Principal Product Manager Tech - Credit and Fraud Risk, Amazon Business Payments

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

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle, WA is seeking a Principal Product Manager to own the strategic vision and multi-year roadmap for a next-generation credit and fraud risk platform. You will define the problem space, set the vision, and architect AI-native solutions that don’t exist yet.

You will partner with science, engineering, operations, and business teams across multiple organizations to deliver transformational risk capabilities, influence senior leaders, and establish metrics to measure success in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience owning roadmap strategy and definition.
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs.
• Experience in technical product management.
• 5+ years of owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• Experience with AI/ML technologies.
• Experience communicating results to senior leadership, or experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions.
• Experience making strategic business decisions and managing internal relationships, or experience using financial models, KPIs, and data analysis to inform business decisions with proven business impact (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits).
• Experience building credit underwriting, fraud detection, or financial risk management products in fintech or financial services.
• Hands-on experience defining product strategy for Generative AI, LLM-powered applications, or autonomous AI agent systems.
• Track record of recruiting, mentoring, and developing product management talent.

Responsibilities

• Own the 3-5 year strategic product vision and roadmap for credit and fraud risk management, defining what to build, why it matters, and how to measure success across a multi-billion dollar lending portfolio.
• Drive innovation through Generative AI and AI agents — identify and deliver use cases where foundation models, autonomous agents, and intelligent automation can transform credit decisioning, fraud detection, and risk operations.
• Architect AI-native product solutions for real-time credit underwriting, dynamic line management, fraud pattern recognition, and automated risk remediation.
• Set the technical product strategy for how AI capabilities (GenAI, ML models, agents) integrate into credit and fraud systems — evaluating which AI approaches will become competitive necessities and shaping platform architecture accordingly.
• Drive clarity in high-ambiguity environments where the problem, opportunity, and strategy are undefined — distill diverse inputs from regulators, risk teams, customers, and stakeholders into a coherent product vision.
• Influence strategic direction across multiple VP-level organizations including Payments, Amazon Business, Technology, and Seller Partner Services through written narratives, PR/FAQs, and executive forums.
• Partner with Science and Engineering leaders to evaluate emerging AI architectures, shape technical trade-offs, and ensure platform decisions today do not constrain strategic options tomorrow.
• Establish metrics frameworks and experimentation strategies that measure the effectiveness of AI-driven risk decisions, including novel approaches to model explainability and fairness.
• Actively recruit, mentor, and develop PM talent; contribute to the PM community through coaching, promotion assessments, and best-practice evangelism.

Skills

Roadmap strategy

AI/ML technologies

Executive communication

Financial risk

Generative AI / LLM

Talent development

Cross-org collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Description

Are you passionate about building intelligent financial systems that protect and empower millions of businesses? Do you thrive at the intersection of AI and complex risk management? Come join us as we redefine credit and fraud decisioning through Generative AI and agentic automation.

The Amazon Business Payments & Xborder (ABPX) team provides invoicing, working capital, and payment acceptance solutions to Amazon Business customers, sellers, and other small business customers across Amazon. We are part of the global Amazon Payments organization, which aims to delight our customers by building payment experiences and financial services that are trusted, valued, and easy to use from anywhere in any way.

Within ABPX, the Credit and Fraud Risk Management team drives credit and fraud decisions for our Business Credit account product with the objective of maximizing credit access, minimizing losses, reducing friction, and maintaining a healthy balance sheet. We are entering a transformative era where Generative AI, large language models, and autonomous AI agents are fundamentally reshaping how we manage risk.

We are seeking a Principal Product Manager - to own the strategic vision and multi-year roadmap for our next-generation credit and fraud risk platform. This is a high-judgment, high-ambiguity role where you will define the problem space, set the vision, and architect AI-native product solutions that don't yet exist in the industry. You will be at the forefront of driving innovation through Generative AI and AI agents — identifying where autonomous decision-making, intelligent automation, and foundation models can create step-function improvements in efficiency, accuracy, speed, and customer experience.

You will partner closely with Science, Engineering, Portfolio Management, Operations, and business teams across multiple organizations to deliver transformational credit and fraud capabilities. This role requires deep technical judgment, the ability to influence senior leaders (Directors, VPs) across Amazon Payments, Amazon Business, and Seller Partner Services, and the vision to define entirely new product categories at the intersection of AI and financial risk.

Key job responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Own the 3-5 year strategic product vision and roadmap for credit and fraud risk management, defining what to build, why it matters, and how to measure success across a multi-billion dollar lending portfolio
• Drive innovation through Generative AI and AI agents — identify and deliver use cases where foundation models, autonomous agents, and intelligent automation can transform credit decisioning, fraud detection, and risk operations
• Architect AI-native product solutions for real-time credit underwriting, dynamic line management, fraud pattern recognition, and automated risk remediation
• Set the technical product strategy for how AI capabilities (GenAI, ML models, agents) integrate into credit and fraud systems — evaluating which AI approaches will become competitive necessities and shaping platform architecture accordingly
• Drive clarity in high-ambiguity environments where the problem, opportunity, and strategy are undefined — distill diverse inputs from regulators, risk teams, customers, and stakeholders into a coherent product vision
• Influence strategic direction across multiple VP-level organizations including Payments, Amazon Business, Technology, and Seller Partner Services through written narratives, PR/FAQs, and executive forums
• Partner with Science and Engineering leaders to evaluate emerging AI architectures, shape technical trade-offs, and ensure platform decisions today do not constrain strategic options tomorrow
• Establish metrics frameworks and experimentation strategies that measure the effectiveness of AI-driven risk decisions, including novel approaches to model explainability and fairness
• Actively recruit, mentor, and develop PM talent; contribute to the PM community through coaching, promotion assessments, and best-practice evangelism

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

• 5+ years of owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience

• Experience performing complex business case analysis to justify technical decisions and presenting the justification to management in a high-level review

• Experience with AI/ML technologies

• Experience communicating results to senior leadership, or experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions

• Experience making strategic business decisions and managing internal relationships, or experience using financial models, KPIs, and data analysis to inform business decisions with proven business impact (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits)

• Experience building credit underwriting, fraud detection, or financial risk management products in fintech or financial services

• Hands-on experience defining product strategy for Generative AI, LLM-powered applications, or autonomous AI agent systems

• Track record of recruiting, mentoring, and developing product management talent

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements

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

• Experience in development of distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications

• Deep understanding of credit risk modeling, fraud analytics, and regulatory frameworks (KYC/AML, fair lending, data privacy)

• Experience working with diverse and international B2B customer segments across multiple geographies

• Track record of shaping how products are architected for AI use cases, with the judgment to evaluate which AI capabilities will become competitive necessities versus passing trends

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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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