Amazon
Senior Product Manager - Technical, FireTV
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Description
Are you obsessed with helping customers find the entertainment they love? Do you thrive in building something from scratch and growing it to impact millions of customers on a daily basis?
Fire TV Channels is an ambitious new free streaming service that brings customers a one-stop shop for fun daily content in News, Sports, Entertainment, Lifestyle and more in a personalized experience built for Amazon devices.
We are looking for a Senior Product Manager - Technical to lead the strategy, development, and scaling of new revenue-generating experiences for Fire TV Channels at the nexus of the customer, content provider, and advertiser. This role will lead product strategy and delivery for Fire TV Channels expansion across new international marketplaces and device surfaces to grow our addressable customer base. You will develop innovative experiences for millions of customers, work with top global and national content brands, and create industry-leading ad inventory for video advertisers. This opportunity puts you in the driver's seat of a new and growing business. We work in the middle of one of the fastest growing areas of entertainment, and our team has full P&L responsibility with engagement, revenue, and profit goals. You will drive the strategy and vision for our products, and develop roadmaps and features that deliver exceptional customer experiences.
The role is inherently cross-functional -- you will work closely with engineering, design, business development, content, marketing and executive teams to bring products to market and develop and grow business opportunities for Amazon. A successful candidate will be highly analytical, able to work extremely effectively in a matrixed organization, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high quality, simple products that customers love.
Key job responsibilities
Define the product vision working backwards from delightful and differentiated customer experiences
Develop a cohesive expansion strategy optimizing product and functional levers to grow our customer base and engagement
Create high quality product roadmaps and detailed, crisp business requirements and user stories that drive UX and technical designs
Gain buy-in for the product vision and roadmap both internally and with key external partners
Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, content and advertiser partner experience, business opportunity and execution costs/risks
Work closely with engineering, UX, content, marketing, finance, and legal teams to invent and simplify for high velocity product delivery
Break down ambiguous and complex problems, proactively identifying and resolving strategic, technical, business, and customer-impacting issues
Drive product launches and go-to-market working with marketing, public relations, executives, and other teams across marketplaces
About the team
The Fire TV Channels team is part of the Fire TV Content & Advertising organization, which combines entertainment and advertising technologies, smart TVs and Alexa to help our customers discover and engage with content and help Amazon lower prices. We operate at Amazon scale, designing and deploying software that is enjoyed by millions of active users globally. We solve significant customer problems in the consumer electronics space through devices, mobile applications, computer vision, and machine learning. One of our product lines is Fire TV, a global leader with over 200MM streaming players and smart TVs sold worldwide.
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
Experience in using analytical tools, such as Tableau, Qlikview, QuickSight
Experience in building and driving adoption of new tools
Experience launching consumer software or advertising products across multiple countries
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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/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.
Are you obsessed with helping customers find the entertainment they love? Do you thrive in building something from scratch and growing it to impact millions of customers on a daily basis?
Fire TV Channels is an ambitious new free streaming service that brings customers a one-stop shop for fun daily content in News, Sports, Entertainment, Lifestyle and more in a personalized experience built for Amazon devices.
We are looking for a Senior Product Manager - Technical to lead the strategy, development, and scaling of new revenue-generating experiences for Fire TV Channels at the nexus of the customer, content provider, and advertiser. This role will lead product strategy and delivery for Fire TV Channels expansion across new international marketplaces and device surfaces to grow our addressable customer base. You will develop innovative experiences for millions of customers, work with top global and national content brands, and create industry-leading ad inventory for video advertisers. This opportunity puts you in the driver's seat of a new and growing business. We work in the middle of one of the fastest growing areas of entertainment, and our team has full P&L responsibility with engagement, revenue, and profit goals. You will drive the strategy and vision for our products, and develop roadmaps and features that deliver exceptional customer experiences.
The role is inherently cross-functional -- you will work closely with engineering, design, business development, content, marketing and executive teams to bring products to market and develop and grow business opportunities for Amazon. A successful candidate will be highly analytical, able to work extremely effectively in a matrixed organization, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high quality, simple products that customers love.
Key job responsibilities
Define the product vision working backwards from delightful and differentiated customer experiences
Develop a cohesive expansion strategy optimizing product and functional levers to grow our customer base and engagement
Create high quality product roadmaps and detailed, crisp business requirements and user stories that drive UX and technical designs
Gain buy-in for the product vision and roadmap both internally and with key external partners
Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, content and advertiser partner experience, business opportunity and execution costs/risks
Work closely with engineering, UX, content, marketing, finance, and legal teams to invent and simplify for high velocity product delivery
Break down ambiguous and complex problems, proactively identifying and resolving strategic, technical, business, and customer-impacting issues
Drive product launches and go-to-market working with marketing, public relations, executives, and other teams across marketplaces
About the team
The Fire TV Channels team is part of the Fire TV Content & Advertising organization, which combines entertainment and advertising technologies, smart TVs and Alexa to help our customers discover and engage with content and help Amazon lower prices. We operate at Amazon scale, designing and deploying software that is enjoyed by millions of active users globally. We solve significant customer problems in the consumer electronics space through devices, mobile applications, computer vision, and machine learning. One of our product lines is Fire TV, a global leader with over 200MM streaming players and smart TVs sold worldwide.
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
Experience in using analytical tools, such as Tableau, Qlikview, QuickSight
Experience in building and driving adoption of new tools
Experience launching consumer software or advertising products across multiple countries
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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/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.