Director, Software Development, Prime Video Living Room Organization

Amazon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global company is seeking a Director of Software Development for the Prime Video Living Room Organization. This role involves leading engineering teams to develop the Prime Video app used on over 1.5 billion devices. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in streaming services, exceptional leadership qualities, and a passion for enhancing user experiences. This position is based in London and offers competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Track record in delivering product vision in streaming services.
• Highly numerate with a data-driven approach.
• Experience managing large teams and inspiring future leaders.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Living Room strategy for Prime Video.
• Manage engineering teams for the Prime Video Living Room app.
• Drive improvements across the organization to enhance customer experience.

Skills

Leadership

Data-driven decision making

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Education

Educational background in Engineering or quantitative subjects

Job description

Overview

Director, Software Development, Prime Video Living Room Organization — lead the engineering teams that develop and own the Prime Video Living Room app installed on 1.5+ billion Living Room devices and used by hundreds of millions of customers worldwide. Partner with Product and UX to refine and execute the Living Room strategy and define long-term plans spanning multiple years. Provide hands-on engineering guidance across the organization to help teams be successful and invent on behalf of our customers. Also serve as the overall site leader for the Prime Video Experience organization in LHR, including leadership of hundreds of teammates based in Shoreditch, UK. You should be someone who inspires others, builds strong teams, and makes tough decisions aligned with Amazon’s mission.

If you are passionate about Film, Sport or TV and want to maximize your impact as a world-class technical leader, help us build the most customer-centric, cinematic and visually-rich Living Room experience.

Key responsibilities

• You constantly look around corners to identify areas of investment that will enable your organization to move faster and invent on behalf of our customers.
• You’re an expert at managing without line-of-sight, delegating and establishing mechanisms to get the right information at the right time. You will define and review metrics and anecdotes that indicate whether customer experience, business performance and operation effectiveness are improving over time.
• You dive deeply across all areas of your organization to identify blind spots and drive improvements addressing root causes. Your customer focus and the standards you set provide a sustainable framework that improves the Prime Video mobile app customer experience in ways customers care about.
• You inspire others and build strong teams while balancing empathy with decisive action in service of Amazon's mission.
• Your legacy and greatest impact come from empowering and growing other technical leaders by developing others, creating guardrails for independent decision making, delegating ownership, providing stretch opportunities, and encouraging teams to move fast with urgency without burning out your engineers and management team.

Basic Qualifications

• A track record of accomplishment defining and delivering product vision in the streaming services technology sector.
• Educational background in Engineering or other quantitative subject area.
• Highly numerate, able to apply a data-driven approach.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to think strategically but also stay close to the details and execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• A solid knowledge of streaming services technology across different verticals and media.
• A leader of leaders, managing large teams that include technical product management and software design.
• Experience launching and upgrading smart-home device products.
• Experience operating in complex international/global organisations.
• You have been a senior engineering leader directly responsible for teams larger than 100 individuals.

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