Sr Product Manager-Technical, Alexa Devices

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Interested in Amazon Echo and Alexa? Come work on it. Our team is building the future of software experiences on “multimodal” Echo devices with screens, such as the Echo Show and Echo Spot. We're working hard, having fun, and making history!
This role will be accountable for delivering world-class features and experiences on aggressive schedules that will be used every day, by people you know, in and about their homes. He or she will own high-impact programs that deliver innovation in usability and performance through collaboration with other product managers, designers, and engineers.
Key Responsibilities:
· Lead the development of the feature/product strategy and vision supported by internal and external analysis
· Be a strong, knowledgeable advocate for delightful, predictable customer experiences
· 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, cost, and timeline
· Drive alignment across multiple cross-functional teams (other product managers, designers, engineers) to ship new products and features
· Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners
· Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree or higher with a technical discipline
· 7+ years of professional experience with 3+ years of consumer facing product management experience in mass market consumer electronics / mobile product management
· Experience shipping consumer electronics products or experiences that involve hardware and software.
· Experience managing products including both hardware and software components through multiple product lifecycles
· Strong oral and written communication; you have the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization
· Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products and projects on tight deadlines
· Experience coordinating product development cycles and software development schedules
· Familiarity with mobile technology, web services and back-end application infrastructure
· Experience in defining or collaborating on the design of the customer-facing experience at the deepest levels
· Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage tradeoffs and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external partners