Key job responsibilities
We have an immediate opening for a Sr Product Manager – Technical to support the Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) team focusing on DoD and National Security customers. This position will be based in in the Northern Virginia area. This position will be part of the KGS team defining and managing a family of products for optical communications within Project Kuiper’s broadband wireless network to include government customer network end points. This is a unique opportunity to innovate and define groundbreaking communications technology with few legacy constraints. The team develops and designs the Kuiper Government products and analyzes performance such as for overall throughput, latency, and system availability. This team also works closely with the engineering team to ensure that the product will meet customer requirements. In this role you will: • Write product roadmaps, product description documents, and engineering requirements documens for products and product families • Develop Product sheets, help define what the products should be and how to package Kuiper services to meet requirements of multiple government customer verticals • Create detailed product requirements documents based on an intimate knowledge of the specific customer verticals 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: Candidates must have recent or active US Government security clearance of TS/SCI (with polygraph preferred) and be able to maintain a TS/SCI security clearance, so you must be a U.S. citizen for consideration.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product.
- 5+ years of experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product.
- 5+ years of experience in representing and advocating for a variety of critical customers and stakeholders during executive-level prioritization and planning.
- 5+ years of experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in using analytical tools, such as Tableau, Qlikview, QuickSight
- Experience in building and driving adoption of new tools
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.