Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur? A builder? A dreamer? This role is part of an Amazon Special Projects team that takes the company’s Think Big leadership principle to the extreme. We focus on creating entirely new products and services with a goal of positively impacting the lives of our customers. No industries or subject areas are out of bounds. If you’re interested in innovating at scale to address big challenges in the world, this is the team for you.
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have thirteen employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We are constantly learning through programs that are local, regional, and global. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Our team highly values work-life balance, mentorship and career growth. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects and offer training that will challenge you to become your best.
We are seeking a strategic individual with demonstrated success in highly ambiguous roles. In this role, you will be working with a unique and gifted team responsible for bringing to market a new product. To achieve this you’ll collaborate with a variety of cross-functional teams. Your primary focus will be identifying, developing, and implementing high impact/high visibility business and operational strategies for a pre-launch product.
This high visibility role will determine key customer facing business strategies which impact the success of the business launch and how our customers experience this new product. The position requires strong communication skills (specifically written), cross-functional partnership, problem solving, and a desire to learn and think creatively. Experience presenting ideas to senior leadership and delivering results in a fast paced, dynamic environment is a must. Being self-driven, adaptable and able to manage multiple priorities is critical.
Key job responsibilities
• Work collaboratively with Product, Engineering, Science, Quality, UX, and more to execute and deliver the business and operational strategy, vision, and roadmap
• Develop strategic go to market plans, manage execution, and measure results by thinking strategically and holistically across a project
• Formally document and deliver business strategies to senior leadership
• Provide business insights and analytics that help define the initiative and track progress
• Establish metrics and key performance indicators for success
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– Bachelor’s degree
– Experience developing strategies that influence leadership decisions at the organizational level
– 6+ years of responding to requests for proposals (e.g., determining requirements, matching requirements to technical approach and solutions, developing solutions against requirements) experience
– Experience influencing internal and external stakeholders
– Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– MBA
– Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
– Experience working on a pre-launch product or start-up environment
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $118,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $220,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.