Are you obsessed with building world class experiences that delight customers? Do you love shopping? Do you love shopping for others? Are you intrigued by solving complex problems with differentiating solutions? Are you curious how Machine Learning and AI can help customers shop for others? Help invent the future of Gifting as the Senior Manager leading the implementation of large-scale innovations to our worldwide shopping experiences.
Amazon’s gifting experiences meet customers where they are in their shopping mission: spanning search & browse, through product and deals pages, to cart, checkout, as well as physical gift wrap in our fulfilment centers. As such, you will have the opportunity to learn about, influence and directly change the product and technical roadmap of many of the core experience teams around the globe.
This role is inherently cross-functional, deeply technical and requires the ability to think big and collaborate with others as you work closely with teams across product management, engineering, operations, finance, design and business. We are looking for a critical thinker who thrives on solving big challenges in partnership with other teams across the company. As the ideal candidate, you are comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity and display high levels of bias for action, empathy and ownership. You will be responsible for building systems that work well at scale both organizationally and architecturally. You will have excellent technical, problem-solving, and communication skills as well as an ability to get things delivered. You will champion engineering excellence, raise the bar on architecture, predictable quality, maintainability, performance, privacy, and security. You enjoy growing your diverse team by providing coaching, direction, effective delegation and promoting a culture of ownership and delivering results.
You will possess a strong program and product management background, will have demonstrated experience leading medium to large teams and projects, and will have a well-rounded technical background in current software development technologies. You will have a proven ability to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, then deliver them in a successful and timely manner. You will thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities. This means you are not only able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives, but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in and get the job done. Working through your team, you will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical talent and leadership are also essential to success in this role.
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://amazon.jobs/en/privacy/eu) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
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· 6 + years industry experience delivering scalable, distributed platforms.
· 6+ years of progressive management leadership experience directing high visibility initiatives. Experience leading multiple managers.
· Experience with agile (including successful agile transformations) or similar methodologies for continuous development of product and technology.
· Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field
· A first-hand working knowledge of current web technologies
· Experience with business applications such as Word, Excel and Project
· Ability to think strategically and execute methodically.
· Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills are essential.
· Experience working with a cross-functional team across design, marketing, and engineering team to meet aggressive goals.
· Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is essential.
· 10+ years industry experience delivering scalable, distributed platforms.
· 10+ years of progressive management leadership experience directing high visibility initiatives in geo-distributed team environments.
· Entrepreneurial focus with an inherent sense of urgency and accountability.
· An inspirational technical leader with a high emotional intelligence who sets high and exacting standards and demands the best work of their team
· Experience with high-growth technology companies.
· Proven ability to build and maintain a high-quality, high intelligence, highly diverse engineering team.
· Experience delivering solutions at scale based on a variety of AWS services (EC2, S3, ASG, EBS, ELB, etc.)
· Team-oriented, collaborative, and able to implement important decisions. Can synthesize coherent plans and priorities from the inputs of the team and business partners. Fosters atmosphere of innovation, collaboration, empathy and open communication.
· Strategic and thinks at a high level, but also hands-on, execution-oriented, and capable of getting things done quickly.
· Flexible and adaptable in the face of a rapidly changing market environment.
· Ability to translate a long-term vision into a near-term, executable plan. Able to prioritize and triage effectively, deciding which projects to deliver first.
· Data-driven and “quantitative” mentality. Grounded, detail-oriented, always backs up ideas with facts.
· An advanced degree in computer science or engineering discipline.
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://amazon.jobs/en/privacy/eu) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
