Sr. Product Manager – Tech, Alexa Daily Essentials - Vancouver, British Columbia

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Job description

This job is with Amazon, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.
Description
Want to transform the way people interact with Alexa leveraging generative AI? Come join the team that is building the next-generation AI-assistant that gets things done across Timers, Alarms, Reminders, Calendars, Recipes, and News on Alexa devices. In this role, you'll drive product strategy and initiatives for a dedicated area within our Alexa Productivity Essentials team focused on driving engaging, high-traffic productivity scenarios for millions of customers worldwide. You'll work with CX, science and engineering partners to build our next phase in making Alexa the world's best personal assistant. The role presents an enormous opportunity to impact the customer experience for products that are used every day by people you know. We are looking for someone who is passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, has demonstrated product leadership skills, and thrives in an environment where they collaborate closely with colleagues across product, design, research, science and engineering.

Key job responsibilities

• Drive the architectural and platform vision for the product space
• Own the roadmap and translate customer requirement into technical specifications
• Collaborate closely with developers and engineering managers to drive and prioritize the roadmaps and make technical decisions and tradeoffs connected to your product space
• Recognize and scope new customer opportunities, translating customer needs into business and system requirements
• Drive project schedules from design to launch
• Make the right trade-offs to optimize time-to-market
• Clearly communicate goals, metrics, roles, and responsibilities to internal and external stakeholders
• Work with senior leaders within Alexa and throughout Amazon

A day in the life

You will own part of the Alexa Productivity Essentials initiative, defining the vision, strategy, product and tech roadmap across experiences loved and used by millions of customers. You will work closely with science, design, research and engineering partners to craft experiences to help customers more seamlessly get more done, and translate that vision into a product roadmap. You will also partner with product teams across Alexa to define how our experiences leverage new innovations in generative AI to help customers accomplish their goals. This is a "Think Big" role where you get to craft the vision and strategy for how customers experience our features across a range of Alexa touch-points.

About The Team
We're a collaborative team that works closely together, fostering a creative and fun dynamic. We build Alexa experiences that customers connect with on a daily basis, connecting to the essential services that become part of their daily rhythm. The ideal candidate for this role will possess a strong product background with a penchant for cross-team collaboration across business, technical, and design counterparts. They will have deep technical skills and customer centric mindset with a history of launching notable products.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• Experience with end to end product delivery
• Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
• Experience managing technical products or online services
• Experience in representing and advocating for a variety of critical customers and stakeholders during executive-level prioritization and planning

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• Master's degree in a technical field, or Master of Business Administration
• Experience working directly with engineering teams
• Experience with developing machine learning and natural language processing products
• Experience leading and interacting with cross-functional teams

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN, BC, Vancouver - 128, ,000.00 CAD annually