Senior Product Manager - Sales Technology - Amazon Print E-mail
Job ID: 156538 Location: US-WA-Seattle
Posted Date: 10/24/2011 Company: Amazon Corporate LLC
Job Description

Amazon’s Sales Technology team is looking for a smart, creative thought leader with a strong background in product innovation to define, develop and deliver the product strategy for the next generation sales technology platform. The Amazon Sales Technology group develops software and processes to help drive the identification, qualification, acquisition and launch of third-party Sellers on the Amazon Marketplace. Sales of products by third-party Sellers on our websites represent more than one-third of the units sold.

 

The Sales Technology team is part of Amazon’s North American Seller Services organization; we drive growth for over 2MM Amazon Sellers through business intelligence, cross-selling efforts and integrated Account Management. We are successful by focusing on aggressive growth for our Sellers’ businesses.

 

If you are technical, analytical, highly innovative and looking for an opportunity to shape new functionality that directly impacts the company's bottom-line, we want to talk to you.

 

Specific responsibilities include the following:

  • Manage the entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution.
  • Define the vision, product strategy, road map and requirements for the sales technology platform and work with key stakeholders to deliver on this vision, including sales managers, the engineering team, and teams across the Amazon technology community.
  • Establish the product’s goals and identify/define metrics to show impact and deliver success.
  • Communicate with management and senior executives about product direction, strategy and the operational execution of the sales technology platform, including providing weekly metrics on performance against goals.
  • Research and identify new opportunities for Amazon to innovate on behalf of Sellers and in the sales and launch process through technology.
  • Handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Effectively manage expectations and resolve conflicts that balance customer and company needs.
  • Work with UI, engineering, and operations to define detailed requirements that will drive the development of products. Author business cases, white papers, use cases, process flows, and wireframes.

Additional responsibilities

Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related field.
  • An extensive background (5+ years) in product management and a record of successful product delivery.
  • Analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions
Preferred Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a creative, demonstrated leader/manager with superior analytical abilities and product judgment. This opportunity requires excellent technical, problem-solving, and communication skills. ideal candidate will have 8 or more years of relevant work experience in internet-related project and/or product management in a software applications environment.

  • Must possess excellent business judgment, strong written and oral communication skills, and a practical, common sense approach to getting things done
  • Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work successfully with teams across the organization, including Engineering, Sales, Quality Assurance, and Senior Leadership.
  • MBA from a top tier university.

 

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