AmazonSenior Product Development Manager, Hardlines Private Brands
Amazon is hiring a Senior Product Development Manager, Hardlines Private Brands in Seattle, United States. It pays $136k-$184k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include product management, roadmapping and cross functional leadership.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 20,000+ other open roles at Amazon.
- The role was posted within the past two weeks.
AI in this role
Own end-to-end product roadmaps for Hardlines Private Brands, leveraging AI tools to accelerate ideation and data analysis.
Key job responsibilities
- Own the global roadmap for your category — opportunity, feature set, and prioritization — informed by customer signals, market trends, and product performance data across regions.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration with sourcing, design, business, in-stock, marketing, legal, and compliance teams to deliver products from concept through manufacturing and commercialization on-time and on-target.
- Navigate ambiguity to define new processes and solve problems where playbooks don't yet exist, applying strong judgment to keep programs moving forward.
- Identify opportunities to reduce commercialization timelines by root-causing process and system defects, then define and document future-state processes that unlock speed without sacrificing product quality.
- Make strategic trade-offs between global consistency and regional needs, balancing speed to market, business performance, and product features while aligning stakeholders across functions.
A day in the life
You will lead regular cross-functional product reviews with sourcing and business stakeholders, evaluate physical supplier samples, and provide design direction on materials and finishes. Between meetings you will use AI tools to accelerate data analysis, test product concepts, and close process gaps. You will also coordinate with regional teams to align launch timelines and resolve local requirements, keeping global product launches on track.
About the team
Hardlines Private Brands (HPB) builds trusted brands on Amazon that deliver incremental value in sustainability, reliability, safety, price, and speed. Our streamlined portfolio helps customers make confident purchase decisions, driving repeat visits and growth for Amazon. The team values mentoring and career development — past team members have grown into people management and technical product management roles. If you want to build physical products customers love while growing your career at Amazon, HPB is the place to do it.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 5+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
- Experience with end to end product delivery
- Experience as a product manager or owner
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree or equivalent
- 7+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience
- Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders
- Knowledge of basic SQL queries
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
- Knowledge of and passion for e-commerce
- Experience working in a fast-moving consumer business
- Experience effectively communicating complex concepts through written and verbal communication
- Travel up to 25% of the time
- Multi-location, cross time zone working experience
- Physical ability to lift up to 25 pounds and perform regular movements including sitting, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, squatting, bending, and reaching
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 136,000.00 - 184,100.00 USD annually
How we rate this
Senior Product Development Manager, Hardlines Private Brands at Amazon rates 42 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
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- Tell me about a project where product management was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where roadmapping was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cross functional leadership was part of your work. What did you do?
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