Principal Product Mgr

The Creator team’s mission is to make Amazon the Earth’s most desired destination for commerce creators and their content. We own the Associates and Influencer programs and brands across Amazon to ensure a cohesive experience, expand creators’ opportunities to earn through innovation, and launch experiences that reinforce feelings of achievement for creators. Within Creators, our product team strives to make Amazon the best place for creators to earn. We collectively accomplish that mission by building best-in-class software for incentives and payments, insights and encouragement, storefronts and content, as well as foundational tech, including linking tools and user interfaces. We are seeking a technical, experienced, results-oriented leader to oversee the strategy and product vision for a net new suite of products aimed at capturing greenfield opportunity in the content creator industry. This is a highly visible position requires a candidate with the proven ability to both “Dive Deep” and “Think Big” by understanding multiple different personas and user stories before developing an ambitious multi-customer vision and roadmap in collaboration with Engineering. These net new products may be a mix of API-first and traditional GUI, depending on the strategy, GTM, and plans developed. This leader will also work across functional domains, geographies, business lines, and even Amazon companies to innovate for creators. Successful candidates are leaders who can prioritize well, are technically excellent, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of innovating and delivering results. You should have strong customer obsession with the ability to dive deep, strong data/analytical skills, a self-starter spirit, and experience convincing senior leadership to invest in big ideas. You must be a strong owner and influencer, as well as someone who can think beyond the way things have always been done. Key job responsibilities * Monitor industry changes, technologies, and trends, determining when they should or shouldn't drive strategic, tactical, or roadmap shifts. * Lead for a suite of products and systems across 20 countries, determining which creator-obsessed features and net new ideas to prioritize, build, and how/when/where to launch. * Constantly experiment, developing data-backed solutions for problems on behalf of customers and creators. Work in close partnership with our science team to test and learn iteratively. You will be responsible for setting experimentation priorities, guardrails, success metrics, and gaining approvals to execute innovative tests. * Own performance metrics and success criteria for your products during business-as-usual times as well as during critical high-velocity events, key levers for success of the channel. * Work with WW business development leads to navigate existing business logic and feature sets. Define requirements for new products and features leading Amazon to innovate in how we work with creators and help them reach current and future customers. * Create sustainable cross-functional and cross-product mechanisms to drive expansion and innovation while monitoring product and business health. * Reduce defects and improve business performance through innovation and automation. Tirelessly improve products that will benefit creators and Amazon while owning the tools automating compensation changes. * Conduct complex business analyses that identify opportunities to drive growth in our general creator population by extending learnings from BD teams within and across countries, in addition to deep dives. * Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders inside and outside of the Amazon Creators team. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 8 years of technical product or program management experience - Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product - Experience with end to end product delivery - Experience working with and influencing senior level stakeholders - Bachelor's degree PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience as a strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly and effectively influence across cross-functional teams - Experience leading cross-organizational programs and setting and holding teams and individuals to timelines and deliverables without explicit authority - Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements 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. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $161,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $279,900/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.