Principal Product Manager - Technical, Amazon

Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of e-Commerce and Advertising, offering a rich array of digital advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. Amazon DSP is Amazon’s programmatic advertising product for campaigns spanning Video, Audio and Display across Amazon properties (e.g., Amazon.com, IMDb TV, Twitch, Fire TV, and Amazon Music) and tens of thousands of third-party websites and apps. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you’re interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you’ve come to the right place.

Amazon Publisher Services is a suite of cloud-based services that helps publishers build thriving digital businesses. We are seeking a Principal, Product Manager - Technical for the programmatic deals products for Streaming TV. This team is responsible for building advertising technology services that help publishers to grow their businesses through better quality advertising for publishers and buyers, and more relevant ads for viewers. In this role, you will own a suite of advertising products for our advertiser and publisher customers. You define the strategy of the new products and have end-to-end product ownership from technology strategy, prioritization and development, to adoption and iteration with the business and engineering teams. You will work closely with our publisher customers, agencies and advertisers and across teams at Amazon to build products that will shape the future of advertising services. This is a high-impact role that requires big-picture thinking, but also strong execution, technical depth, analytical rigor and excellent communication.

The ideal candidate wants to work on projects where they are inventing solutions to real problems that require creative solutions and deep understanding of the problem space. They challenge themselves and others to constantly come up with better and often disruptive solutions. They know how to work cross-functionally to create alignment and deliver results. They are comfortable engaging in technical discussions with senior engineers to define product strategy. They want to create value and impact the direction of products and business - globally.

We are open to this role from New York City, NY, Palo Alto, CA and Austin,TX


Key job responsibilities
* Product ownership of a suite of new publisher facing advertising products. Lead the product strategy to invent new solutions on behalf of our customers that focus on publisher ad monetization.
* Define the vision of their product suite and influence stakeholders and senior leaders through strong written communication skills.
* Define product strategy for agentic integrations with other ad systems across publishers and advertisers.
* Focus intensely on Streaming TV and Audio customers to ensure we’re building products that deliver value for them.
* Work with cross-company business and product leaders to build and execute a strategic plan aligned with long-term objectives.
* Translate marketplace data and collect intelligence to identify opportunities for innovation and to guide product strategy.
* Drive excellence in execution and operations for your products, both within APS and across partner teams in Amazon Advertising.
* Lead complex, mission-critical projects from initiation through delivery.

Basic Qualifications

- 2+ years of end to end product delivery experience
- 8+ years of technical product or program management experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience leading engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
- Experience technical product management

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements
- Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement
- Experience working with and influencing senior level stakeholders
- Experience as a strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly and effectively influence across cross-functional teams
- Experience in selling programmatic or data-driven ad products or platforms
- 5+ years of digital advertising

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. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Palo Alto - 206,900.00 - 279,900.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 197,900.00 - 267,800.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 179,900.00 - 243,400.00 USD annually