Principal Technical Product Manager , Amazon Ro...
DescriptionWe are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Principal Technical Product Manager to join our Amazon Robotics team. In this role, you will serve as the resident expert for a specific technology within Amazon's vast network, driving innovation, enhancing product design, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to shape the future of Amazon's robotics and automation systems.Key job responsibilities
- Technology Expertise
- Serve as the Amazon resident expert on the given technology
- Maintain industry-leading knowledge in the assigned technology domain
- Provide technical guidance and consultation across the organization
- Product Development and Management
- Work across Amazon networks to define requirements for standard products
- Create and maintain standard product documentation
- Drive enhancements in design for performance, maintainability, and reliability
- Lead research and development projects
- Network with supply chain partners to drive joint developments
- Serve as the core design expert for efficient and effective manufacturing at scale
- Communication and Leadership
- Build consensus around a vision
- Lead technical team reviews and take ownership of outcomes
- Communicate effectively across various levels and functions
- Write and present strategic narratives to leadership and cross-functional teams
- Drive effective product discussions and distill clear requirements
- Handle escalations appropriately without damaging relationships
- Problem-Solving and Technical Expertise
- Handle complex business and technology problems
- Understand system limitations, scaling factors, and architectural decisions
- Possess deep full-stack domain knowledge
- Apply broad range of analytics techniques
- Understand distributed systems architectures
- Define technical requirements (e.g., APIs, algorithms)
- Execution and Impact
- Lead end-to-end design and delivery of simplified solutions
- Make trade-offs between short and long-term needs
- Mitigate long-term risks
- Perform on-call duties for the service area
- Develop product plans with clear, measurable success criteria
- Use technical judgment to test assumptions on design choices and fixes
- Scope and Influence
- Work on one or more programs, potentially across an organization or country
- Mentor and develop others in product management best practices
- Manage the lifecycle of a technology service product used by external engineers/IT professionals
- Engage with customers throughout the service lifecycle
- Responsible for customer service adoption success and performance
- voice-of-customer meetings (often on-site at various Amazon locations)
- writing of requirements for product modifications, new product development, or innovative new concepts
- meeting with internal and external R&D and product commercialization team to drive strategic product decisions
- participate in testing (both physical and simulated) of new product concepts
- troubleshoot field issues with your product to understand the challenges faced and collect feedback for future improvements.
- Bachelor's degree
- 10+ years of technical product or program management experience
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
- Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement
- Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements
- 4+ years of end to end product delivery experience