Strategic Initiatives Lead for New Ventures

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

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Principal for Strategic Initiatives on the Special Projects team to identify and build new businesses at scale, presenting to senior leadership for funding and then leveraging Amazon resources to launch them.

Candidates should bring startup experience, data-driven decision making, and the ability to engage stakeholders, investors, and customers in a highly dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• Experience technical product management
• 10+ years of end to end product delivery experience

Responsibilities

• Identify and qualify promising opportunities for new Amazon businesses.
• Perform extensive first-person research independently and with the team.
• Distill learnings into clearly-written idea proposals for discussions and review.
• Pitch rigorous business proposals to leadership for funding.
• Post-funding, build a team and grow, launch, and scale a new business.

Skills

path to ownership of roadmap

roadmap strategy and definition

feature delivery tradeoffs

technical product management

end-to-end product delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Principal for Strategic Initiatives on the Special Projects team to identify and build new businesses at scale, presenting to senior leadership for funding and then leveraging Amazon resources to launch them.

Candidates should bring startup experience, data-driven decision making, and the ability to engage stakeholders, investors, and customers in a highly dynamic environment.