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Amazon Principal Product Manager - Tech, Amazon Compensation Technology in Seattle, Washington
Description
Amazon's Compensation Technology (ACT) organization is the foundation behind our global compensation products and experiences. The ACT team owns and operates Amazon’s compensation and offering applications for Global Talent Management and Compensation (GTMC) worldwide and across platforms. Our Compensation systems and programs are the heartbeat which supports every single Amazonian throughout their career - from those looking for their next adventure by transferring to a new team all the way through to the Annual talent and compensation cycle experiences. We have a passion for building products and programs which build solutions that empower our employees and enable us to adapt to meet their needs, building scalable and flexible solutions. Amazon Compensation technology is continually striving to provide an unparalleled customer experience for every Amazon employee.
Our customers are every single Amazon employee, plus those looking to join us–including you!
We are seeking a strong Principal Product Manager -Technical who can raise the bar and lead our team - informing product strategy and vision. You will press into how 'things have always been done' in order to develop the right processes and create measurable output criteria.
In this role, you will have end-to-end ownership of the business strategy and influence on the software development roadmap. You will be expected to create the long-term product vision and roadmap, influence partner teams towards your vision, and determine and build business metrics to help prioritize and drive execution towards the vision. You should be comfortable engaging with all types of customers and stakeholders, and effectively communicate to both technical and non-technical audience. The technology we build is backbone of the compensation experience for Amazon's employees worldwide, so the products you own will have cross-team and organization-wide impact. Additionally, we are a part of the Global Talent Management and Compensation, where our Compensation vision and roadmap is critical to supporting our growing, diverse population of employees, as well as powering innovation to support strategic cross-cutting organizational goals.
You will bring a think big mentality, evaluating current business and technical needs to define the work backwards vision and multi-year roadmap priorities in order to support the largest, smartest and most demanding customers on the planet. Your role will ask you to elevate the team to be better, bolder - setting a high bar to execute against the product visions while continuing to influence partner teams supporting Compensation goals.
You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where delivery time for new products and features is typically measured in months, while building and executing on a long-term product vision.
We are looking for strong product leaders owners who can Think Big, Earn Trust. Deliver Results, and leaders who are ready to make long lasting impact to Compensation technology.
Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
The ideal Principal Product Manager, Tech for ACT, will:
Have a strong ability to manage competing priorities and maintain the delivery of high quality customer service to employees and HR partners
Be capable of facilitating the best decisions for employees and the company in an environment of ambiguity and rapid change
Challenge commonly-held assumptions and reimagine the status-quo.
Thrive on the day-to-day collaboration with engineers and other product managers, reaching across team boundaries to make the right things happen
You work directly with key stakeholders in the business to understand customer problems, identify innovation opportunities, engage with engineers and collect customer feedback from studies, focus groups and testing.
Make high-judgement decisions independently in ambiguous situations; and translate data into digestible business intelligence and actionable insights
Have a strong ownership bias and an infectious desire to continually improve how things are done
You define the vision, own the roadmap, and drive the team to execute on that vision.
You lead “think-big” initiatives where the opportunity is yet to be defined. You are comfortable with ambiguity and bring clarity to complexity.
A day in the life
This role will own defining experiences for employees, managers, executives, recruiters and HR to help execute on the vision of enabling global Amazonians to take the next step in their career, earning their trust through clear and simple experiences, making tools and processes invisible.. This role is critical to ensuring the success of strategic projects supporting a rapidly growing and ever-evolving employee workforce. In this role, you will need to manage cross-functional communication, identify & mitigate risks to efficient delivery, decompose ambiguous problems into straightforward solutions, prioritize competing opportunities, and drive understanding for engineering teams as well as executives and stakeholders.
About the team
The ACE mission is to deliver connected experiences for career discovery, movement (lateral and vertical), and compensation, ensuring they’re intuitive, frustration-free, and readily available for every Amazonian.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree
Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
Experience technical product management
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements
Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement
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.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $161,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $279,900/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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