About the position
We believe that Amazon is the best place in the world to do indirect tax calculation and collection work. Amazon strives to be the Earth's most customer-centric company, where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. One byproduct of that mission entails becoming one of the world's largest collectors of online indirect taxes and fees - including US sales taxes, EU value-added taxes, and other global transaction taxes. The Tax Engine Product Team ensures that Amazon has the right technology and processes to not only calculate and collect those taxes accurately in a rapidly changing business and tax environment - but also support continued business growth and innovation by providing world-class services to millions of our customers and sellers all over the world.
Responsibilities
- Help develop and evolve our indirect tax technology, processes, services, features, and operations.
- Respond to new or changing tax legislative/compliance and business needs.
- Drive the end-to-end project lifecycle required to adapt or enhance our indirect tax collection capabilities.
- Partner closely with cross functional teams across nearly all of Amazon to gather business and tax requirements.
- Convert business and tax requirements into product specifications.
- Collaborate with software and business teams throughout the entire lifecycle of projects.
- Meet with tax, business, and software teams to understand their objectives and identify indirect tax implications.
- Develop product functional and user experience requirements, feature specifications, and standard operating procedures.
- Actively participate in projects throughout their lifecycle to ensure requirements are met.
- Provide indirect tax calculation and collection expertise to internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
- Experience as a product manager or owner.
- Experience owning technology products.
- Experience in product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in influencing senior leadership through data driven insights.
- Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of indirect taxes - including US sales taxes, VAT and other global transaction taxes.
Benefits
- Base pay ranges from $124,500/year in the lowest geographic market up to $206,000/year in the highest geographic market.
- Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
