Amazon

Principal Product Manager Tech, Last Mile Delivery Automation

Amazon$206K — $279K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Proven experience in driving product roadmap strategy.
  • Technical product management experience essential.
  • Familiar with feature delivery and making tradeoffs in products.
  • Direct experience working with engineering teams on complex hardware/software products.

Responsibilities

  • Own the product vision and multi-year roadmap for autonomous delivery.
  • Define operating conditions and capabilities for autonomous delivery.
  • Establish integration requirements for autonomous vehicles within Amazon's delivery workflow.
  • Align product priorities across teams and external partners.
  • Lead product direction on vehicle integration and operational support.
  • Make product tradeoff decisions considering customer experience and safety.
  • Work with safety teams to create product priorities and launch criteria.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision.
  • 401(k) matching program.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for health expenses.
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
Full Job Description
Amazon is seeking a Principal Product Manager-Technical to own the product strategy and roadmap for next-generation autonomous delivery capabilities within its Last Mile network. This role sits at the intersection of autonomy, vehicle systems, simulation, safety, and delivery operations and will define the end-to-end product required to progress from R&D through deployment at scale.

The Principal PM-T will serve as the horizontal product leader across internal teams and external partners. The role will define the Operational Design Domain (ODD) and capability roadmap, establish requirements for Last Mile integration, and align product workstreams into a coherent autonomous delivery solution. Safety will be a foundational input, with the role translating safety and validation requirements into product priorities and deployment criteria.

Key job responsibilities

Product Strategy and Roadmap: Own the product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for autonomous delivery, from R&D through deployment at scale.

ODD and Capability Planning: Define the operating conditions, delivery use cases, autonomy capabilities, and deployment sequence required to expand the product over time.

Last Mile Integration: Establish the end-to-end requirements for integrating autonomous vehicles into Amazon's delivery stations, fleet operations, route execution, and package delivery workflows.

Product Alignment: Align roadmaps, requirements, interfaces, and priorities across Amazon teams and external partners.

End-to-End Product Leadership: Provide product direction across vehicle integration, autonomy, simulation, fleet management, remote assistance, and operational support.

Product Tradeoffs: Drive decisions across customer experience, autonomy performance, operational complexity, safety, cost, schedule, and scalability.

Safety and Deployment Readiness: Partner with safety and engineering teams to translate safety requirements, validation evidence, and applicable autonomous vehicle safety frameworks into product priorities and launch criteria.

Performance and Validation: Define success metrics and use simulation, testing, field data, and operational results to guide product and deployment decisions.

Executive Alignment: Communicate product strategy, key decisions, risks, and investment recommendations to Amazon senior leaders and external partner executives.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree

- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

- Experience technical product management

- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product

- Experience working directly with engineering teams on complex hardware and software products

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements

- Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement

- Experience with autonomous vehicles, robotics, transportation technology, or other safety-critical systems

- Experience integrating technical products into large-scale operational environments

- Experience working with external technology partners

- Familiarity with ODD definition, simulation, validation, or autonomous vehicle safety frameworks

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, CA, SANTA CLARA - 206,900.00 - 279,900.00 USD annually

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