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Head of Product, Prime Gaming

Are you seeking a global product leadership role? A chance to design and build product that scale across tens of millions of customers on a global basis? Imagine the opportunity do so as part of an agile team that reaches a global gaming audience. Imagine working on cutting-edge consumer-facing products, where every single team member is a critical voice in the decision-making process. Imagine being able to leverage the resources of a Fortune-50 company within the atmosphere of a start-up. Welcome to Prime Gaming, where everyone on our team has an impact on delivering happiness to Prime members, game developers and game players around the world. Help us reimagine what will deliver value and happiness to growing player communities.

We are looking for a highly-motivated and enthusiastic senior product leader. You will be joining a fast growing, quickly evolving organization, where the ability to wear many hats and help out on many projects will be crucial. You have a track record of moving fast, diving deep, maintaining high operational excellence and using analytics to drive results.

As the Head of Product for Prime Gaming, you will lead a team of senior product managers along with UX and design. Your team will be delve into the wants and needs of game developers and players, and re-imagine the value and experience that drives the best value in gaming. You will play a key influencer role in driving changes to the existing product and benefits to meet the needs of game players world-wide. You will be responsible for hiring top talent, creating a high performance diverse and inclusive work force. You will be part of the Prime Gaming senior leadership team, defining the overall strategy and long range plans for the business.

The ideal candidate is an innovator and builder, constantly evaluating needs of our customers, studying industry trends as well as internal Amazon products and systems to identify new services to surprise and delight game developers and players across a very diverse and fast growing customer base. She/he is curious about how we support game developers and passionate about delivering a great customer experience for game players. Success in this role will require close collaboration with other Amazon Games businesses, the Prime team and our partner game developers to understand the needs of the players as well as establishing relationships with product peers across Amazon to influence their direction. Hiring and growing the next generation of leaders will be critical for this role.

About Amazon Games
Amazon Games applies the principles of Amazonian culture to the world of game design. We have a diverse team of talented, creative people pairing their love of making games with the unique strengths that come with being part of Amazon. Across all of our teams and locations, we are united by a common purpose: to share great gaming experiences with customers around the world. We believe in a future where everyone is a gamer and everyone can create, compete, collaborate and connect through games, and we are looking for the right people to help us build that future. With the power of Twitch and AWS at your fingertips, you will have the chance to innovate in gameplay, creativity, marketing, and technology, while working alongside some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.

Inclusive Culture, Work/Life Balance, & Career Growth
We embrace our differences and are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We offer ten employee-led affinity groups with 190 global chapters, innovative benefits, and annual and ongoing learning experiences (including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences). Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance and offers flexible working hours. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. Additionally, our team is dedicated to supporting you with mentorship and pathways for ongoing development. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and are building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and promotes career choice.

Basic Qualifications

· 8+ years of experience in product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology
· 8+ years of experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product, end to end product delivery, and overseeing roadmap strategy and definition
· Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
· Bachelor Degree in business or tech

Preferred Qualifications

· Dual education background - business and tech
· History of translating customer insight into recommendations that customers love to act on
· Demonstrated ability to decompose significantly complex technical propositions into straightforward solutions, and understand core technologies utilized in your product
· Entrepreneurial instincts with a clear bias for informed action and a track record of leading new initiatives with limited resources and support
· Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data (including SQL) and metrics to back up assumptions evaluate outcomes and challenge conventional wisdom
· Success when working across a range of teams, including Engineering, Legal, Finance, Operations and Marketing
· Knowledgeable in technology development best practices (such as Agile), and product management methodology
· Excellent written and verbal communications to create write papers and other written deliverables to technical and non-technical stakeholders, as well as experience presenting to very senior executives
· Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary; general manager / owner mentality; demonstrated ability to have fun and inspire team members to enjoy work, be action-oriented and stretch their imagination

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.