Employment Type : Full-Time
Job summary The Amazon Luna team is leveraging the power of the cloud to enable customers to experience the rich and immersive world of gaming on all of their existing devices. Luna represents an exciting and truly new product and business, with a high degree of innovation, and an opportunity to reach a large volume of passionate customers. As a Senior Product Manager working on Luna, you will be directly responsible for the game play experience with a focus on enhancing the quality of streaming technology. You will be working with a unique and gifted team developing new, exciting and cutting-edge features for consumers. The team is a multidisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and business people engaged in a fast-paced mission to deliver these new products. The team faces a challenging task of balancing cost, schedule, technical invention, and performance requirements. You should be comfortable collaborating in a fast-paced and often uncertain environment, and contributing to innovative solutions, while demonstrating leadership, technical competence, and meticulousness. You should also be comfortable collaborating regularly with colleagues across many of Amazon’s current businesses, including devices, retail, and AWS. You will lead the product strategy and vision for Game Play experience, and you will develop and look after product roadmaps and features based on that strategy and vision. You will sit in the Devices Organization (the Org responsible for creating Echo, Alexa, Kindle, Fire TV and many other products), but you will work cross-functionally with product managers, engineering, design, operations, finance and executive teams across AWS, retail, and beyond to bring features and products to market and develop and grow business opportunities for Amazon. A successful candidate will be highly analytical, be able to work extremely effectively in a matrix organization, show perseverance and steadfastness, love thinking about new products and technologies, and be adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high quality, simple products and applications that customers love. This role will be based in Irvine, CA, Seattle, WA; Bellevue, WA or Sunnyvale CA KEY RESPONSIBILITIES · Lead the development of products, technologies and strategies for improving the streaming quality and game play experience on Luna · Lead the definition, design and construction of products that delight consumers and compel them to engage despite an abundance of alternatives and distractions · Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners · Work closely and collaboratively with design and product teams from partner organizations · Drive dialog with engineering teams and program management from multiple products to deliver integrated services · Define creative, high quality, simple product roadmaps based on product strategy and vision · Develop detailed, crisp business requirements and user stories that can be used to create product specifications and architecture for each product and application · Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, performance, and operational support load · Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals BASIC QUALIFICATIONS · Bachelor's Degree · 5+ years of experience in product or program management, Product marketing, cloud architecture, or technology · Experience with end -o-end product delivery · Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product · Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS · MBA or Master’s degree in CS or EE · Passion for gaming, cloud infrastructure, AWS · Understanding of cloud services architecture, technologies and device integration Experience delivering consumer software and hardware products and services in a high growth environment · · Experience developing rich device-driven experiences and cloud service integrations · Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts and manage tradeoffs · Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment · Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives · Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations and to drive actions · 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 · Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is desired · History of teamwork and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done Key job responsibilities Work with the engineering team to understand the current systems and create a roadmap for different technologies that exceed the expectations for the users of the service.
· MBA or Master’s degree in CS / EE · Passion for gaming, cloud infrastructure, AWS · Understanding of cloud services architecture, technologies and device integration · Passion for transformative user experiences · Experience delivering consumer software and hardware products and services in a high growth environment · Programmatic understanding of cloud services and device integration · Experience developing rich device-driven experiences and cloud service integrations · Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts and manage tradeoffs · Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment · Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives · Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations and to drive actions · 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 · Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is desired · History of teamwork and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done • The pay range for this position in Colorado is $151,000 - 204,600/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. This information is provided per the Colorado Equal Pay Act. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via Amazon's internal or external careers site. 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. Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Workers in New York City who perform in-person work or interact with the public in the course of business must show proof they have been fully vaccinated against COVID or request and receive approval for a reasonable accommodation, including medical or religious accommodation.