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Amazon Sr. Program Manager, Japan Consumer Innovation in Tokyo, Japan
Description
At Amazon, we are working to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented and driven people. If you would like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance. The Japan Consumer Innovation (JCI) Retail Scaling Team is seeking a Product Manager who contributes to our mission of developing retail scaling capabilities. The Retail Scaling Team, as the name suggests, actively innovates on how to efficiently scale Amazon JP's business through building and influencing tech, science, and product roadmaps. This role brings together business skills, empirical data, science/tech collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and external technology into learning about Amazon operations, product, and programs that increase and maximize our Retail business's efficiency. It's a unique opportunity to get broad exposure to Amazon Retail leadership and Tech partners of JP/worldwide. If you love a challenge and have a passion to transform Amazon JP retail scaling capabilities, we want to hear from you.
Key job responsibilities
Develop products and solutions essential to develop JP Retail capabilities, partnering with Retail Leadership teams, business SMEs and tech/science teams.
Lead and manage programs/products that improve Amazon's operational efficiency, which contributes to reduction of Amazon’s cost to serve
Identify business challenges/needs via deep-dives and propose future directions and necessary solutions to JP Retail Leadership for their alignment.
Define short-term and long-term vision and launch / pilot new initiatives
Build mechanisms to track progress of programs and measure impact
Collaborate with Global partner teams to leverage existing global solutions + programs and develop / adapt new capabilities for JP Retail.
Interact with various stakeholders (e.g. business, tech, data, legal, finance, etc.) at multiple levels to define and launch programs
Identify challenges and needs to evolve job scope and team mandate
A day in the life
Check in with Ops and Retail partners to obtain status updates and any roadblocks their vendors are facing for any operational performance metric
Dive deep with data analysis to identify root causes of any road blocks or issues, and offer action items to help bring to resolution
Sync with product team managing supplier performance dashboard to stay on track for launch in JP
Update stakeholders regularly on ongoing initiatives and new programs, utilization data from existing and newly created reporting mechanisms
About the team
Our Vision: Creating the Best Experiences for Customers, Vendors, and Employees.
To realize this vision, we bring together expertise in product development, program management, data analysis, engineering, and science capabilities. Through this collaborative, cross-functional approach, we are empowered to invent "Think Big" solutions that tackle our most complex scaling challenges.
Ultimately, our ambition is to increase meaningful engagement from both customers and vendors by consistently delivering innovative experiences. By putting the needs of our diverse stakeholders first, we aim to become the premier destination for exceptional customer service, vendor partnerships, and employee opportunities.
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Employee Interview for Japan Consumer Innovation
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Tokyo, 13, JPN
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of program management, project management, or relevant experience
Strong written and spoken communication skills in both English and Japanese
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience defining and executing program requirements
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