Principal Product Manager - Technical, Alexa Connections

Come help us build the worlds most personal and proactive AI assistant with

Alexa+. With over 600 million Alexa devices now out in the world, the latest

advancements in generative AI have unlocked new possibilities—enabling us to

reimagine the personal communication experience in our pursuit of making

customers' lives better and easier every day.

Our vision at Alexa Connections is to build the most trusted AI assistant that

helps our customers gets things done and creates moments of joy. We build

delightful Communication Experiences for connecting within customers household

(Announcements, Drop-In's), with their community (Video Calling, Phone Number

calling, Emailing, Texting, Sharing) and with AI for improved productivity

(Calendar/Task extraction). We also build real time, bi-directional,

interactive, multi-modal AI primitives that help serve customers across Amazon

portfolio of devices that include Alexa, FireTV, Ring etc. Generative AI is

deeply embedded in our product development life cycle across all our experiences

and primitives.

If you’re passionate about building magical experiences for customers, while

solving complex technical problems for zero to one category defining devices,

then this role is for you. You will operate at the intersection of large

language models, real time communications, voice and graphical user interfaces,

and mixed reality to deliver delightful experiences for end customers.

Key job responsibilities

As a Principal Product Manager - Technical in Alexa Connections, you will be

responsible for building communications, real time AI and agentic experiences,

where Alexa acts as an agent to get things done for customers. This role is

cross-functional — you will work closely with engineering, science, design,

business development, legal, operations, finance and executive teams to bring

features to market and develop and grow business opportunities for Amazon. A

successful candidate will be highly analytical, able to work effectively in a

matrix organization, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and

capabilities into high quality, simple products and applications that customers

love.

As a product leader, you will:

* Own and define the vision, strategy, and product roadmap, manage tradeoffs and

dependencies with key stakeholders, and execute on deliverables

* Work closely with the engineering, design, and science teams to develop an

offering that will delight customers

* Drive product launches including working with business development, Alexa

partner teams, public relations team, executives in other companies, and other

product management team members

* Monitor the business and refine the roadmap

About the team

Alexa Connections is a highly distributed team across six Amazon approved sites.

We have industry experts in real time communications, computer vision, media

processing, consumer facing UX. We imbibe Amazon's Leadership Principles, hold

each other accountable and have lots of fun while building a product billions of

our users love. You will constantly help us foster a culture where everyone can

do their best work. Basic

Qualifications

• - 8+ years of product or program
• management, product marketing, business development or technology experience
• - Bachelor's degree
• - Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• - Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• - Experience with end to end product delivery
• - Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions
• and strategy related to a product
• - Experience as a strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly and
• effectively influence across cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications

• -
• Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements
• - Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process
• improvement
• Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis
• of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
• 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.
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• 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.
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• USA, CA, Irvine - 179,900.00 - 243,400.00 USD annually
• USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 206,900.00 - 279,900.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - 179,900.00 - 243,400.00 USD annually