About the role

What will you do at Amazon?

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to

deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of

existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses,

and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations

operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

This position will be working in the Product Management Team focussed on Amazon

Leo products and services for US and International Government customers.

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Key job responsibilities

We have an immediate opening for a Product Manager – Technical to support the

Amazon Leo Government team focusing on DoD and National Security customers. This

position will be based in in the Northern Virginia, Southern CA or Seattle, WA

area. This position will be part of the Product Management team defining and

managing a family of products for special network features within Amazon Leo’s

broadband space network for high throughput broadband communications. This is a

unique opportunity to innovate and define communications technology with few

legacy constraints. The team develops and designs the Leo Government products.

This team also works closely with the business and engineering teams to ensure

that the products will meet customer requirements and presents a good business

opportunity for Amazon.

In this role you will:

• Write product roadmaps, product description documents, and engineering

requirements documents for products and product families

• Develop Product Strategies, help define what the products should be and how to

meet requirements of multiple government customer verticals

• Create detailed product requirements documents based on an intimate knowledge

of the specific customer verticals (federal, DoD, intelligence community)

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: This position requires that the candidate selected be a US

Citizen and must have recently (within 1-2 years) OR currently possess and

maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance(with polygraph preferred).

Basic

Qualifications

- 5+ years of customer-facing product development and
product management, including defining, launching, and optimizing product and
services experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent
- Experience in networking

Preferred Qualifications

- Knowledge of agile
product development and life-cycle management process
- Experience coordinating complex products with stringent technical
requirements, development cycles and schedules
- Experience in Space Vehicle/Satellite Operations, Space Communications or
related industry
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis
of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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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.
Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits
[https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits].
USA, VA, Arlington - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually

Which skills does this role require?

Product strategyProduct roadmapsAgile product developmentDoD customer relationsTechnical requirementsRisk managementStakeholder managementProduct lifecycle managementEngineering requirementsHigh throughput broadbandStrategic planningProduct ManagerAmazon LeoSatellite networkBroadbandDoDNational SecurityTS/SCISecurity clearanceProduct roadmapFederalIntelligence communityHigh throughputProduct Strategy

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