Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
As part of Kuiper's Inventory and Fulfillment Technology (IFT) team, you will play a pivotal role in building and launching global inventory accounting capabilities. You will be responsible for developing an impactful inventory accounting product suite that meets Kuiper's global expansion plan. This requires exceptional foresight to design future-proof integration patterns that can evolve with both business needs and regulatory requirements while minimizing changes to business systems.
The ideal candidate for this role has strong business and product sense combined with a solid understanding of financial and accounting concepts. You will need to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment without being hindered by ambiguity. You will work with multiple engineering teams across organizations and partner with our customers across Tax, Accounting, Finance Operations, and others to define product vision, roadmap, detail product requirements and testing plan. You will drive difficult trade-off decisions and communicate the solutions clearly to stakeholders across tech and business organizations to help them understand decisions and options. You will need to dive deep with the development team and challenge the design as needed to drive technical trade-off decisions.
High judgment, ability to influence, analytical talent, exceptional communications, the ability to partner with technical and non-technical stakeholders and leadership are essential to success in this role.
Key job responsibilities
Define and align product vision with business goals, and develop the product roadmap to achieve the product vision and business results.
Collaborate with global accounting partners and product managers to identify detail product requirements and work closely with engineering to manage feature release schedules, risks, and trade-offs.
Influence techs design in partnership with engineering teams in Kuiper and in Amazon to make sure technology choices are aligned to our needs, and ensure product re-usability and avoid redundancies;
Develop testing and communicate plans for feature releases.
Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years in supply chain, product/program management, marketing, business development, or technology, with a track record of leading large-scale projects.
- 7+ years combining supply chain, product, and program management, driving strategic initiatives for process improvement and operational efficiency.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or related field from an accredited institution.
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Full time,