Principal Product Management - Tech, Private Brands

Job description

DESCRIPTION

The Team: Private Brands is a highly visible, fast-growing business within Amazon. We have a unique business and obsess over quality and building global brands our customers love. We aspire to be part of our customers' everyday lives by offering them unique products at compelling prices backed by Amazon's strong customer obsessed reputation.

The Role: We are looking for an exceptional Principal Product Management - Tech to help build a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution for Global Private Brands. Product development in Private Brands is a complex and global process. Some of the steps involved in getting a product from inception to the customer include Product design, Quality certification, Third-party and in-house testing, Mass production, Finalizing product label and packing, FDA approval (if ingestible) etc. Finally, since this is a WW platform, the unique international requirements add another layer of complexity. These different workflows involve complex sub-tasks and interactions with different retail systems, making this a truly complex and challenging capability with deep tentacles across many systems. The goal of this platform is to improve speed of product development, drastically reduce the time to market, and enhance productivity across the different stages of product development. You will work with stakeholders across the US & EU in Hardlines, Softlines, and Consumables Private Brands to define requirements and gain alignment to deliver a seamless product experience.

What do we expect you to do? You will define the product, set the vision and build this solution from scratch. This is a unique role that offers a great opportunity to build something new, work cross functionally across strategic businesses, and interact with global stakeholders. This will be no easy feat as this involves alternating between big picture thinking and obsessing with the details, identify risks, have exceptional written and verbal skills, be comfortable presenting to senior leadership, drive alignment amongst stakeholders, and be a true product owner.

Ideal candidates will:
· Develop a deep understanding of the WW Private Brands product development process.
· Deliver a PRFAQ articulate the north-star for the PLM capability we need to improve our product development velocity
· Own the development of detailed product requirements documents.
· Work cross-functionally with engineering, design, and project management teams to deliver on the product roadmap.
Drive projects, products, and feature launches with WW Private Brands teams: Hardlines, Consumables, Softlines, international teams and other stakeholders including legal, marketing, finance, customer service and operations.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree required
· 7-10+ years of product management, product marketing, and/or business development experience, preferably in a fast-paced online environment
· Experience in defining, driving and shipping mass market consumer software or services
· Passion for understanding customers and their behavior, particularly with regard to Product development
· Excellent cross-functional project management skills
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Excellent quantitative data analysis and critical-thinking skills
· Ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workload