Job Description
The Amazon Devices Beta (ADB) Team is your hall pass to play at work!! We are responsible for the "real world validation" for Kindle eReaders, Fire Tablets, FireTV products, and Emerging products…think, Amazon Smart Oven and Amazon Basics Microwave. How do we do this? By playing with these products every day! We work with product and engineering teams to prepare new product launches, system software and app updates, and marketplace expansions. Our goal is to gather feedback and expose issues and bugs prior to the product launching, so we delight our customers with products beyond their expectations.
Key job responsibilities
The ADB Team needs an experienced Program Manager to help us build and execute programs to validate the customer experience during the product development cycle. You will work with end users and a wide variety of internal teams to develop the strategy and execute the program to confirm from a customer perspective we are ready to launch. You will be a "hands on" contributor to support and troubleshoot issues, resolve problems, and keep the feedback flowing. Along the way, you'll identify opportunities for improvements and put processes and tools in place to help us scale. You will track, communicate status, and independently drive issues to resolution. Cross-team coordination, program management, and an ability to learn and understand new technologies are essential.
A day in the life
Our programs are global and composed of Amazon employees across the company. We put pre-released devices and/or software in the hands of beta testers who represent our target customer profile ("people all about smart home automation", "people who love to read", or "people who are native speakers of French"). Working with our product team counterparts, we ask testers for "no holds barred" feedback to tell us what works and what needs to be fixed. Our bar is always being raised and we strive to achieve an Amazon 4-Star or better product every time!
About the team
The Amazon Devices Beta Team is responsible pre-launch customer feedback for our products. The team is composed of program managers who love technology and devices. Together with product owners, we plan and execute beta programs focused on gathering early customer feedback to help Amazon ship devices and software that delight customers. Our objective is to leverage the voice of the customer to validate and improve the experience and make an informed decision regarding launch readiness.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
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