Senior Product Manager

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to join our European, globally-integrated team, who are inspired by the global Amazon Books vision that reading is essential for a healthy society?

Do you believe in the power of reading to bring joy, enlightenment and empowerment to people of all ages and from all backgrounds?

Are you relentless in your pursuit of operational excellence and innovation?

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager on a 12 month fixed term contract to help us grow Kindle Unlimited (KU) in Europe. Our vision is for KU to be the world's most loved reading subscription, sparking joy for readers, authors and publishers. In this multi-faceted role, you will be responsible for the full KU P&L for Spain, monitoring and inspecting performance and undertaking country-level deep dives to understand drivers, as well as developing the associated mitigation/growth plans to address, with a core focus on selection quality and health.

You will also be responsible for specific EU-wide growth initiatives, including end-to-end ownership of the Prime Reading program in Europe, inspecting growth and profitability opportunities and developing plans to better leverage this program to drive further growth for Kindle Unlimited, in partnership with the marketing manager. You will be asked to collaborate across organisations, functions, and geographies, working with internal and external partners to delight readers, authors, and publishers across Europe and grow the business.

Key job responsibilities
- Monitor and inspect country-level KU performance and undertake deep dives to understand drivers
- Develop mitigation/growth plans working with vendor management and marketing teams
- Partner with global product teams on product and feature development
- Develop and communicate business plans to senior leadership
- Own business review inputs for KU EU MPs (weekly and monthly reviews, annual planning)
- Partner with Finance, Business Intelligence and Data Science to define and measure success of the initiatives developed
- Own specific EU-wide, or global priority topics to improve profitable content offerings in Kindle Unlimited, and Prime Reading, the reading benefit offered to Prime members as a taster of Kindle Unlimited

About the team
- We are a goal-oriented, collaborative team, who encourage inclusivity and diversity, creating an environment to embrace each other’s different styles and outlooks.
- We support each other and prioritise building and improving relationships with each other and other teams.
- We recognise that everyone has a life outside of work and continually iterate to find the right balance between personal needs and our business aspirations.
- We innovate quickly to meet and exceed our goals whilst maintaining high standards.
- We communicate openly with each other and have fun. We interact with each other with empathy and kindness. Our ultimate aim is to spark joy not just for readers, but for ourselves.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years experience in a business role, with minimum 3 years in product management or business strategy, with experience in deep diving customer problems and translating customer needs into business/product requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience partnering across a global organisation and influencing across multiple teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MBA / advanced studies with reputable institution
- P&L management experience
- High-level interpersonal skills; ability to work successfully with cross-functional teams and senior leadership across marketplaces
- Adept communicator both verbally and in writing
- Experience in membership-based business models
- Experience in content and/or media companies
- Fluency in one or more European languages (German, French, Italian, Spanish)
- International work experience