Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Private Label Quality Team is looking for a smart, energetic, hard-working, and creative team player to join our team. This is an exciting and challenging position where you will be responsible for supporting Amazon’s Private Brands global products development and validation.

In this role as Head of Product Engineering (Quality), you will be responsible to lead and manage simultaneously a team of quality development managers across multiple product categories and market places. In addition, in this role, you will support and drive process improvement initiatives across Amazon

• Demonstrate ability to manage multiple complex projects - work prioritization, planning and task delegation
• Manage quality metrics and performance by ensuring necessary reviews and actions are in-place, leading meetings and projects as needed globally. Involves determining and executing strategies and goals for improving quality and productivity
• Improve visibility of Product development and validation processes by designing appropriate reporting and communicate plan to partners stakeholders.
• Own & drive the Product development roadmap for management metrics and provide key interface and insightful analysis regarding headcount and capital resources.
• Integrate strong and clear analysis and business rationale into sound decision making

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering
• Strong knowledge of product development and product quality processes in diverse industries
• 10-year experience in product development, manufacturing or testing in manufacturing sector or sourcing office of global retailer
• Process and data oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical business owners to get things done
• Must be able to think creatively and possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Business, Engineering or a Scientific discipline preferred
• 10+ years of experience successfully managing complex product programs, with large, technically-savvy, cross-functional teams. Consumer electronics is a plus
• Experience with multiple concurrent projects with aggressive schedules
• Familiarity with Agile development methodology
• Product life-cycle end to end management experience