Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Do you see a clear path where others see roadblocks? Would you rather break the mold to do something right than settle for the status quo? What if you could use your creativity to change the direction of the entire transportation and delivery sector to raise the bar on customer experience? Would you like to participate in ground breaking initiatives related to Transportation? Amazon Transportation Services (ATS) is looking for a detail-oriented, analytical, technically skilled, innovative, hands-on, and customer-obsessed Sr. Product Manager. In this role, you will drive alignment with both external and internal stakeholders to introduce new Insurance Value Added Services (VAS) products that will support the growth of the Amazon Freight Partner (AFP) program. As part of the VAS team, you will lead the product strategy and launch of new Insurance based VAS solutions for AFPs across our EU markets to satisfy performance and adoption goals in alignment with the overall ATS strategy. You will conceptualize new products for launch, negotiate with strategic vendors to provide product features that meet AFP partner needs while aligning internal stakeholders to support the execution goals to meet product adoption and utilization targets. You will also own the long-term strategy for Insurance VAS solutions to influence Senior Leadership on the direction for our Middle Mile business.

Key job responsibilities

• You will define new Insurance products and solutions for Amazon partners.
• You will negotiate with strategic Insurance vendors to launch AFP specific solutions to grow adoption and utilization for the program
• You will work closely with a team of (Sr.) Program and Product Managers to build product requirements, drive launch execution and ensure alignment with corporate objectives and contractual obligations.
• You will work with internal and external stakeholders in order to generate product adoption and ensure a successful implementation.
• You will write and review business cases, perform supporting research and analysis, write specifications, and drive the product development from design to release.
• You will be required to have clear, precise, and regular communication with all stakeholders. This includes ongoing project/program status reports as well as capturing requirements.
• You will retrieve and analyze data using Excel, Access, SQL or other data management systems.
• You will monitor project/product execution and ensure that the project/product delivery is to the appropriate levels of quality and in line with its target date, ensuring the overall integrity within the program.

A day in the life

Using your Invent and Simplify and Think Big skills along with data analysis, you’ll engage with external vendors on behalf of AFP partners as your customers to bring ground breaking Insurance solutions to launch, collaborating cross functionally and presenting your ideas in well-structured documents and analysis. You will use your business acumen and analytic skills to Dive Deep into understanding customer pain points and reacting to ensure new product features are launched to keep pace with the changing market. You’ll use data to illustrate problems and share your opinion and ideas to help find solutions. The pace of change is quick here, and this means that you keep learning every day in an environment where curiosity is always welcomed. Your opinion always counts and there’s no such thing as a silly question at Amazon.

About the team

Amazon couldn’t deliver at pace without the Amazon Transportation Service (ATS) team. As part of ATS, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse team that plays a central role in our success. Using air, sea and road transport, as well as sortation centers equipped with the latest technology, you’ll help Amazon’s transport run at maximum efficiency. Our team captures data and uses it to drive decisions. They are key to making Amazon more innovative and efficient. We put safety first (always) and we use the expertise of our people to get packages to their destination – quickly, conveniently and sustainably.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• Experience with end-to-end product delivery
• Experience as a product manager or owner
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• Experience owning technology products - Experience with product cycles of 6+ months
• Experience communicating results to senior leadership
• Experience in product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
• Experience working in a matrixed organization
• Experience managing Insurance products for middle mile logistics firms/vendors
• Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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