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10 Amazon product leaders
These ten current and former Amazon product leaders have held director, senior director and vice president product management roles across Alexa, devices, books, supply chain and shopping. A reader can learn how Amazon product teams set strategy, decide what to build and run products at Amazon's scale.
Professionals to explore
01—10BadreNarayanan VedanthaRamanujan
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product Management, Devices Trust & Privacy · Amazon
Director of Product Management, Devices Trust & Privacy at Amazon since 2023. Other Amazon roles include Head of Product, Science Engineering, Alexa Trust and Privacy (2020–2023) and General Manager Product Management Fulfilment by Amazon, Last Mile Delivery (2015–2020).
Britt Carr
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Product Management · Amazon
Senior Director of Product Management at Amazon since 2018, a role the profile places in the Product department at Director level in New York City. The profile also lists Vice President Of Product Management at Google (2013–2018) and Head of Product at Apple (2007–2013).
Carrie Rosengren
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Management & Technology, Inbound Supply Chain Organization · Amazon
Director, Product Management & Technology, Inbound Supply Chain Organization at Amazon since 2024, and Director, Product Management & Technology, Direct Fulfillment and AmazonLink at Amazon (2021–2024). The profile describes leading organizations across Supply Chain Optimization, Direct Fulfillment and Amazon Payments and owning multi-billion-dollar businesses spanning 13+ countries.
Elaine Smith
LinkedInExperience: Director - Product Management Tech, Ring Blink Doorbells, Cameras and Accessories · Amazon
Former Director - Product Management Tech, Ring Blink Doorbells, Cameras and Accessories at Amazon (2023–2025), and Director, Sub-Same Day - Product and Scaling at Amazon since 2025. Other Amazon roles include Head of Product Management - Ring Alarm, Ring Smart Lighting, Blink (2021–2023) and Head of Product Management Operations - AmazonKey (2019–2021).
Hamdan Kabir
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product Management - Technical GM, Alexa · Amazon
Director of Product Management - Technical GM, Alexa at Amazon since 2022, following Senior Manager Principal, Product Management - Technical at Amazon (2017–2022). The profile describes leading global AI platform strategy and execution for Alexa International across 44 countries, 18 languages and 600M+ devices.
Jack Bland
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Product Management · Amazon
Vice President of Product Management at Amazon since July 2010, which is the only role listed on the profile. The profile places this role in the Product department at President/Vice President level, and its headline reads VP of Product Management at Amazon.
Kristina Nordstrom
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Mgmt - Technical, Core Shopping · Amazon
Director, Product Mgmt - Technical, Core Shopping at Amazon since 2023. Other Amazon roles include Senior Mgr, Product Management, Engineering & Science, Core Shopping Experience (2018–2023), Senior Mgr, Product Management, Access Points (Amazon Locker) - Amazon Logistics (AMZL) (2016–2018) and Principal Product Mgr, Global Prime Day Business Leader (2015–2016).
Michael Rutledge
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Product Management · Amazon
Senior Director of Product Management at Amazon since 2026. The profile also lists Director of Product Management roles at Amazon covering 2022 to 2026 and a Product Manager role at Amazon (2015–2016), and its headline reads Sr Director of Product at Audible (Amazon).
Priyam Kumar, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Product Management · Amazon
Former Senior Director of Product Management at Amazon (2023–2025), a Seattle role the profile places in the Product department at Director level. The profile also lists Director of Product Management at Facebook (2021–2023) and Senior Vice President Product Management at Morgan Stanley (2007–2009).
Uday Sangar
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product Management (Tech), Customer Value, WW Kindle & Print Books · Amazon
Director of Product Management (Tech), Customer Value, WW Kindle & Print Books at Amazon since 2024, and GM, Product and Tech, Kindle and Print Books at Amazon (2018–2024). The profile describes ownership over global Pricing, Deals, and Payments & Purchase Experience for Amazon's WW Books.
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Match the person's product area to your question, since a devices or Alexa leader will see different tradeoffs than someone running shopping, books or supply chain products. Check whether the Amazon role is current or past before asking about recent planning and review practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an Amazon product team turn a customer problem into a written proposal, and what gets a proposal approved?
- 02Which metrics does a product leader at Amazon review each week, and how do they change product priorities?
- 03What would you copy from Amazon's product process at a smaller company, and what would you leave out?
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