Audible, an Amazon company, is looking for an experienced Director of Product Management with a technical background to drive Audible's next generation of API's and services. Previous experience working deeply with API's is required. Core Engineering is the technology foundation enabling Audible's goal of reaching vast numbers of customers across devices and experiences in a scalable manner.
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The ultimate vision and strategy will be up to you. You will then be responsible for tactical execution, including requirements writing, prioritization, measuring success metrics and communicating out.
A key component of your role will be working closely with Business Development to make sure opportunities pursued are technically feasible, strategy consistent and, most importantly, raising the bar on the Audible customer experience. You will be responsible for the customer voice as you work with design, technical and business leaders to set strategy and define products.
The successful candidate will be a tenacious, ambitious, self-starter with a passion for API's and who can serve as a strong advocate for our business development and internal technology customers but with an ultimate focus on our end user: the Audible listener. You will have proven analytical capabilities, strong persuasive writing skills, deep technology understanding, broad business experience and the tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment.
Responsibilities:
Establish and continuously update vision for Audible API's and services.
Collaborate with internal customers, technology teams and business development partners to determine what projects move forward and in what priority order. In order to ensure business and technical stakeholder needs are aligned, the Senior Product Manager will need to drive mindful discussions that lead to crisp decisions.
Write market, functional and system requirements documents and ensure clear communication and coordination of requirements to business and development teams.
Create plans that have clear, measurable success criteria.
Manage the execution of initiatives from idea through launch, while setting and managing the right expectations with all relevant stakeholders.
Help the organization reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood/documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from of the use of third-party technologies, APIs not protected/hardened, etc.).
Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks).
Define metrics for success and failure and analyze and create dashboards for key metrics.
Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved data/mechanisms for visibility, ensuring your program stays aligned with organization objectives.
Basic Qualifications
BA/BS required in a computer science or an engineering related discipline.
MBA or Masters degree in a technical field is preferred.
Experience working with APIs, as a Product Manager or as a developer.
8+ years of experience in product management in large scale software development projects.
Exceptional writing skills. Audible has a strong writing culture: PowerPoint use is rare.
Metrics-focused: Define metrics for success and failure; ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and make decisions.
While you won’t write code, you should be able to weigh technical trade-offs and have in-depth discussions with engineers on the nuances of complex engineering systems.
Experience in agile, lean startup product management processes
Sound business judgment, proven ability to influence others, and strong analytical thinking skills are critical to success in this position.
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