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Amazon Sr. Product Manager - Tech, Amazon Fashion in Tokyo, Japan
Description
Inspired by mixing Fashion with Tech? Amazon Fashion is looking for a Product Manager (PM) to drive strategic initiatives from the tech and business angles.
At a high level, our team consists of PMs working on time-bound projects to 1) improve how our customers shop fashion on Amazon. Our team members do so by devising scalable solutions and features that leverage tech, automation and centralized ops teams and 2) optimize/create the mechanisms underlying how we run our fashion business at Amazon. The team works hand-in-hand with the 4 category teams (i.e., Apparel, Shoes, and Watches & Jewelry), global Fashion Tech teams, and reports directly to the VP of Amazon Fashion in Tokyo.
We are recruiting talented, well-rounded individuals who are looking to stretch themselves until they understand all facets of running an online business. The role requires above all a hunger to learn, an ability to unblock yourself, and a data-driven mindset. Together with your team members, you will define internal-facing and external-facing problems, evaluate the possible solutions, and collaborate with global partner teams to prioritize and execute on programs that deliver impact on customer experience. Defining your path will require you to dive deep into data, keep apace with the work of our partner teams, and leverage a range of automated and semi-automated solutions. Your ability to navigate ambiguity and partner with decentralized teams spread across the world will be one of your strongest asset.
As a PM in our team, a typical day might include: - Draft a data-backed proposal to launch a new feature that will improve our customer experience
Collaborate with global partner teams on roadmap and prioritization reviews
Deep-dive data to extract insights that inform your project's path forward
Produce a project update report highlighting what works, what doesn't and associated corrective actions
Define customer and/or business requirements that will serve as the basis for software development
Run a monthly business review with senior Amazon leaders that will produce the action items you need for your projects to move forward
Serve as subject matter expert and answer questions from senior leadership in Japan
Ingest new roadmap and project update documents coming from your partner teams
Sync up via video conference because you detected an opportunity to collaborate with a new team
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree
Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
Experience managing technical products or online services
Experience in representing and advocating for a variety of critical customers and stakeholders during executive-level prioritization and planning
Preferred Qualifications
Experience performing statistical analysis of data using SQL, Excel and other tools
Proven project management skills including prioritization, milestone setting, and resource needs estimation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, effective in communicating with both technical and business teams.
E-commerce and/or retail and/or fashion experience