Today, More than 60% of the items sold in Amazon’s stores globally are from independent sellers — most of which are small- and medium-sized businesses — providing a vast selection of products, competitive prices, and great convenience for shoppers.

Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) enables these businesses (our Sellers) to hand over the heavy lifting of warehousing, payment processing, delivery returns and customer service to Amazon, utilizing the capabilities that Amazon has built over the last 25 years. This frees them to concentrate on what they do best – finding and developing new products and marketing them to potential customers.
Amazon South Africa Marketplace Team is looking for a talented Senior Product Manager to manage product development of key features in our fulfillment program.

As a successful candidate, you will have experience managing complex businesses, solving technical challenges, and influencing key partner teams to drive initiatives to completion. You have a strong bias toward data driven decision making and an innate ability to understand how metrics relate to business problems and to each other. You are a product manager who has the ability to communicate priorities and work effectively with stakeholders, including teams across software engineering, logistics, product management, legal, finance, and core retail businesses from various markets and across different time zones. You will tackle novel situations every day and given the size of this initiative, you will have the opportunity to work with Amazon teams around the globe.

Some of the qualities that we are looking for: you are results-oriented (and have a track record of repeatedly delivering great results); you are an innovator (and have already proven it); you have the intellect and horsepower to solve really complex problems (some may say impossible to solve); you are an owner, and do what it takes to make your team successful; you have relentlessly high standards (some may say too high); you are customer obsessed; you operate well in an ambiguous environment; and finally, you have a burning desire to be a part of something really big.

Amazon knows that a diverse, inclusive culture empowers us all to deliver the best results for our customers. We celebrate diversity in our workforce and in the ways we work. As part of our inclusive culture, we offer accommodations during the interview and onboarding process. If you’d like to discuss your accommodation options, please contact your recruiter, who will partner you with the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT). You may also contact ACAT directly by emailing acat-africa@amazon.com. We want all Amazonians to have the best possible Day 1 experience. If you’ve already completed the interview process, you can contact ACAT for accommodation support before you start to ensure all your needs are met Day 1.


Key job responsibilities
Establish E2E knowledge of the FBA process, Seller Reimbursement process, Seller pain points and major drivers of cost
Identify and lead Scalable solutions to improve seller experience and customer experience.
Identify input metrics, metric owners, align goals with respective owners, monitor and share progress on these metrics with stakeholders.
Develop weekly/monthly/quarterly mechanisms to drive visibility on defect and performance.
Establish a product roadmap in collaboration with Operations and Tech teams to reduce defects and improve SX.
Gain support for your strategy and roadmap from stakeholders by writing narratives and influencing peers and senior leadership.
Partner with global product teams to identify and influence development of new products and services.
Manage prioritization and trade-offs to ensure the right features are built with the right quality at the right time.
Launch product features locally in collaboration with worldwide teams.
Address barriers through problem solving and coordination with stakeholders.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Cape Town, ZAF