Principal Product Manager - Tech, Kuiper Mobility

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent technical work experience plus an MBA or 7+ years demonstrated business leadership experience
- 5+ years of experience in product management, systems engineering, or applications engineering
- 5+ years of experience developing or managing complex wireless devices for mobile communications
- 5+ years of experience with end-to-end product delivery for satellite or cellular mobile services
- 5+ years of experience overseeing roadmap strategy and definition
- 5+ years of experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs for a complex wireless communications product
- Leadership experience managing a team of product managers
- In-depth knowledge of mobile customer terminal product life cycle from prototype, assembly, certification, launch, and maintenance for linefit and retrofit across commercial, industrial, and government
- Experience working with OEMs, industrial equipment manufacturers, aviation suppliers, maritime suppliers, automotive delivering complete mobile communication solutions for telemetry, automation, tracking, entertainment, support, repair/logistics, help desk, and software/network feature development / prioritization

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $161,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $279,900/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.
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 Principal Technical Product Manager for Mobility on Project Kuiper you will lead a team to drive the product strategy, vision, and roadmap of mobility products for ground transportation, maritime, and aviation 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, sales, 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 enterprise mobility 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 Principal Product Manager, you will assume end-to-end product ownership over technical products to deliver mobility 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.

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 mobile systems for Project Kuiper.