Principal Product Manager - Tech, Personalization and Monetization, Prime Video Personalization[...]

Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com LLC, via Prime Video, seeks a Principal Product Manager to own the Monetization Strategy within Personalization and Discovery experiences. You will steer ML-powered features at scale, collaborating with data science, ML engineering, and customer experience teams to ship high-impact products.

You will drive cross-functional initiatives, define product specs, and balance model performance with business value to deliver customer-centric outcomes at pace.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product.
• 6+ years of end to end product delivery experience.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
• Experience leading engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience managing and deploying ML products.
• Experience leading and influencing your team or organization, or experience with Machine Learning and Large Language Model fundamentals, including architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization of model execution.
• Background in an applied science, engineering, or quantitative field, with a solid understanding of the model lifecycle, data readiness, and model evaluation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap and strategy for personalization products, including recommendation systems and ML-based models.
• Collaborate with applied scientists and ML engineers to translate business problems into model requirements and clear objectives.
• Define, track, and analyze metrics to measure recommendation quality and business impact.
• Lead A/B testing strategy and experimentation to validate algorithmic improvements.
• Partner with stakeholder teams to translate business needs into technical specifications.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Balance trade-offs between model complexity, latency, scalability, and business value.

Skills

Technical PM experience

Roadmap strategy

ML product delivery

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Bachelor's degree

ML & LLM basics

Data science collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Description

Prime Video is looking for an experienced Principal Product Manager to own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Monetization Strategy that is a key component of our Personalization and Discovery experiences. You will operate at the intersection of machine learning, customer experience, and business strategy, leading fast-paced, high-impact projects and partnering with experts in data science, ML engineering, and customer experience to ship ML-powered features at scale.

• The ideal candidate would have demonstrably thrived in a high growth environment and delivered broadly adopted technology products or services
• They would be a strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly and compellingly, and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence
• They would have keen business sense together with a deep understanding of technology
• They would have experience defining products, mapping requirements to engineering functional specifications, leading large cross functional and cross organizational efforts, and delivering at high scale

Description

Prime Video is looking for an experienced Principal Product Manager to own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Monetization Strategy that is a key component of our Personalization and Discovery experiences. You will operate at the intersection of machine learning, customer experience, and business strategy, leading fast-paced, high-impact projects and partnering with experts in data science, ML engineering, and customer experience to ship ML-powered features at scale.

• The ideal candidate would have demonstrably thrived in a high growth environment and delivered broadly adopted technology products or services
• They would be a strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly and compellingly, and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence
• They would have keen business sense together with a deep understanding of technology
• They would have experience defining products, mapping requirements to engineering functional specifications, leading large cross functional and cross organizational efforts, and delivering at high scale

This role is ideal for a PM with deep experience in the intersection of Advertising and Personalization, who anchors every decision in customer value and measurable business outcomes. You will formulate the product and science vision for your domain, translate ambiguous customer and business problems into clear algorithmic objectives and technical requirements, and guide sound science decisions throughout the ML lifecycle—from problem framing and data strategy through experimentation, deployment, and ongoing optimization. Throughout, you’ll ensure that complex algorithmic capabilities become intuitive, high-quality customer experiences.

Key job responsibilities

• Own the roadmap and strategy for personalization products, including recommendation systems and ML/science-based models.
• Collaborate with applied scientists and ML engineers to translate business problems into model requirements and convert them into clear algorithmic objectives, metrics, and guardrails.
• Define, track, and analyze key metrics to measure recommendation quality, customer outcomes, and business impact; analyze user behavior data to identify opportunities to improve personalization.
• Lead A/B testing strategy and experimentation to validate algorithmic improvements and inform roadmap decisions.
• Partner with stakeholder teams to understand business needs and translate them into technical specifications and prioritized work.
• Communicate complex technical and algorithmic concepts clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Balance trade-offs between model complexity, latency, scalability, and business value to ensure robust, production-ready solutions.

About The Team

Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads. Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience. As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people. We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical product or program management experience
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• 6+ years of end to end product delivery experience
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• Experience leading engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience managing and deploying ML products
• Experience leading and influencing your team or organization, or experience with Machine Learning and Large Language Model fundamentals, including architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization of model execution
• Background in an applied science, engineering, or quantitative field, with a solid understanding of the model lifecycle, data readiness, and model evaluation frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement
• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative/technical field such as computer science, engineering, statistics
• Experience as a strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly and effectively influence across cross-functional teams
• Experience working with and influencing senior level stakeholders
• Experience in content discovery, e-commerce, search, or recommendation systems
• Knowledge of modern ML techniques (deep learning, NLP, LLM, Agentic AIs) and their practical trade-offs.

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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

Company

- Amazon.com LLC

Job ID: A10420861