Description

Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

As a Senior Technical Product Manager on the Project Kuiper team you will help create and drive the product strategy, vision, and roadmap of mobility products for ground transportation, with a high degree of ownership over critical features and the customer experience. This role is inherently cross-functional - you will work closely with engineering, design, operations, finance, and executive teams to envision, develop, and launch innovative products and services.

A successful candidate will be both creative and highly analytical, able to work extremely effectively in a matrix organization, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into products and applications that customers love. We are looking for someone customer obsessed and technology savvy – with a proven track record of creating successful consumer products and services. Project Kuiper’s success requires leaders who are owners, and who possess the entrepreneurial spirit needed to create new products. Our leaders solve complex, cutting-edge problems and get things done. As a Sr. Product Manager, you will assume end-to-end product ownership over technical products to deliver services to our customers.

Key job responsibilities

•Manage the entire product line life cycle from inception to launch

•Understand and articulate customer needs, conduct on-going customer research, leverage internal knowledge and expertise, and prioritize feature requirements

•Be a passionate advocate for the customer; provide the voice of the customer

•Inspire the team with the product vision, and work cross-functionally to bring the product to life

•Write detailed market segment and product requirements documents and define use cases, features, and KPIs and drive tradeoff discussions and decisions with the development teams

•Create the business case. Determine the product and service cost and release strategy

•Serve as the product expert assisting marketing with press briefing, industry talks, and white papers and participating with business development in product and service discussions with customers

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

A day in the life

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. 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.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earth's most customer-centric company, and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in space based systems design and wireless systems.

About the team

You will be joining a team that is focused on defining and driving the product requirements for all of the customer facing hardware, software and systems for Project Kuiper. The customer terminals are critical customer facing devices. Our north star goal is to deploy products and services that customers love on Day 1 of their service; a lofty goal for most broadband service providers, but one that we can achieve by innovating from scratch and by collaborating with other Amazon teams.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Redmond, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical work experience plus an MBA or 4+ years demonstrated business leadership experience

• 5+ years of experience in product management, systems engineering, IC design or applications engineering

• 5+ years of experience developing or managing complex wireless devices for communications in land vehicles

• 5+ years of experience with end-to-end product delivery for satellite or cellular radio installed in land vehicles

• 2+ years of experience overseeing roadmap strategy and definition

• 2+ years of experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs for a complex wireless communications product

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters/PhD in Wireless Communications Systems

• In-depth knowledge of land mobile customer terminal product life cycle from prototype, assembly, certification, launch, and maintenance for linefit and retrofit across consumer, commercial, industrial, and government vehicles

• Experience working with automotive OEMs, industrial equipment manufacturers, and suppliers delivering complete in-vehicle wireless communication solutions for telemetry, automation, tracking, entertainment, support, repair/logistics, help desk, and software/network feature development / prioritization

• 3+ years of experience in the cellular industry with a detailed understanding of 3GPP timelines and mobility features targeting automotive and industrial IoT

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $121,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.