Senior Product Manager - Tech

About

The Senior Product Manager - Tech for AWS Data Center Power Generation Infrastructure owns the successful delivery of the newest generations of data center energy innovations, and electrical power generation infrastructure technologies from concept to at-scale global implementation.

In this role you will be responsible for delivering large-scale critical HV/ MV projects in partnership with our commercial energy and procurement teams globally under tight deadlines. Understanding of product development tied to Gas and Diesel Generators, inverter based technologies such as BESS, Fuel Cells and associated controls is necessary to be successful in this role. Further, constructibility and operation of HV/MV projects and how they inform product feature prioritization and standardization is critical to this role.

This is a unique opportunity to build a strategic greenfield program, a highly visible charter, and a cool vision that you can be proud of! The candidate will need to have in-depth understanding of the supply chain domain and B2B interactions in this space. This role requires deep subject matter expertise in the supplier relationship domain and the candidate should possess a proven history of building relevant products/programs at scale alongside Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Our project is an early-stage effort with a bold long-term vision and a power to transform the industry. This comes with a lot of opportunities to develop/launch a new suite of product capabilities and also grow as a product leader.

As Sr. Product Manager you will be the lead strategist in identifying customer and industry specific pain points, driving those into solves both with the OEMs and our broader program. In this role, you will work closely with Procurement, Engineering, Business, Legal as well as Senior Leaders to bring solutions to market and evaluate opportunities for big ideas. The right candidate is someone who can “think big” while diving deep, remain flexible to change, resourceful, customer-focused, and someone with a passion for innovation at hyper speed and scale. You should also possess the ability to influence people across functions, including technical teams, partner organizations, and business leaders. To do this, you must be able to manage complex initiatives across numerous business models, create certainty out of ambiguous requirements, while having a firm grasp over the operational, strategic, and technical aspects of the product solution. Candidate must be skilled at showing high judgment to inform technology and business trade-offs.

Key job responsibilities

• Defining success criteria, goals, and metrics for your product and partners
• Define product strategy and vision, and own the product life-cycle roadmaps for major equipment categories in partnership with OEMs
• Successfully advocate for optimized solutions across functions: Engineering, Design, Suppliers, Procurement and other relevant orgs
• Develop insights from data that inform future requirements
• Operate as SME within wider DCC org for supply risks and insights and specific product requirements
• Develop mechanisms that enable rapid scaling of solutions
• Develop detailed, crisp business requirements and use cases to create product and solution strategies
• Deliver regular reviews to leaders across all levels of the leadership organization and foster a shared understanding of your products, solutions, and strategies
• Develop and drive the 3–5-year road map of the product optimizing for OEM capabilities/constraints, industry trends, and programmatic requirements

A day in the life

• Building and delivering on key product and program metrics and deliverables
• Drive product development roadmaps and vendor relationship mgt
• Delivery of supply chain solutions that optimize schedule, cost, and quality
• Identifying ongoing pain points and building appropriate program improvements
• Support scalability of solutions at required pace, developing mechanisms to increase capacity

About The Team

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Power Generation Solutions (PGS) is an engineering and technical strategy team that works to deliver energy innovations enabling reliable, available, and sustainable capacity to our growing business.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in using analytical tools, such as Tableau, Qlikview, QuickSight
• Experience in building and driving adoption of new tools
• Knowledge of the electrical and mechanical systems involved in critical data center operations including systems such as feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, ATS units, PDU units, chillers, pumps, air handling units, and CRAC units

Benefits

• health insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• prescription insurance
• Basic Life & AD&D insurance
• Supplemental life plans
• EAP
• Mental Health Support
• Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave