Product Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa

Amazon Commercial Services (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd - N09; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global e-commerce company is looking for a Product Manager in Cape Town to drive strategic partnerships. The role involves developing and executing product strategies that enhance customer experience, identifying partnership opportunities, and collaborating with various teams to launch products. The ideal candidate should have over 3 years of product management experience and the ability to manage technical products effectively while working through ambiguity. This role offers a dynamic environment to innovate and build solutions for efficient supply chains.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of product management experience.
• Experience managing technical products or online services.
• Experience in product, program, or project management in leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop product roadmaps for partnership integrations.
• Identify partnership opportunities that align with business strategy.
• Collaborate with engineering, legal, finance, and business teams.

Skills

Product management experience

Managing technical products or online services

Cross-functional team management

Advanced SQL

Advanced VBA

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is seeking a Product Manager to lead our Strategic Partnerships. In this role, you will develop and execute product strategies for partnership integrations that enhance the Amazon customer experience. You will collaborate with business teams to identify partnership opportunities, build roadmaps, and deliver solutions that create value for our customers and partners.

You will build solutions to power a nimble and agile supply chain and drive Warranty.

You are expected to work through ambiguity, cut through clutter to find right problems to solve and partner with stakeholders across operations, tech and business (instock, operations excellence, marketing, category) to build world class solutions. All this while building with right speed.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop product roadmaps for partnership integrations
• Identify partnership opportunities that align with Amazon's business strategy
• Define product requirements and success metrics for partnership integrations
• Collaborate with engineering, legal, finance, and business teams to build and launch partnership products
• Analyze partnership performance and iterate based on customer feedback and business metrics
• Present partnership strategies and results to leadership
• Prioritize partnership opportunities based on business impact and customer value
• Support partner onboarding and ensure successful integration with Amazon systems
• Document partnership models that can be applied across multiple verticals

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of product management experience
• Experience managing technical products or online services
• Experience in product, program, or project management in leading cross-functional teams in delivery of major new products or services

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of SQL and VBA at an advanced level
• Experience building and analyzing cost/benefit scenarios and business cases and communicating results throughout the organization

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

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