Principal Product Manager - Technical, External Services, Amazon Aurora

About the role

This role focuses on defining seamless user experiences across Amazon Aurora, a MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database engine that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. Aurora automates provisioning, capacity management, software installation, monitoring, backup, patching, and upgrades, enabling customers to focus on data and business insights rather than infrastructure management. This position involves improving the getting started experience, query execution, and building new experiences that better utilize generative AI. You will define product requirements, champion customer needs, and work with customers, partners, software vendors, and operational stakeholders to prioritize roadmap features and spearhead new capabilities through business requirements documents.

Key job responsibilities

• Creating the product strategy for the new service that appeals to unique needs and requirements of Enterprise customers
• Managing the entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution
• Launching the vision, product strategy and road map for our products and working with key stakeholders in the company to deliver on that vision, e.g. sales, partner team, international site leaders, etc.
• Defining product requirements documents based on an intimate knowledge of the specific market segments, target customers, and product
• Responsible for the go-to-market plan and enablement, working to insure that sales, SAs, Pro Serve, and the partner teams have what they need to be successful
• Driving sales by enabling business development and sales teams, leading calls with key customers, creating tools to support the success, helping to identify opportunities to increase that success
• Establishing goals and reviewing metrics to identify opportunities and deliver success
• Research and identify new opportunities for AWS to innovate on behalf of our customers

Basic qualifications

• 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)

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with database, data warehouse or data lake solutions
• 4+ years of professional or military experience, or MBA
• Experience working with external enterprises

About AWS

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

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We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Pay

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

Benefits

Amazon 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. Your Amazon package will also include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

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