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Senior Product Manager, Alexa Mobile

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Interested in Alexa and the companion app for mobile? Help us build new mobile experiences for our customers in Japan and world-wide. We’re working hard, having fun, making history; come join us!
As a Senior Product Manager, you will define, execute, and deliver a product roadmap that adds great value to Amazon customers. 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 features to market and develop and grow business opportunities for Amazon. 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:
· Lead the development of the consumer-focused product strategy and vision supported by internal and external analysis
· Define creative, high quality, simple product roadmaps based on team 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
· Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners
· 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
This role will lead product management for the Alexa mobile app and mobile platform. You will have an enormous opportunity to impact the customer experience, design, architecture, and implementation of a cutting edge mobile product that will be used every day by Amazon customers.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor’s degree or higher with a technical discipline
· 7+ years of professional experience with 5+ years of consumer facing software or mobile product management experience
· 3+ years of Experience working on Android, iOS, Windows or other mobile software/applications
· Experience leading large cross-functional teams to deliver products and projects on tight deadlines
· Experience coordinating product development cycles and software development schedules

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Passion for creating innovative solutions for consumers in mobile
· Experience delivering solutions enabling customers to discover, install, and manage mobile apps and/or services.
· Product management experience with voice based user interfaces and virtual assistants.
· Experience delivering mobile focused consumer software products and services in a high growth environment
· 5+ years of consumer facing software product management experience in mobile applications and mobile platform ecosystems.
· 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, recommendations and drive actions
· Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage tradeoffs and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external partners
· Experience with developer and platform evangelism.
· 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.
· Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
· Broad technical breadth and depth including familiarity with mobile technology, web services and back-end application infrastructure

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