About the role
What will you do at Amazon?
Amazon is seeking a Senior Product Manager – Technical to own the vision and
roadmap for MARS (Model Accelerator and Recommender Service), our
hardware-agnostic platform for optimizing, benchmarking, and containerizing
large language models across heterogeneous compute (Inferentia2, Trainium, and
GPU). MARS automatically tunes and recommends optimal hosting configurations,
delivering substantial inference cost reduction, throughput gains, and
accelerator-utilization improvements for teams across the organization—from
model hosting and catalog enrichment to search ranking.
In this role, you will
- work backwards from internal customers to define a
- multi-year product strategy that scales MARS into a shared, self-service
- optimization platform. You will partner closely with science and engineering to
- expand the platform's capabilities—new hardware backends, quantization and
- distillation techniques, and automated benchmarking—while establishing the
- operating model, intake, and prioritization framework needed to grow adoption.
- You will own key business metrics such as cost per million tokens, accelerator
- utilization, and realized IMR savings, and communicate progress and trade-offs
- to senior leadership.
- The ideal candidate is a technical product leader who thrives at the
- intersection of ML infrastructure, cost optimization, and cross-org influence,
- and who can turn ambiguous, high-leverage problems into measurable outcomes.
- Key job responsibilities
- As a Senior Product Manager – Technical for MARS (Model Accelerator and
- Recommender Service), you will own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for
- Amazon's hardware-agnostic model optimization and benchmarking platform. MARS
- automatically optimizes, containerizes, and recommends optimal hosting
- configurations for LLMs across heterogeneous compute (Inferentia2, Trainium, and
- GPU), driving significant inference cost reduction and throughput gains for
- teams across the organization.
- You will:
- Define and drive the multi-year MARS product roadmap, translating
- cost-optimization and capacity goals into prioritized, measurable deliverables.
- Partner with science and engineering to expand MARS capabilities—new hardware
- backends, quantization and distillation techniques, and automated benchmarking.
- Work backwards from internal customers (model hosting, search ranking, catalog
- enrichment) to identify high-leverage optimization opportunities and unblock
- adoption.
- Establish the MARS operating model, intake process, and prioritization framework
- to scale the platform as a shared service.
- Own key business metrics—cost per million tokens, GPU/accelerator utilization,
- throughput, and realized IMR savings—and report progress to senior leadership.
- Drive cross-org alignment across partner teams and lead the roadmap workshop
- cadence.
- Manage stakeholder communication, technical trade-offs, and go/no-go decisions
- across the platform lifecycle.
- A day in the life
- 1. Prioritize the MARS backlog and refine requirements with engineering and
- science partners.
- 2. Review benchmarking results, optimization performance data, and
- cost/utilization dashboards to inform decisions.
- 3. Engage internal customer teams to capture needs, resolve blockers, and drive
- platform adoption.
- 4. Lead or attend standups, roadmap workshops, and cross-org syncs; document
- decisions and action items.
- 5. Triage incoming optimization requests through the intake process and set
- expectations on timelines.
- 6. Write and update product documents (PRFAQs, roadmap artifacts, execution
- plans).
- 7. Track KPIs, escalate risks, and communicate progress to stakeholders and
- leadership. Basic
Qualifications
- - 5+ 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
Preferred Qualifications
- - Experience with
- AI/ML technologies
- 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
- [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.
- 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, WA, Seattle - 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually
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