About the Role
Own a product workstream within AI-powered productivity solutions for Japan's marketplace, responsible for end-to-end product outcome from user understanding to post-launch impact measurement. Drive accountability and deliver results in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, focusing on validating product success and improving AI quality.
Responsibilities
- Identify and validate critical user needs through direct conversations, workflow observation, and data analysis.
- Translate validated needs into prioritized requirements with clear acceptance criteria for engineering and data science teams.
- Own milestone-based delivery, including requirements alignment, goal setting, roadmap finalization, launch criteria definition, testing, launch, and impact measurement.
- Define measurable evaluation metrics for AI-powered features as part of launch criteria.
- Design and maintain evaluation frameworks to continuously monitor and improve AI output quality post-launch.
- Redesign operational processes at scale, identifying opportunities for automation and AI to replace manual workflows.
- Coordinate user acceptance testing with real users and iterate based on quantitative feedback.
- Identify cross-product overlaps and coordinate with other PMs to avoid duplicate efforts and ensure coherent user experience.
- Escalate early and effectively with analysis and proposed solutions when timelines slip or blockers persist.
- Measure post-launch impact against productivity targets and demonstrate ROI with data.
- Communicate product progress, key decisions, and impact metrics to senior leadership.
Requirements
- 3+ years of product management or equivalent experience driving delivery with engineering teams.
- Experience writing business requirements and translating complex workflows into prioritized specifications.
- Comfort with SQL and Python for data analysis and process automation.
- 3+ years conducting user research, workflow analysis, and requirements gathering.
- Strong analytical skills, including ROI models, impact quantification, and success metrics definition.
- Effective communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Business-level Japanese (N1/native) and English proficiency.
- Experience with AI/ML-powered products, understanding LLM capabilities and AI output evaluation.
- Experience designing evaluation frameworks for AI features.
- Experience redesigning operational processes at scale.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems.
- Background in e-commerce, marketplace, or sales operations.
Skills
- Product Management
- User Research
- Workflow Analysis
- Requirements Gathering
- Data Analysis
- SQL
- Python
- Analytical Skills
- Communication
- AI/ML
- Evaluation Frameworks
- Process Redesign
- Legacy System Modernization
Location
- Japan
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years
About the Company
- Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.
Equal Opportunity
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