What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, FBA PM-T, FBA position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Amazon.com is looking for an inventor with proven experiences in thought leadership, software development, and people development to lead Fulfillment by Amazon technology. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is an Amazon service for our third party sellers – providing them a seamless experience to leverage our physical and technical infrastructure to serve customers across the world. In a very real way, we are empowering small and medium sized businesses and changing lives with the work we do. Our team owns worldwide product and technology for FBA, and is part of Amazon’s Supply Chain Optimization Technology (SCOT) group.
As a tech Director for FBA, you will bring transformative improvements to the seller experience worldwide. You will build large scale distributed systems that manage billions of inventory movements within Amazon’s fulfillment network. These systems will create an accurate inventory picture for millions of sellers and will power experiences like inventory management, fees, defects, reimbursements, reporting etc. You will use machine learning to build technology that powers the reconciliation of hundreds of millions of inventory units across Amazon’s network. You will also build the next generation of seller financial systems that reimburse Sellers for defects and will own root causing and eliminating all supply chain defects. Lastly, you will own some of the most trafficked features on Seller Central and build best-in-class seller applications.
The ideal candidate will be an innovative, seasoned technical leader with a demonstrated history in delivering results. This leader will have managed multi-team organizations while maintaining the ability to dive deep on customer experience, architecture, and technical details. Success in this role requires close collaboration with senior leaders/execs across Amazon and the ability to influence their technical architecture. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong business judgment, ability to define visionary architecture and customer products. You and your team will build big leaders who care about customers, people, and results. An ability to understand Machine Learning would be a plus but is not a necessary requirement. Operational excellence though is key, as the systems owned by this organization directly affect the experience of millions of Amazon Sellers.
“Third-party sellers are kicking our first party butt. Badly. And it’s a high bar too because our first-party business has grown dramatically over that period, from $1.6 billion in 1999 to $117 billion this past year. The compound annual growth rate for our first-party business in that time period is 25%. But in that same time, third-party sales have grown from $0.1 billion to $160 billion – a compound annual growth rate of 52%. To provide an external benchmark, eBay’s gross merchandise sales in that period have grown at a compound rate of 20%, from $2.8 billion to $95 billion. Why did independent sellers do so much better selling on Amazon than they did on eBay? And why were independent sellers able to grow so much faster than Amazon’s own highly organized first-party sales organization? There isn’t one answer, but we do know one extremely important part of the answer: We helped independent sellers compete against our first-party business by investing in and offering them the very best selling tools we could imagine and build. There are many such tools, including tools that help sellers manage inventory, process payments, track shipments, create reports, and sell across borders – and we’re inventing more every year. But of great importance are Fulfillment by Amazon and the Prime membership program. In combination, these two programs meaningfully improved the customer experience of buying from independent sellers.” —Jeff Bezos, 2018 Letter to Shareholders
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• 10 years of experience building and managing development teams.
• 5 years of experience managing and effectively operating a complex system that is highly reliable and scalable.
• Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Experience leading several engineering teams for a distributed organization with several dev centers.
• Experience developing long-term vision and strategy, and influencing leadership decisions.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• MBA or advanced degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• Experience with developing software for managing large scale ecommerce platforms
• Exceptional and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to hire world class talent and foster an environment of innovation.
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.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $264,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $350,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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