Sr. Technical Product Manager, Kuiper Mobility Customer Terminals

DESCRIPTION

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

As a Senior Technical Product Manager on the Project Kuiper team you will help create and drive the product strategy, vision, and roadmap of mobility products for maritime, aviation and ground transportation, with a high degree of ownership over critical features and the customer experience. This role is inherently cross-functional - you will work closely with engineering, design, operations, finance, and executive teams to envision, develop, and launch innovative products and services.

A successful candidate will be both creative and highly analytical, able to work extremely effectively in a matrix organization, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into products and applications that customers love. We are looking for someone customer obsessed and technology savvy - with a proven track record of creating successful consumer products and services. Project Kuiper's success requires leaders who are owners, and who possess the entrepreneurial spirit needed to create new products. Our leaders solve complex, cutting-edge problems and get things done. As a Sr. Product Manager, you will assume end-to-end product ownership over technical products to deliver services to our customers.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage the entire product line life cycle from inception to launch

• Understand and articulate customer needs, conduct on-going customer research, leverage internal knowledge and expertise, and prioritize feature requirements

• Be a passionate advocate for the customer; provide the voice of the customer

• Inspire the team with the product vision, and work cross-functionally to bring the product to life

• Write detailed market segment and product requirements documents and define use cases, features, and KPIs and drive tradeoff discussions and decisions with the development teams

• Create the business case. Determine the product and service cost and release strategy

• Serve as the product expert assisting marketing with press briefing, industry talks, and white papers and participating with business development in product and service discussions with customers

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

A day in the life

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious and earn trust.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earth's most customer-centric company, and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in space based systems design and wireless systems.

About the team

You will be joining a team that is focused on defining and driving the product requirements for all of the customer facing hardware, software and systems for Project Kuiper. The customer terminals are critical customer facing devices. Our north star goal is to deploy products and services that customers love on Day 1 of their service; a lofty goal for most broadband service providers, but one that we can achieve by innovating from scratch and by collaborating with other Amazon teams.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Redmond, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical work experience plus an MBA or 4+ years demonstrated business leadership experience
• 7+ years of experience in product or program management, systems engineering or applications engineering for development and deployment of complex RF based products such as satellite or cellular communication devices for automotive or maritime customers.
• 4+ years of experience working directly for or consulting for communication service providers
• 3+ years of experience owning feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• 3+ years of experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
• 3+ years of experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MBA

• Experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering global products

• Experience developing and launching high volume consumer electronic devices (wifi routers, cable/satellite home gateways, etc.)

• Experience with wired and wireless network technologies with deep curiosity for learning

• Proven analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop project business cases

• Hands-on experience with rapid prototyping and other creative mechanisms to gather direct customer feedback early in the development process

• General manager/owner mentality, entrepreneurial drive, and proven ability to influence others

• Experience working different types of consumer products suppliers (OEMs, ODMs, CMs, semiconductor suppliers, etc.) in defining and developing products and negotiating pricing

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 $121,000/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.