Product Manager - Technical II, Amazon Leo Government

Socket.dev; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo Government seeks a Product Manager – Technical to support DoD and National Security customers. Based in the Northern Virginia, Southern CA, or Seattle area, you will define and manage a family of products for high-throughput broadband communications and work with business, engineering, and operations teams to meet customer requirements.

You will write roadmaps, describe documents, and engineering requirements to drive product success while coordinating with internal and external

Qualifications

• 5+ years of customer-facing product development and product management.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent.
• Experience in networking.

Responsibilities

• Write product roadmaps, product description documents, and engineering requirements documents for products and product families.
• Develop Product Strategies, define products to meet government customer requirements.
• Create detailed PRDs with knowledge of federal, DoD, intelligence customers and use case prioritization.
• Set customer strategy with leadership and balance features vs speed-to-launch.
• Manage entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution with stakeholders.
• Establish goals and review metrics to identify opportunities and success.

Skills

Customer-facing PM

Networking

Agile development

Stakeholder management

Space/satellite ops knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or CS

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

This position will be working in the Product Management Team focussed on Amazon Leo products and services for US and International Government customers.

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Key job responsibilities

We have an immediate opening for a Product Manager – Technical to support the Amazon Leo Government team focusing on DoD and National Security customers. This position will be based in in the Northern Virginia, Southern CA or Seattle, WA area. This position will be part of the Product Management team defining and managing a family of products for special network features within Amazon Leo’s broadband space network for high throughput broadband communications. This is a unique opportunity to innovate and define communications technology with few legacy constraints. The team develops and designs the Leo Government products. This team also works closely with the business and engineering teams to ensure that the products will meet customer requirements and presents a good business opportunity for Amazon.

In this role you will:

• Write product roadmaps, product description documents, and engineering requirements documents for products and product families
• Develop Product Strategies, help define what the products should be and how to meet requirements of multiple government customer verticals
• Create detailed product requirements documents based on an intimate knowledge of the specific customer verticals (federal, DoD, intelligence community) including use case prioritization, feature definition and product roadmap
• Work with leadership team to set the customer strategy and make appropriate high-judgment trade-offs between features and speed-to-launch
• Manage entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution and work with key internal and external stakeholders to deliver on that vision, e.g., business development, engineering, sales, finance, operations, international
• Establish goals and reviewing metrics to identify opportunities and deliver success
• Research and identify new opportunities to innovate on behalf of our customers
• Anticipate bottlenecks, manage risk and escalations, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints

Security Clearance: This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must have recently (within 1-2 years) OR currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance(with polygraph preferred).

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of customer-facing product development and product management, including defining, launching, and optimizing product and services experience
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent
• Experience in networking

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of agile product development and life-cycle management process
• Experience coordinating complex products with stringent technical requirements, development cycles and schedules
• Experience in Space Vehicle/Satellite Operations, Space Communications or related industry

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, VA, Arlington - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually