations, finance, and executive teams to bring features to market and develop and grow business opportunities for Amazon. A successful candidate will be highly analytical, able to work effectively in a matrix organization, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high-quality, simple products and applications that customers love.As a product leader, you will:Own and define the vision, strategy, and product roadmap, manage tradeoffs and dependencies with key stakeholders, and execute on deliverables.Work closely with the engineering, design, and science teams to develop an offering that will delight customers.Drive product launches including working with business development, Alexa partner teams, public relations team, executives in other companies, and other product management team members.Monitor the business and refine the roadmap.A day in the life
Given the scope and high level of ownership that product managers have in Alexa, rarely are two days the same. You are a business owner, customer-facing representative for the service, and the point person for partner teams. On a weekly basis, you will be working with customers to learn about the problems they are trying to solve, analyzing service and business metrics, writing PRFAQs, BRDs, and naming documents, iterating on product decisions with the Science and Engineering team, working with partners in solution architecture, legal, documentation, etc., thinking big to envision what is next, and exhibiting learn and be curious for different technologies, growth strategies, and market trends.On a daily basis, you'll have a chance to work with everyone who makes products at Alexa successful, including senior leadership, engineers, business and sales experts, marketing, advocates, data scientists, content writers, and more. You will meet with customers to understand our core strengths and weaknesses. You will synthesize that feedback and other industry knowledge, with business and service data, to create strategies and test hypotheses. People will look to you on a regular basis to solve problems and connect them with specialists. To develop that expertise, you'll constantly be looking to learn by reaching out to other experts within the company and in the larger tech community, using your own product by developing samples, demos, side-projects, and through mentorship, both as a mentor and mentee. Our customers are developers and technical decision makers, so you will be using code, technical documentation, and architecture diagrams to understand problems and communicate solutions.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
8+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience.Bachelor's degree.Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product.Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.Experience with end-to-end product delivery.Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product.Experience in technical product management, program management or engineering.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements.Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement.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.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.
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