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Sr Mgr, Product Operations, Alexa Tablet Product Operations

Amazon.com Inc

  • Sunnyvale, CA
  • 7 days ago

    Highlights

    In this role, you will operate at the earliest and most influential stage of the Product Development Process (PDP), the pre-concept phase, where you will combine the expertise of a business ownership, commodity expertise, product technical needs. You will spend significant time in collaborative sessions with product managers and engineers, framing complex tradeoffs between customer experience, technical performance, development timelines, and cost.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSunnyvale, CA
    IndustryRetail
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://Amazon.com/militaryroles

    Description

    As a Senior Manager, Product Operations, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive, design and develop innovative consumer products.

    The person will lead a team responsible for defining and committing to the operations plan for delivery of innovative consumer products within Alexa Tablets Product Operations. In this role, you will operate at the earliest and most influential stage of the Product Development Process (PDP), the pre-concept phase, where you will combine the expertise of a business ownership, commodity expertise, product technical needs. You will be the operations authority that shapes product Roadmap for Alexa Tablet devices when decisions matter most, influencing critical choices before designs crystallize and features are locked. You must demonstrate leadership in a cross-functional, matrixed environment and able to succeed within an open, collaborative, peer environment.

    Key job responsibilities

    • Leading a team of high-impact professionals to define future products based on customer needs and viability
    • Decomposing product concepts into component and manufacturing drivers using industry benchmarks and deep supply chain knowledge
    • Influencing executive management on design decisions through dive deep into assumptions, communicating complex tradeoffs with clarity and confidence
    • Facilitating decision-making conversations with Product Management, Engineering, and Supply Chain that balance product feature requirements, development timeline, and cost considerations
    • Building and implementing methodology to enable high-fidelity analysis for product tradeoffs in early concept phase
    • Providing guidance and support to both OPMs and MPMs to ensure cohesive supply chain strategies across Tablet Product Line
    • Problem solve and explore solutions to current processes and systems
    • Coordinate with cross functional teams throughout development and manufacturing
    • Drive continuous improvements
    • This role will require international travel

    A day in the life

    As Sr. Manager, Tablet Product Ops, you will lead a small team of highly skilled operations professionals to define the next product concepts. You will spend significant time in collaborative sessions with product managers and engineers, framing complex tradeoffs between customer experience, technical performance, development timelines, and cost. You will proactively guide teams toward viable directions in the ambiguity of pre-concept development. Your afternoons might include assessing strategic recommendations, or diving deep into manufacturing requirements to assess feasibility of novel approaches.

    About the team

    Our Tablet Product Operations organization drives innovation in consumer electronics, bringing exciting products from concept to customer hands. The early-stage costing function sits at a critical juncture-where strategic decisions have maximum leverage but information is most uncertain. Our team values analytical rigor combined with practical judgment, collaborative problem-solving, and the courage to influence difficult decisions. You"ll work alongside engineers, product managers, and supply chain professionals who are passionate about delivering exceptional customer experiences at sustainable costs.

    About Company

    At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

    Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

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