Job Description

DESCRIPTION Are you interested in an opportunity to apply your product management expertise to define and build end-to-end Finance Technology (FinTech) solutions for the procure-to-pay (P2P) value stream? Are you energized by delivering innovative product features and capabilities to delight both an internal and external global customer base? If so, Amazon’s Accounts Payable (AP) Finance Operations and FinTech team has the perfect role for you to innovate (Think Big) and Deliver Results for one of the largest P2P value streams in the world. FinOps AP is looking for a Sr Product Manager with a strong record of delivering cross-functional technical solutions for product features and capabilities for external customers as well as internal operations. This leader will develop, own and manage a strategic set of features and capabilities on the global AP product roadmap. This high-visibility role will require leading FinOps teams in defining technical solutions in collaboration with multiple business, supply chain and technical teams across the company. The ideal candidate will have excellent product management, problem solving and communication skills and be able to effectively interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels. The candidate will be at ease dealing with ambiguity, have strong attention to detail, be motivated by a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment, and be comfortable thinking big and diving deep. This means you are not only able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives while staying on top of tactical execution, but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in and get the job done. The candidate should have exceptional product judgement. You are able to distill clear requirements from large and diverse sets of customers, partners, vendors, and regional agencies/business entities. You determine when it is appropriate to build, improve an existing solution, or integrate existing features for a more cohesive end-to-end customer experience. You are an effective negotiator, make smart trade-offs (e.g., time vs. effort vs. features), and drive appropriate schedules. You are willing to adjust priorities to ensure the right customer, technology, and engineering outcomes. You proactively mitigate risks and help reduce a product’s exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood, ineffective cross-team collaboration, insufficient testing). When confronted with discordant views, you are able to find the best way forward and influence others to follow that path. Key job responsibilities • Define multiyear product roadmap prioritizing features and capabilities to deliver P2P FinTech solutions for Amazon’s global Retail business. • Define the problem(s) we are trying to solve, desired customer experience, vision, tenets, and product strategy. • Communicate ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, to all types of audiences. Write narratives, PR/FAQs, and other strategic documents. • Responsible for collaborating with global FinOps teams in collecting and documenting product requirements and collaborating with various technical teams on design, function and trade-offs. • Discern which features are essential, can be triaged, as well as which can be omitted altogether. • Deliver new and innovative capabilities in Amazon’s P2P process enhancing features and controls for invoice ingestion, validation, and matching capabilities. • Define showstoppers related to product quality, make sure bugs are triaged, and ensure issues are resolved or mitigated in the right order. • Develop product plans that have clear, measurable success criteria. Define mechanisms and metrics (e.g., KPIs, funnels, conversion, awareness) that enable quick explanation of a product’s/feature adoption, performance and any variance against goals. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor’s degree • 5+ years of relevant experience in product management working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams defining and delivering technical solutions to business operations and/or to external suppliers or customers. • Experience in the full product development cycle from ideation, to gathering and documenting requirements, and working with technical teams in an agile development environment. • Demonstrated ability to document and quantify business case for product investments illustrating measurable improvements to customer experience. • Strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple high-complexity projects. • Proven ability to identify, analyze, and solve ambiguous problems, showing a track record of making product decisions using relevant data and insights. • Ability to think both strategically and tactically; equally comfortable with long term planning and day to day progress tracking and execution. • Ability to successfully influence stakeholders without formal authority, leading cross functional teams across geographies and business units. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • MBA or Master’s Degree in Business, Science, Engineering or Technology. • 5+ years owning and developing a long term strategic product roadmap. • Experience delivering Procure to Pay FinTech solutions in the Retail industry. • Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges; strong analytical skills; and ability to present ideas to senior executives by way of exceptional verbal and written skills. Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.