Alexa is the name of the Amazon cloud service that powers Echo, the groundbreaking new Amazon device designed around your voice. Echo is always ready — just ask for information, music, news, weather, and more. Customers love what Alexa can already do. They are even more excited about her future potential. As a Partner Manager, you will help define, manage, and execute plans for business operations of new Alexa features. This role is inherently cross-functional -- you will work closely with product, operations, business development, finance, legal, tax, and executive teams. A successful candidate will be highly analytical, extremely detail oriented, strong at project management, effective at communicating with third party companies, able to work very effectively in a matrix organization, and adept at synthesizing a variety of internal and external needs into high quality yet simple plans for business operations of new features for Alexa customers. Key Responsibilities: - Define high quality
- Bachelor’s degree - 6+ years of professional experience - 4+ years of experience leading projects or programs - Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver projects on tight deadlines -Experience working with external parties such as in business development, product management, or account management -Experience in the consumer electronics industry - Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives - Basic technical understanding including familiarity with mobile technology, web services and back-end application infrastructure