Lead Product Manager - Alexa Skills Platform

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon's Alexa team is seeking a Product Management leader to define the end-to-end vision and strategy of the Alexa Skills Kit, the developer SDK and platform that lets third-party developers build skills for Alexa. You will work with developers to understand needs, create business requirements, and develop a long-term roadmap for tools, APIs, docs and developer support.

The ideal candidate has background in software platforms, strong analytical skills, and ability to drive cross-organizational

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
• Experience with end to end product delivery.
• Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product.
• Experience technical product management.

Responsibilities

• Write product/marketing requirements documents and ensure clear communication and coordination of requirements to the business, design and development teams.
• Contribute to the overall product roadmap, and manage prioritization and tradeoffs against developer experience, customer experience, and time to market.
• Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners.
• Establish business processes and policies as well as metrics and indicators for success.
• Measure and analyze existing products and business models for opportunities to innovate and improve, providing additional benefits to developers and customers.
• Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members
• Develop, report, and continually improve business performance metrics
• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals
• Manage a team of Product Managers and TPMs to develop the roadmap and deliver key features into the Alexa Skills Kit.

Skills

Product management

Roadmap strategy

End-to-end delivery

Engineering collaboration

Technical product management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amazon's Alexa team is seeking a Product Management leader to define the end-to-end vision and strategy of the Alexa Skills Kit, the developer SDK and platform that lets third-party developers build skills for Alexa. You will work with developers to understand needs, create business requirements, and develop a long-term roadmap for tools, APIs, docs and developer support.

The ideal candidate has background in software platforms, strong analytical skills, and ability to drive cross-organizational