Amazon

Principal Product Manager (Tech), Kindle Software

Amazon$179K — $243K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Proven experience owning and driving product roadmap strategy
  • Experience delivering product features and managing tradeoffs
  • Technical product management expertise
  • Familiarity with project management methodologies or business analysis is preferred
  • Experience directly collaborating with engineers on enhancements

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end product strategy and roadmaps for Kindle's core experiences
  • Define user journeys and use cases leveraging generative AI
  • Drive product requirements through understanding customer needs and market trends
  • Influence business strategy and contribute to overall Kindle strategy
  • Coordinate with engineering, design, and research to balance short-term wins with long-term vision
  • Engage globally with teams from various countries

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance options including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching contributions
  • Generous paid time off
  • Parental leave policy
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • Access to mental health support services
Full Job Description
Amazon's Kindle Software team is looking for a Principal Product Manager-Technical to build innovative AI experiences for the millions of people who use and and love Kindle's devices and apps every day. In this role, you'll shape the future of reading by defining fundamental building blocks for cross-cutting experiences on Kindle and across Amazon.

The successful candidate will have experience leading "must-have" consumer apps, combining passion for amazing customer experiences with the ability to work closely with design and engineering. Successful candidates will have experience setting strategy, designing roadmaps to incrementally deliver customer value, and directly managing all aspects of the product roadmap. She or he must be highly analytical and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high quality, simple products and apps that customers love.

Key job responsibilities
• Own end-to-end product strategy and roadmaps for core experiences on Kindle, working closely with engineering, design, and ML teams to deliver delightful user experiences
• Define key user journeys and use cases that leverage generative AI to enhance reading comprehension, discovery, and engagement
• Drive product requirements through deep understanding of customer needs, market trends, and technological capabilities
• Serve as a key influencer in developing and auditing business strategy, contributing significantly to the overall Kindle strategy, and customer engagement and analytics.
• Work with teams across Amazon and Books, and cross-functionally with engineering, design, and research to deliver an inspiring product roadmap that balances short term wins with long term bets based on that vision.
• Role is global in nature and will work with teams in other countries.

About the team

The Kindle Software Product Management team owns the customer facing software experiences across all Kindle devices and apps - how you read, navigate, acquire content and more. Our mission is to be the world's favorite place to read, write and get more out of reading.

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

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 179,900.00 - 243,400.00 USD annually

About Amazon

Audible is a provider of spoken audio information and entertainment , on the Internet. They provide premium spoken audio content, such as audio versions of books and newspapers and radio programs, that is delivered over the Internet and played back on personal computers and hand-held electronic devices. The Audible service allows consumers to purchase and download their content from their Website, store it in digital files and play it back on personal computers and electronic devices. More than 15,000 hours of audio content are available on their Web site, including audio versions of books, periodicals and radio programs. Several manufacturers have agreed to support and promote the playback of their content on their hand-held audio-enabled electronic devices.

Amazon Careers

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