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Are you excited about the opportunity to join a diverse team working together to influence the direction of an innovative new cloud database? Does contributing to product engineering and business strategy for a new distributed database service match your career goals? If so, the role of Senior Product Manager in the Aurora Distributed SQL organization may be your dream job.

Key job responsibilities Your primary responsibility as a Principal Product Manager – Technical (PMT) is to help accelerate the product engineering and business growth of Amazon Aurora DSQL. A principal PMT achieves this growth by shaping and leading product strategy – turning insights and customer feedback into plans that accelerate product delivery. This includes taking ownership of roadmap prioritization, and contributing to feature development by acting as the voice of the customer throughout the software development lifecycle. You will collaborate directly with software engineering teams, and influence the executive management team within the AWS databases organization.

A day in the life A successful candidate will demonstrate proven product management skills with experience delivering features for large scale database systems. The candidate will be comfortable managing competing priorities and be able to bring clarity and order to ambiguous scenarios. The candidate will demonstrate subject matter expertise for database technology and is familiar with cloud infrastructure including storage and server hardware. Exemplary written and verbal communication skills are important, as the candidate will frequently work with leadership and colleagues, crossing organizational boundaries. - 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) - 7+ years of technical (software development, network development, IT, other related) experience - 5+ years of database (eg. SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Kinesis) experience

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, CA, East Palo Alto - 208,300.00 - 281,800.00 USD annually USA, WA, Seattle - 181,100.00 - 245,000.00 USD annually