Principal Product Manager - Technical, External Services

Amazon • East Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

Are you interested in building hyper-scale database services in the cloud? Do
you want to revolutionize the way people manage vast volumes of data in the
cloud? Do you want to have direct and immediate impact on hundreds of thousands
of users who use AWS database services?

Amazon Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible, relational database engine
that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with
the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. Aurora also
manages all the work needed to set up, operate, and scale a database, from
provisioning capacity and installing software to monitoring and backing up the
cluster, to applying patches and upgrades. By automating these labor-intensive
tasks, Amazon Aurora enables customers to spend their time focusing on their
data and business insights, rather than on procuring and managing
infrastructure.

Joining the Amazon Aurora team gives you the opportunity to:

- Work on a disruptive product that’s still in its very early stages
- Solve challenging problems that will revolutionize database computing in the
cloud
- Work for a company that’s a recognized leader in the cloud computing space
- Have direct impact on hundreds and thousands of users of AWS database services
- Be involved in the fast growing, big data space – learn from the experts

This role will focus on defining seamless user experiences across Aurora, which
involves improving the getting started experience, query execution experience,
building new experiences that better utilize generative AI, etc. In this
position, you will play a pivotal role defining product requirements and
tirelessly champion the needs of our customers. You’ll work with our customers,
partners, software vendors, and operational stakeholders to prioritize roadmap
features, and spearhead the definition of new capabilities through expertly
crafted business requirements documents.

The successful candidate must have exceptional problem solving skills, strong
business judgment, and demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams.
We are looking for a proven ability to execute both strategically and
tactically, and someone who is excited to take on new, ambiguous projects that
will be industry defining. This position requires a solid technical background,
and the candidate should be customer-focused with a passion for the cloud and
information technology. Given this role focuses on bringing existing workloads
to Aurora, we welcome candidates with past experience in databases.

Requirements

• 7+ years of working as a Technical Product Manager experience
• 5+ years of technical (software development, network development, IT, other related) experience
• Experience delivering large-scale SaaS, PaaS or LaaS products where you are responsible for the full product lifecycle, from concept through GTM (go to market)
• Bachelor's Degree

Nice To Haves

• MBA, or Master's degree
• Prior expertise with building and shipping database services
• 3+ years of relevant professional or military work experience which occurred after completing your undergraduate program and prior to starting your MBA or master's program
• Able to discuss a variety of architectures and systems used by their customers
• Experience working with external enterprises

Responsibilities

• Creating the product strategy for the new service that appeals to unique needs and requirements of Enterprise customers
• Managing the entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution
• Launching the vision, product strategy and road map for our products and working with key stakeholders in the company to deliver on that vision, e.g. sales, partner team, international site leaders, etc.
• Defining product requirements documents based on an intimate knowledge of the specific market segments, target customers, and product
• Responsible for the go-to-market plan and enablement, working to insure that sales, SAs, Pro Serve, and the partner teams have what they need to be successful
• Driving sales by enabling business development and sales teams, leading calls with key customers, creating tools to support the success, helping to identify opportunities to increase that success
• Establishing goals and reviewing metrics to identify opportunities and deliver success
• Research and identify new opportunities for AWS to innovate on behalf of our customers

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level