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Product Manager, Digital and Mobile Platforms and Applications
Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary reading device, the #1 best-selling product on all of Amazon, and one of the most innovative and fast growing businesses at Amazon. Amazon has also developed significant digital and mobile businesses including Amazon MP3, Amazon Video on Demand, IMDB, Amazon Mobile store, and Audible. Many of these applications run on a range of mobile platforms including iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile and WebOS.
As a Product Manager in the Digital and Mobile Platforms and Applications group, you will help define and build future digital products and applications for Amazon.com. You will participate in developing the strategy and vision for the group, and you will develop and look after product roadmaps and features based on team strategy and vision. This role is inherently cross-functional—you will work closely with engineering, design, operations, finance and executive teams to bring products to market and develop and grow business opportunities for Amazon.com. A successful candidate will be highly analytical, able to work extremely 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.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define a set of high quality, simple products based on team strategy and vision
- Develop detailed, crisp business requirements that can be used to create product specifications and architecture for each product and application
- Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners
- Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, site performance and operational support load
- Work closely with engineering teams and program management to deliver products to market
- Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members
- Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of relevant work experience in Product Management
- 5+ years total experience in consumer electronics/software/wireless/Internet technologies
- A bachelor's degree preferably in computer science or engineering; an M.B.A. is also desirable
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
* High attention to detail including precise and effective customer communications and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
* Ability to think strategically and execute methodically.
* Superior verbal and written communications skills.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is desired.
* Composed, poised and professional demeanor.
* History of teamwork and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done.
* Street smarts and willingness to roll up your sleeves and do what's necessary.
* Success in the development of targeted special offers, customer segmentation, and unique product, pricing, & promotional offers that drive the business.
* Proven analytical and quantitative skills (includes ability to use tools such as Excel and Access); ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop project business cases.
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