Principal Product Manager - Technical, Prime Air Drone Delivery
Seattle, WAJob$180–243K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Amazon Prime Air is seeking a Principal Product Manager, Technical to lead the transformation of site-based support operations into a centralized model. The role owns the business case, solution design, technology, execution, and operational continuity across teams supporting live drone operations. The leader will build and scale a team, align cross-functional partners, and launch a model designed to support safe, efficient growth across communities and evolving drone technologies.
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Description
Prime Air is Amazon’s drone delivery service, delivering millions of items to customers at ultrafast speeds. We are scaling to serve hundreds of communities and tens of millions of customers. Achieving this takes more than a best-in-class fleet of drones. It also requires a host of safety-critical, highly regulated support operations to keep our fleet healthy, compliant, and efficient. Today these operations are tied to individual sites. However, the size of our mission and the velocity of our growth require we develop a fundamentally different, centralized model.
We are looking for a Principal Product Manager, Technical to be the single-threaded leader and business owner for that transformation. You will own it end to end: the business case, the solution design, the technology that brings it to life, and the execution and continuity plan across every team that supports live operations. You will set the vision, build and drive the team, and own the outcome. You will be successful when you deliver the support operations that scale safely, at the pace of Amazon, and are durable across changes in drone technology and operating concepts.
The right person is comfortable, but never satisfied, with ambiguity. You bring structure and clarity to unstructured problems, and you earn the trust of specialists across domains even where you are not the deepest expert. No one has done all of this before. The leader who wins here learns fast across unfamiliar territory, imposes structure where there is none, aligns the organization behind a plan, and delivers the solution that unblocks true scale for ultrafast drone delivery.
Key job responsibilities
Define and own the business case for centralization, including the target operating model, regulatory approach, and financial case.
Design the end-to-end solution and define the technology, tooling, and infrastructure required, translating your operational vision into clear technical requirements for cross-functional engineering teams.
Drive execution across all supporting teams, and own the operational continuity plan that protects live operations through the transition.
Build and lead the team that delivers the mission and scale the team as the model matures.
Drive cross-functional alignment to the vision, and secure the commitments needed to deliver it.
Launch the central model in support of our next concept of operations, then raise the bar on the safety, scalability, and efficiency of Prime Air's operations through continued innovation.
Basic Qualifications
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7+ years of end to end product delivery experience
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Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
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Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
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Bachelor's degree
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements
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Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 - 179,900.00 - 243,400.00 USD annually
How this job compares
Set against the 10,379 open Product Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$180–243K/yr
- Washington median$151–240K/yr430 salary ranges
- US median$147–220K/yr8,450 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $212K, is 10% above the Washington median midpoint ($192K) — in the middle half of Product Management salary ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 459 open Product Management jobs in Washington and 10,379 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington
- Amazon (this employer)166 open
- Microsoft Corporation34 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Product Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (8,762 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,194 of the 10,379 open Product Management jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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