Director Amazon Photos Amazon Seattle

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In Amazon Photos – Drive's team dedicated to the customer's experience around personal photos and videos – we want to help people store and enjoy a lifetime of photos and videos. We’re looking for a Director who can own our most critical new projects, envision a new world of possibilities for Amazon customers, and deliver the next set of great features for our applications on web, mobile, tablet, and TV.
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Who you are: You have 10+ years of building experiences customers love. You are highly organized and can work effectively across technical and business teams. You are an incredible communicator and enjoy collaborating with others to hone your customer insights and ideas. You enjoy talking to customers and learning about their needs. You have a solid understanding of the underlying technologies your engineering colleagues use and can help teams stay focused on the highest priority items.

What you will do here: You will help define the general roadmap for our product, Amazon Photos. You will own the delivery of some of the most important projects on that roadmap, seeing them through the entire lifecycle of idea, research, release and improvement. You will work closely with Drive’s leadership team to go beyond our current product definition and define the future of the Drive organization.

What you will get from us: A great team to work with and the chance to build top tier applications at a proven top tier company. You will get a team with boundless ambition for its product and a willingness to try new things. You will get a startup like culture with the stability of an established industry leader. You will get support and resources from some of the smartest people in the industry to continue learning. You will build software that will materially improve people’s lives.
Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years product management experience, preferably in delivering consumer software
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and evaluate outcomes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with consumer photography
• Experience delivering software on mobile platforms
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and make things happen in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; strong bias for action
• Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, schedule tradeoffs and opportunistic new ideas with technical employees
• Strong verbal and written communication skills across all levels of the organization
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills; ability to work successfully with teams across the organization, including Engineering, Program Management and Senior Leadership
• A strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly and compellingly and effectively influence across cross functional teams

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