Description

Do you love to read Are you inspired by how to make written content easy and delightful to consume on Kindle If the answer is yes, you have the opportunity to inspire millions of customers to read more. Kindle is among the bestselling products in the history of Amazon, with a rich legacy for driving customer-focused innovation. Our continued growth requires leaders who operate both strategically and tactically; think big to drive new opportunities; dive deep in data to uncover customer insights; break down and solve complex problems; and drive operational excellence.

This position is for our Kindle Content Experience team, whose mission is to provide superior reading experience for all eBooks on Kindle devices and applications by partnering with publishers and authors. We strive to build and enhance mechanisms to enable publishers and authors create eBooks with the right layouts, typography and fonts for a great and coherent experience across devices.

As a Senior Product Manager (Technical), you will define, execute, and deliver a product roadmap with the goal of earning the trust of our publishers and authors to deliver the best experience for our reading customers. You will strongly influence the strategy and vision for the group. You will develop and look after product roadmaps and features based on team strategy and vision. This role is inherently cross-functional -- you will work closely with engineering, business, operations, vendor management and executive teams to launch features and build tools and mechanisms. A successful candidate will be highly analytical, able to work extremely effectively in a matrix organization, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high quality, simple product, features and applications.

Key job responsibilities

Assist in driving and delivering the best content experience on all Kindle surfaces.
Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, UX, research, etc.) across Amazon and Books to deliver projects on time.
Support in defining strategic, creative, high quality product roadmaps based on team strategy and vision supported by internal and external analysis.
Learn from customer feedback, behavioral measurements, and other data sources to craft better experiences and ensure we are building the right features over time.
Role is global in nature and will work with teams in other countries.

About The Team

The KINEX (Kindle Experience) team owns the overall experience for the Kindle for iOS app, Kindle for Android app, FireOS, E-reader, Kindle for web, PC/Mac, Kindle File Format for Books & Documents, Content Experiences and Publisher Tools. This includes much of the experience you see on the app (Library, Home, Settings, Insights, etc.) and inside of the book (Core content presentation, Audio books consumption, Aa menu, other chrome), but does not include Store detail page/search and the publishing and subscription side of the business (KDP, KU, etc.).

Our mission is to make Kindle the world's favorite way to read and get more out of reading. Our vision for Kindle is a magical piece of paper that empowers customers to engage with and reflect on the written word.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative/technical field such as computer science, engineering, statistics
5+ years of professional experience with 2+ years of consumer/enterprise facing product management experience
Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver products and projects on tight deadlines
Experience coordinating product development cycles and software development schedules

Preferred Qualifications

MBA
BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field from a top university
Experience delivering consumer software products and services in a high growth environment
Experience in technical product management, program management or engineering
Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
Prior experience working in a software engineering discipline
Passion for reading

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Company - ADCI - Karnataka

Job ID: A3191246

Senior Product Mgr - Tech, Kindle Software

Senior Product Mgr - Tech, Kindle Software